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& X; {7 [( [4 Y% L ?; I6 mhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story Y- X& A, T& L0 b4 l
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3 z P& F( ]/ _Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
4 N+ t: B5 P# W8 H High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend# n$ v, `( H- u, }
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# R& s- K E* DEDMONTON — 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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u2 w$ A6 p# l! n2 v' e. ASales 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. / R, k/ f5 Q7 i8 q! Q. T1 P
8 W; A' N/ ^9 H, {6 `1 [Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.; Y [! i- d8 ?8 M1 x% v7 D7 h% Q
6 O% m2 H9 Q0 Z* L6 c; b1 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.4 F4 v! j! u" K6 ~2 L7 Y
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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. & U6 z7 F* N# i% d* W3 u& }
' Y* A. V1 A2 U1 W“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 M( f7 E4 c4 ~& y. t- t
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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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6 a1 p! q1 E3 H' H, ~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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" A/ W N* v4 }/ V2 ?8 _3 t6 YAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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6 Z i. `# ^: Q) R% Y& ]Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.. G4 M, o. W) I" z$ L+ Z. c
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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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) X1 }; P: \2 y. `8 V/ jFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.- W$ L$ K. Y' j
2 G& I( G! _2 T2 U. O$ }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.”
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: ]1 m* g0 ~; O; b; Y/ UThe 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.( \# N- e1 ], a+ R1 A0 L2 N
7 S9 I) T6 T% w8 s0 mPrices 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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% y* u- T9 r( Q# y* l$ @1 s& ~“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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