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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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, D! t2 r5 y% r5 i3 L7 I7 `Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales1 g% P3 h" M+ T; s0 F9 e
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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7 [7 f4 F: w# r2 ]3 |0 Q# ^6 `% G% j$ OEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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" Q1 H$ K0 F4 F+ r: @1 X“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 $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 1 d( P% R5 r: w$ L* `8 J8 |
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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" L) b, Y5 d8 E) d5 G3 m/ O“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”/ }8 K9 z* |. X9 P
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.
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+ g# Y! ^3 K- D! }2 e, ?9 HThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.# n( @) o2 W- ]
* e0 b: ]6 g4 s' ]* Z% |$ Z9 tAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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9 w A D! n8 b+ v9 x' D" MInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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7 s# L/ _6 K- i3 o0 b7 g9 m, y“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said./ {% T$ s1 z+ W, n
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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.. z! ^) |; N3 S! F7 e
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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.”* r+ d" f) N6 C7 W: h
! K# @- x& \: U- g: G) ^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.9 p9 ]4 z" T& g4 C7 R0 x9 n/ {" g
7 d, ?5 B# _4 x: 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.) c+ W& n8 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.6 ~* M; P+ W8 r- x+ ?
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