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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story0 m, ]3 a; G9 n
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& C- O6 a2 `2 O8 q7 J: N- U$ `Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales8 V" v2 Q: L+ Y$ O* O
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.- b/ a1 R6 p% U8 T! [* v U# M; j0 M
6 X2 }3 b- D3 V. u9 d: S7 |1 \“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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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. 1 `* Z5 i( K9 E4 u* {/ D) G8 ?
+ S1 S! l- X& }( ~2 I; tFifty-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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“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. / K5 l! e# g- V8 i" Q+ w
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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.”2 k( ^& C- P1 K; l- t0 V8 h# B
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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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) V& C H; Y3 F J R9 |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.& }- w. q3 _* W7 r+ Z
& S! u6 W6 ^. s# bInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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5 ?3 Y! t, y( T* H0 i“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.! w+ f/ K: C k* R- G2 B3 }
, N2 n2 g& }% r: K, gFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.9 U! C$ @, o; J; e' F) r- T, _
7 @! q' ]' q" \1 Z% H. X" PAn 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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, D6 a( S/ h/ g5 i. lThe 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.5 y- A7 H5 k, X; ]9 k# ?
% Y; T7 H3 C$ h6 `! \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.7 r5 j+ n9 c% ?4 z; N0 T
& w6 F- K. N" e- j, c: \: M“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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7 d7 ]) d3 ^5 `7 O. [“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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