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/ [, O0 Y9 H6 ^- i" g7 X) Ihttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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2 E8 }% B9 V4 ~; x$ ]3 Z2 uEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
# ]% w9 g# x. W' j7 j* d7 d High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend! |% b" s7 S( E& h6 v! I. t
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1 j t: J* B8 T% B- S( T- i0 tEDMONTON — 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.+ D* T/ O' f' f. }
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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.
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: J& J2 p- T+ h( s( p7 IFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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6 k8 s' W( `8 |" ]) Q$ aThe 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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9 A& Y$ ]( K) C“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.”; t5 M" _- k- u' J8 P. X+ Y3 Y
- @# y1 q) B* T5 p1 }2 vYear-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 2008.3 X- e% m, R' t$ N
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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.* j! h8 |% e9 O0 W) j' G* V; m
- d" M" R/ a" t9 h& cInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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; c; ~. i; m8 D. r“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.' J6 p/ G1 `9 ~* d% u
3 F9 q& @( K5 V+ E* C% P }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./ _) R z, M) o9 i1 y
% N, }* F* ?* WAn 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.”9 j8 K& V2 E# W f6 T. A1 @
$ p ^1 q; Z, h4 [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.
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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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2 \' J2 E2 M, T, S“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.+ X5 |3 X* G( Y R: _& v% ~
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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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