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- ~( @( h" b) n# N( Q) b$ Thttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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4 d& F) I' q' q. C& GEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales9 o1 k& v2 J; R% N% N9 [" G/ q
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend( l4 i7 o' S# R* [- s$ F$ d n y+ R
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' H# I ~; Z6 m* F# ~0 Z. NEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.3 i3 A2 Q- J+ E1 [7 K
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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.1 `4 a' J" `- k1 P6 }
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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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/ Q/ u* Z) p( R3 n3 _Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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( `0 B3 v2 [! V6 t4 C8 h1 a. i“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. / b: S" z' ?8 F- v/ o1 \2 D- b
; s1 x3 w4 t' i3 O, s$ B* ~“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.”* a' ]* Y6 P: O3 \+ o+ n0 L
1 u' X9 v5 A2 S1 P2 tYear-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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' L# Z9 g. \5 a# qThe 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 $320,289, the report said.* B5 X9 T" U/ Y `3 s
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# |* q$ C. W8 d- j6 }
$ m0 U2 G6 n- ^, p; @' o“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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. o/ f5 t; `* w/ t! kFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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- H8 A8 F5 u/ qAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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9 Y( t1 }- V, k H( X# }Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.$ m' Z* D$ {1 f6 U6 e7 `
5 a: C* s: d4 i! N/ F“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.! y7 X9 f, _9 t2 E
! n, i2 p Q/ ^ t' u6 r0 e“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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