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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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; V4 a: J9 z: W* aEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales( K. g) S/ y5 B) z
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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% H: @9 s7 V# G; K1 gEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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% \. G$ }7 N4 m6 |% 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.% ~! [; K# z0 }& w" V1 }8 }
+ u: b: [* r6 y' p _' j( ASales 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. * t6 A" T6 C% Q1 ~" ^1 o0 }( P2 |! Z
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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9 O' E' H2 T7 ~ J. V. p6 eThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. " t" \4 i: n% H. ~/ t* U/ A
+ g1 I( Q$ {6 z$ `8 ]“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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; H* y6 N9 f. ?$ `: f$ `# X6 hYear-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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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." k+ O( U9 Q" `- }3 G4 p" q: W* \
7 q) K3 r- F, g# b7 eInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.; S; Q' |7 _+ V3 E; C: I) _
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.3 Y( X f' g6 Z8 b3 E- F
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.+ a) |: h- M x) I/ }" x6 h
6 e5 ?6 ~- Y6 v, j' E$ ^. y6 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.”
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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.1 ]1 Y2 N( ?0 x
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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.7 E8 {/ G6 u9 c5 S4 n$ P0 }
8 k0 \' T" D k0 W0 r“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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& X# ^$ c5 p. A. L7 ^2 T7 n" ~' i“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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