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+ |& {; Q/ H& O' Ohttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story6 V" Y/ w4 W* o3 d. W4 A+ U
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales4 Q5 W: J, T7 C$ Y+ C0 F# W8 I
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.# v. j! T, T+ |' c# l l
: K: Y N5 U% W! s“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.3 f6 c+ k5 o8 F4 U! j( x; J
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Sales 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. 5 K! Z4 x/ i7 i t) {
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Fifty-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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- H, @9 ]0 N( J7 [“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.”# s5 M7 U; T% v& O) V
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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.+ i" o. O" {: c- `. I1 V; d- H
2 X! ]9 p; Z, C2 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.
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7 t+ [, \1 n3 Z+ F9 iAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.9 I9 b0 f+ i! \, H }
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said., D) E( H [1 }: _% L G
3 G ?4 I, I A1 D! {! {“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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7 i7 g9 E$ r _* [" iFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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$ [/ S* n+ @/ v4 m+ GAn 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.”+ O' ]. b. }& x
5 k. G( R; D1 {4 k2 p% hThe 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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5 I# s0 p9 e, [: SPrices 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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“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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“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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