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X2 W# ^8 B. X( j8 t! xhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story1 H- X# b/ v9 D d Q+ s+ W# `3 ]
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5 t" S9 g3 p1 G4 s9 T# Q% p- DEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales0 O3 E3 h' l* T4 k/ Z$ Q5 f/ C/ C
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend, i9 N$ Z6 h1 y+ x* o/ J$ U6 j
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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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5 a1 Y( O8 u( F% ]' b“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.( ], Q, |& q, y* A
0 e9 ?8 G/ U3 f7 {0 z7 FSales 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. 6 F% t& A3 {. V' C* L. m" _% X
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ W: k8 G' b2 S K- f9 ~
: t$ c" {- C3 j9 ^0 M8 ?! e! p# ZThe 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, x7 ~6 r, O7 z1 k8 D4 q
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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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1 v: y" \4 H4 M, t7 r7 E* H9 Q“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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/ `; P' `. ^6 z c5 hYear-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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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 p: A1 D; C( O& PInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.8 \6 {6 w3 E8 A4 u+ G0 s5 J
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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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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.
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9 o1 b6 ~. W7 [6 V0 A" R4 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.”+ C3 m: g5 g8 z
2 Z' z# Z- W4 g2 z- 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.
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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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“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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; P0 ^4 e- v. j7 \* A# q7 s9 n# j3 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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