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& T8 ^% m* x1 X% e- Xhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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0 j% q P7 s! _8 L- N) w3 HEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales l8 _7 a9 y6 u7 [
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.
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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.; [! Y/ G* T5 E7 C
) T8 ~; B+ c' x: P2 YSales 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.
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# N2 l+ K- g( x" b4 G. [& i0 NFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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# B+ A/ m& Q& Z# F \' B4 o, hThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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! {* v* H$ O- d* |. g, w" h“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.”, j. B( H4 D+ n2 B$ N3 s
! s* O S1 g, C, p) s6 M/ b- F: IYear-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.* t' G: V' a& Y0 \& q: u4 z
) N5 D& N1 n7 n, A/ LThe 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 $320,289, the report said.$ I u- I0 P4 @3 Z+ Q
0 p, s6 I% I/ }( H. ?Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said." E* u0 l$ l+ r7 o2 n' G. Z& p
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.+ Y1 o' u/ @) s. q, |$ u
! e8 K' H+ x( _7 Z! u/ UFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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" M9 S% p9 I p8 r, Z! x f3 lAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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& x8 W, p7 y b d" MThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets. ~9 z2 a3 S3 \. V- A( u4 Y/ U4 ~
; e- h: O$ u1 H4 J3 Y5 q' b6 ~! r7 BPrices 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.$ b, R" S- w. d, J0 I
0 s7 y% q6 k' s7 ?8 D+ E R5 m6 ?5 K“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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