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1 ?* e/ h# x7 b6 N2 mhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story7 ^" H/ y% K% c& i4 M
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* p' S8 H5 x' ^# Q4 a, tEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
$ i; C3 s$ w: [, U2 w- D, M% V/ Z High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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1 \! z$ ]# H+ E. N# VEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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0 p8 j" d& `0 m5 U! P" u“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.6 r; F1 v* B2 o2 p% k9 h$ ]! _; |
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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. ( ~+ f9 L/ N1 V& r+ W7 J$ O
" x J7 o+ W6 M% E5 M0 j+ e" LFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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1 Q6 n* ^8 q! h3 Q5 TThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.% m f5 \8 K# t$ ~' l1 B! m
5 m, r4 G) k; L“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.”
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8 P' o" s9 u9 e7 ]) v$ X& eYear-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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. ~; A, j& x6 K: c) k* qThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.7 ~! n" C! l% p5 |; z
% z/ Y1 l( h6 ^1 oAverage 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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9 f Q, S- Q, _0 O! ^Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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! \( U' |, v( M0 _, q“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.8 U7 v! S- L5 C/ x
& R" t6 _. D* u/ N0 w! T. n3 Q( \! iFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.& C5 N8 z X+ S$ r p" u
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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.”" N. O4 ?" s5 \1 c- h
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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.7 U" |; `1 J# Y. l8 s( [/ @
! p) I* C# t" d+ aPrices 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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