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! _( W- V; [: l% i" R( O0 Xhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story4 W8 Y2 f3 Q$ I: g' V9 m# B
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales* P' r3 m$ k; V; t. q) a
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend* }: r& ]2 c+ Q
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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.7 F' ]( |( H# |2 M; P
2 M4 |( y1 `) S! }# f) T6 w“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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; y0 T6 M( e$ i) JSales 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. * p# ?) c! a- p. o( E" W& N
, U1 ~# d7 x: d! `: }* vFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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$ b. G0 y" ]( Q“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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“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.”; g, K: F2 G/ ~/ U b6 P
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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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3 [2 E0 S2 F; j9 E, o) dThe 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 $320,289, the report said.* s- v9 p2 s, ~/ q5 N- D5 h% c$ ~
# {2 w# {) P* P- CInventory 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.8 {; Z4 L ?9 j/ M) h6 Z- r
; W# A$ z4 ^' {3 \$ t! FFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.$ a% N4 \" H3 ~# m2 s. N
1 v; p# N) r3 H/ p9 u# 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.”3 z$ }4 i1 ]. q: U( _
2 M; s: I/ H( u' B( k# wThe 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 I( W! h# v( g
8 b! Z; a- i0 j v- `1 zPrices 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.& n- D$ [1 q y) Q: n
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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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