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( @1 E3 x* H: q. T! d% p8 k8 Z( f7 dhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story& ~. h# ^. B1 N6 j7 O2 |7 a! J. s% z
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
3 r2 w/ g! S5 O+ Q8 h: @1 C; L High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend# T) U" E; Y0 Q$ c. S; i" K* l. x, K
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: k) D9 {* y; U" E C" PEDMONTON — 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.
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: M' r7 H1 x5 h [" s- 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.
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, @1 o# I6 k# r' uFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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# m! ]" h2 E; o( }# e( i% cThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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* N. O- z- u% @5 a% o9 n“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”' @7 Y8 c* [# S; E: O
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.$ Z' W& n" k& W2 A4 ?
q( @* K: q) B* }The 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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0 L: q! _$ k* y' e* ^7 RAverage 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.
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0 M6 b/ j* K* K! Y& ~Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.2 v! t9 E v% K1 k' F6 O. R
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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.- ^+ ^4 m8 c* s2 J6 M( P: e, G: h
, j' A( V! H+ Z1 ]- ]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.”- G; e5 s; f7 b2 r) P
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The 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.
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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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- [; Y+ F/ j# s" I e0 |; r“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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