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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story. X5 R# \' P- U" g g) f- k4 j
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales. w0 ~3 c9 C4 g6 k3 F% o" o. c- w
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend, O' X% s2 W' ], z i; y
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/ s' q2 c {/ I* _3 }0 xEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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! x+ h7 ?9 n @6 C: 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.9 n. u8 s) R( d: h2 i5 D: a8 f
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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. 1 n" l+ v5 n0 Q
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.: Q+ o& ^1 M" ?) U& R" G" c* ]* f
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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) V0 J& m0 S0 v. r" j" r1 r“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”9 G* G6 ?) b0 e2 x& t6 v4 R
( ]+ Z' Z8 Q$ N: O8 P8 AYear-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.) d y8 S/ S, i: a
8 ?& _/ W" f, I1 }) |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." M! a+ L; E7 K! b# Y. ^; d
6 s8 s, x! ~+ Y- A, f' J* uAverage 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.6 f c* q7 A: w1 h3 Y
# T0 \: S8 w: _- b/ S% t( FInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.& H: d6 K! ?5 |* ~# k, Q
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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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.! n3 p" q& f' |
" _- f! z, g! C! Y$ O* z6 AAn 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- b9 g t1 Q; p) f: z
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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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7 I! h* `) |/ o2 y7 e/ xPrices 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 j5 h |- K, I* v& b( O
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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.7 T: |& {8 `) }# b
8 m3 ` r$ G- b" A; {“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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