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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) c5 q2 I" Q# F# f: i, m% ?9 V2 {
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend/ J+ G) f, z! g; x7 r4 T
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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.
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' e. s5 m; `4 v8 [“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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* M5 I+ [* j, h' j( eSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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, o5 v+ y! W& F5 j. a9 T# O$ PFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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# ~! f9 ?% t" d+ m1 g3 [1 z$ ^5 c% JYear-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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3 E3 r# u) k1 eThe 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.
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. J" n3 T8 ]4 t' h% U7 ^Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.& e8 z# S* W: U8 T z' B2 v! F
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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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# d9 k8 }5 E. b8 b* L* `+ rFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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3 I7 n9 M P9 ]" Z) }An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”. y( @2 g% m+ S* A9 K/ p m5 F* ^
% Z% |2 X- }* RThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.9 w6 B# ~( j& J! \
1 w" N( c, l+ X0 w9 |Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.4 [. p/ W3 H: ?0 _4 u$ P5 S
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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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- ]2 U# d6 c. L0 k“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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