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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story: ?: H2 Z, ?5 m, ]% O" B
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* K2 L) C0 Q( `% M$ uEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales5 x3 n, M' j2 {! z, H6 V
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend& u p: p, z* m6 _
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: b! C& }+ ~8 h7 jEDMONTON — 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.# p7 x% y3 e( R4 D( v+ d
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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. % L# Q+ S' F0 L! l. b
- t9 y. q9 j2 k1 d4 cFifty-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.2 c1 P" }( V& L1 o' }
4 N y( K" f5 y% z“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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5 t- X! H( `5 E7 T6 d2 i( p5 C& Z! 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.”, f) y( J& c" e6 s) ]3 m- Y m6 x
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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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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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; R% B* m6 j2 g9 m3 rAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.5 k! x$ O. c- S/ l4 V# B% | X
8 e9 H6 v2 s6 Z5 V/ a: Z& JFirst-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." X8 t' n2 r7 ?) |/ I. W/ s5 u
$ V$ L% L8 ^& p; ZAn 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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5 r g3 t8 }9 F3 \! ~1 G$ 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.( ^4 K& h2 C. K6 k e# J) ]
) u3 {1 }+ b+ h; u* |9 pPrices 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.' M# B9 A$ U# _- D$ \, {
3 r0 h9 ?7 ^' I" H o. T' c: ]“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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) ^$ z0 Y$ v9 O7 p% Y0 s0 G* H“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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