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; [4 ^) j" T! L# B& O* b" Xhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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# |3 M% ?$ y! `/ C2 ~Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) c6 Y S% c2 Z* I# ?* @- }
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend3 t. m3 d. o1 O
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5 z. _8 ^1 D) c c5 b- aEDMONTON — 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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2 O/ B5 K; y1 _/ d8 USales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. . d( t/ L$ a, S1 D: Z6 J& ]
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said." |% Q- i' G$ E, U. `! X+ g
- o( ?% l! W+ s/ x/ f8 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.”# P' S# B1 l' h+ n0 b$ X# `
& u! [7 j0 `( a* QYear-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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& C2 D+ e! c, I/ X! Y& B& gAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.- r( N$ O( I$ S5 n7 @. F
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Inventory 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.
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+ u2 d8 t- D& S1 m" ZFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.8 g- ^+ {4 `; a1 V9 ~
1 p9 H3 b, T# E3 E; @- I$ @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.”- }# |+ [! Y" ]1 k ^5 g
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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.& T& B B# O* M
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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./ F1 s( i$ L& j) }+ G- |5 A
0 `8 ^& F3 {) l1 v% }& X! u3 q# u“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.+ \! W% R6 I5 g: W3 ~1 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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