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2 w" d; {4 X2 W" t( Thttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story" V9 ^' k8 [- m! y, G& v
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# G) [( Q1 q9 a% M" A; jEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
1 }/ T8 a5 \$ Q w High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend. @& C0 U' B$ K* r$ X- x+ L% a
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8 H/ E& E. c6 i8 p3 ?EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.# S$ V" Z7 S0 J& ?3 ?3 L8 Z
- d. i3 m" k4 w& B“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.- n+ K! t* u$ a5 R
/ f, E# \. Q7 a7 k9 C0 y: VSales 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. $ E, g7 D# q/ E; t
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.7 M& u' D1 A6 R2 V0 r7 V: h- F
# Z* a% H, G$ }/ z$ ~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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4 S( K% G0 l* s: i“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 q3 N2 Y$ O6 |' r. q
: o* @9 @" R# N2 fThe 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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1 p; {+ k. J: U- _# wAverage 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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.* |8 ]9 o/ J3 I* U7 @7 ]
$ h: {# A C3 b“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.- L( S0 T8 B" J u1 P
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.5 K" I% \$ |1 E$ E+ \: P
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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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4 m/ T- \ k* U0 }! T; aThe 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.1 Q+ e7 S# ?8 g; s; z* e
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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.* r: v- |8 N. }0 N; p9 ?
; z) B3 a5 p6 u, J( u. K( k“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.$ [) M: V# q: S E! _" M7 |
- d: q1 j+ v0 d, U8 k; x“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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