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& J" n- a1 p$ G+ k' @- Uhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales7 |6 U2 F# R! T4 l8 ~* H7 q
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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9 d7 l; Q0 J6 I6 FEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.7 T9 x2 H* k6 e: X6 h7 y7 w- M
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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.( `7 M- S- P) r; u, `
1 i3 o9 B7 D* w5 VSales 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. 6 i3 }& [8 W* K
9 z/ a2 W- q2 O* k2 U( H2 p }! cFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ X, K S7 f0 E
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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.# m2 L+ V" O L' ~2 P; `0 k
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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. / f" Q/ P2 Y- T) n; S) c
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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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. K5 ]! _7 X; L LYear-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.3 p. ~7 p. q1 |% r
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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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) n/ e2 T# v( w+ |* wAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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% I- \# e" [( |! JInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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3 R& Y, P8 ^' o. K$ ]7 b“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.# T7 l* v: _! P! `' M
" u7 n! z# S. _0 ^First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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% j- k1 J( [! w# d* |An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”0 i. i# j$ o } ~( x
8 ]. P; K W9 d6 p# o* GThe 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 Q( r& h1 u1 _% y' z3 }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.
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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.
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" T5 [! m$ \- i% @( 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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