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: ?* m* K! `( v- S- U4 Mhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story: M$ |. f+ ^1 R' X
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% R W0 ~& ~- y" W) qEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
3 |$ Z7 O$ |( V9 ^* r High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend5 y/ Z k5 f0 A4 x
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9 c( n- J$ \- r: ^( T* eEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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9 i& z, m1 }# `0 i# U! X! Y1 n2 H' n- }“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.7 f3 \6 m1 k; r/ u& f
: }4 T% [$ A7 |7 E$ v6 xSales 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. " S8 j1 f7 y U. L9 M8 ]
7 s5 q6 c* v jFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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* J3 W v& u# B“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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- _1 s+ a, a5 U, C* Q“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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' [" w# |( ]) ]: L$ C+ IYear-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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8 r2 U1 R5 }5 [7 d2 [$ PThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008./ n, \! C5 V9 F6 x# m* i
7 u7 m7 ^: C( t$ CAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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& X R: U# k* Z$ K: e/ }! yInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.. B4 G7 D2 K/ K E" p
: J0 a U# |2 [. H“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.4 E. g: I X! \$ W$ r% [% I* E- F
7 N4 j0 P$ @: V$ X0 x+ cFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.* d' i5 n. C$ H
! G) N6 Q0 |1 ?0 g2 k5 l6 fAn 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.”" \0 ?$ v) h1 L! d
. {6 S6 }) v, s- }6 _The 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.8 a0 z( z) X; g7 \. N
$ ^+ R' J6 r' e1 WPrices 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.5 s7 h: i, J6 r2 L' a* v a/ e
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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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“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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