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5 y: o: f: K }' h6 `http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story* w _5 b; g* N3 T! Z' c- J1 Y
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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, k( J; t8 {& Y& EEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.) Z- w: X: e2 M* E8 e7 H. Z
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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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' p$ W, d5 ~4 ~# iSales 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. ' {# ] }" X+ v' [) z+ `( b
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.& I1 v: Z1 K$ V* o N+ w
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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.”
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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.' @+ b9 ~& O3 {4 u% m. Q) B
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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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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 $320,289, the report said.
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5 S6 [1 y: t$ eInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.8 d6 v% a2 ?+ J/ j( |9 I3 z
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.5 b9 F' L; |+ t& Z# Q
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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1 ]& g2 s0 E0 a9 a |The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets." x. o: Z2 x% [- r. y' M9 L0 W
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.! V0 z/ F6 O* p6 H0 Y+ K
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.+ {! m6 a* X- S O) L5 Z$ f3 Q
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