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" m! g$ l& h- ~http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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% s+ v5 S) K5 a" N3 A# ~- tEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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* h( Z1 ~$ p: K( o, I; \EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.8 E( l, b4 d, N8 w1 O: L- m6 {1 N
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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.! j/ F( r8 n+ y8 t. V0 W. u
) H3 w9 V' K* N! q, MSales 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. # J z* \- G3 [
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million. V- s% }! T/ w: V- L4 o
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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- J; [* _8 N$ Z4 ?“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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2 K9 F: q( a5 b& c7 c- KYear-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.$ S9 C4 h6 f% [; ^3 k
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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2 Y& y$ \. R% c, ]# P4 \. VInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.( V, e; N+ @# x3 p, a- c. P
, f, J( @, \# s- S“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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( ]7 e) z% e; @/ T5 j" YFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets./ _/ P; b9 Q h+ ?
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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5 M1 j% J2 {$ f0 v2 g) S5 t“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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2 ?; |, t z5 M+ ~" @ g“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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