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2 ]* E5 b5 Y9 a) Hhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story x: d, }: F7 j7 z; J; P5 c+ w
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6 y) r* k- p8 n- `% E$ @Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
7 d# r8 S2 ~/ r4 p High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend9 _8 B0 G* j' Y
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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.( k6 h% D4 d3 n
0 ^: F9 l6 O( y( G“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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* g& [& w4 I6 _; [, mSales 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. 9 b+ x( j0 J+ d* @4 J
# @: q( E6 c! C# TFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.% A5 x( [( U2 Y8 v. {, d
/ a; `/ ~$ \8 p$ }! p, K! i5 KThe 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.. |7 |# _# Y0 k% J5 X" H* F
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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.”3 \ q0 g8 }* a* ?# B
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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.
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}! O2 K5 H C; V! M) M- j, uThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.4 r8 ?) [' s$ x. f% q
+ ~3 x) _: l9 C+ TAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.- X" W9 k! ? N$ m& A6 _" `
% E4 n) }0 y3 d9 @' i# `- x5 EFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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0 d9 v- F& X! eAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”8 Q/ E- x8 f' q
- ?( d3 J/ E$ c" `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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. ^3 a/ w9 U. b$ LPrices 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.* J8 \" p8 f8 v6 \8 L2 Q7 i
7 Q* }7 O* p$ w O1 X- F( @“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., [2 n* D$ _& ~, M, a. m
* J6 I9 Y) g8 q* R2 g' t4 C“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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