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- n6 B" x% \" n+ J3 V: Bhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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8 k$ }4 q: ~* iEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales! L* U) A& T# W% ~) h
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend8 j1 _$ s( P5 z* y, n3 e
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; A3 h$ t) \1 v! _0 lEDMONTON — 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.: \; V7 _: @" h
* ?/ N* x& N& ^5 HSales 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. 8 }; s# D2 L+ F- u
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.. ^6 N$ A& L! ?5 f: Q$ S; b& k6 ?8 `
, i' M# x0 l, _9 O% D4 E8 C' d! A9 SThe 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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“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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9 A; G: T. B# 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.
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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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b7 m* V4 f3 i) a0 u- F# \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 $320,289, the report said.
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4 m' T4 G8 N. b- |9 wInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.4 F. v) A* k+ A* D
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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$ h+ U# m2 f; c, v0 m TFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.2 V3 |# [" c4 x4 R" x2 }
3 U, d5 p/ H9 f: h& z& F% J$ |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.”
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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.5 u: o; F3 q* q' b/ _% @
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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.
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" |1 w8 C# l! Q4 A" M! S/ }" u“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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5 O) ?0 X4 n' e/ l0 b“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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