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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales; i+ [% [, r( S) Y0 x
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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7 X1 _0 @' c0 \9 w' ^3 Z4 eEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.2 z2 Q' K& w5 L- w
" j( X: L; r4 t+ G7 Q3 B8 a& F8 ~“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.* Q9 r3 Q( g: U% r6 M8 ~. ]
6 y$ e0 m3 x) g) K) e2 {# t: r% TSales 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. 3 M" ]0 l1 N. T0 q0 A
' k7 t9 t; @ W, K9 H& pFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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/ `4 i" ^7 a9 W5 kThe 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.
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9 _( |/ H" L" E9 ^3 D“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.3 |0 s' `; \, w! J* x( `
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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." [0 a+ C8 R. r* T1 Z
' N, T( x7 p. K. ~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 $320,289, the report said.8 }% O4 N; W9 Y1 B
6 X1 E1 s# E5 ~7 u2 R5 lInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.) i, a/ t: u4 U2 @! A$ `
P5 Y% S- ~. A( v- F2 `9 b a“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.2 m- U) W9 U& C5 y9 v
# k* k# b( F6 C( ^( _First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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! H# P& d4 o3 J: W _; P! {" jAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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" p6 u! C' W2 T: t/ MThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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+ Y$ w9 ]8 u5 `% H* T“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.) B- i& ^4 R) Y' }1 E k
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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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