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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
: ?/ A; z7 Y; H* F8 Z3 ^ High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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# L' @6 G: b" p7 g1 Z% E" `EDMONTON — 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.
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8 M& v1 p1 [. q* ]1 I! ]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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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# a% X; ]/ @7 S+ @7 v. DThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.' O U6 O$ F( H) r5 y0 k
7 }7 _" `; g% p, Y( R# H“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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6 m+ H: J/ v7 ~; f- H“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.”5 _! p4 @: l( t0 R) E; M
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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.6 H4 x6 [3 s6 g! F2 d3 _# ?
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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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$ ~* J# \1 W& S7 j- _! D% fAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.! K$ @$ x, }8 U' g: I+ g/ s
. E# k9 V9 E, V- A6 D“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.$ t/ n4 U9 |) U5 W
1 l6 B6 b. r0 g8 c) }/ ^First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.* @# L( v6 f* c6 L/ K) H# |1 m
7 @% d8 Z5 P3 V8 f$ o8 CAn 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 l: |9 e$ i3 a9 `- SThe 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.! T, @ i3 B8 s5 T
' c. g0 m/ p1 j# y q- Y5 tPrices 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.( D) L; f, X8 c- L
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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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7 I7 j. F1 m, z“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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