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/ u: c1 G/ |2 C$ `8 m) Uhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
# y4 c$ k% A* X5 u/ U7 f5 l High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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* f, A2 Y" w" x. j/ |EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.# A. ^& d& k6 ]0 W2 t! f, H) c
% s; w5 e; j6 {: M7 WSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. * Z% ?$ F6 E# P. [
\9 Y3 v P6 a( P+ qFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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' y/ ]0 O$ I: m, h- z2 [( [1 a+ D“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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5 c& z, J+ | e5 \( n# w“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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, _. Y8 V- S" TYear-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.
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% ]1 C$ m: n4 e# Z% \* uThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.% l) s: o* t& ]" h
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Average price is holding steady, up about four cent to $332,789 in 2010, about $12,500, or 3.9 per cent, higher than a year ago when the residential average was $320,289, the report said.0 `! N, n- L5 D& {% E8 A
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.7 y8 z8 T. M* w
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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6 _5 K) @+ K) [An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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- J( X8 H& X) Q; M6 E2 OThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.: k, L- ]: g- Q# Z8 Z8 Q' n* g- {2 L
8 m/ N w3 a4 s1 G5 J. rPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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0 I- f+ {. J' `4 Y/ S5 p! m. W“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.
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+ `6 z& p6 I. b6 I/ S3 U2 A3 N“We’re now comparing the second half of the year to 2009 and falling short of expectations. Looking at the big picture however, the market remains healthy.” |
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