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1 o6 v/ l! b0 y5 khttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story' ]: D( ^3 L" _4 v& B* C
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# L3 ]6 N# `0 F! Q7 Y9 JEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
$ x0 L& E6 [. _ High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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/ F5 V5 @& X+ _$ |( wEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.& u1 ^7 c4 u$ c
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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 u, Y8 V: B3 @2 w
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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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2 {8 L; x* u. W, z- ?Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.0 ]2 j: C% N& Q/ X+ l, G! v
% `2 |" l. C& ^8 t6 f: u1 \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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7 U5 K: L% X; a0 V“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. T: V' `4 |" V# z" f
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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.”
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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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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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2 A8 K5 k G5 Y; y. ?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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# x0 S" l- I) Z6 a- }, l& A2 }( aInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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& g+ |! A/ o0 X" _( Y“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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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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( `8 S7 X4 u. R7 C1 P+ Q4 dThe 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.3 |9 ^0 \ @' v! I& E! t
' \7 E( c& y! X1 E# Z“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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“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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