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: }/ B" t! x& D" Jhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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& E( o% I, Z3 Z+ @1 UEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
! J' X; k) k0 D. c F- E High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend9 h' {& b6 [7 i- x( g6 u) v
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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.9 U1 k, o- ?# Z# t/ _
* @+ ^3 m) v; ~' BSales 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.
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) [/ A9 e; K! x1 NFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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+ G! z& \# @' [. e) o; f' p6 uThe 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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“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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“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.”# I" h* P, n" T6 y" P; ?6 \
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Year-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.4 q- _8 W; ?5 M1 Z) l; e
8 }8 O& \8 c# u2 |* vThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.
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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.* U3 b% s, s- u P
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.2 V3 j9 N. T! r% \1 y+ v1 E
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said./ f. M" F* k2 ?8 d4 y
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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6 A3 F9 D& L! ]) JThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.- I2 N* t) X0 @$ Y
/ i; N9 Y+ j$ [. `: s“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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& Z/ P* y. H' G9 c1 A# R; I3 {0 }, D“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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