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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story1 f/ K* ^. s) S6 T$ \3 Z* }* e% f
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales2 @$ {. X/ g, k; D! `9 r% H' b6 x
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend' T. g9 @$ ~+ g9 i- [; x" x
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, ~" l4 {* f3 M8 p" H1 A2 i6 [, IEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.2 g( F% ?) G2 @
+ x% n5 ^8 o3 H' W3 L2 }) @" c' W“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.* n8 E% l; d% `
& F0 @! D' m2 K1 ]8 r) B; |- g3 `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.
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3 U+ C. p) T0 u. O6 T! G7 TFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.4 o3 X) B& _, N t* l( N
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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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( F" M. }" t2 Y8 U/ O7 a- |“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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; r+ q2 B: j( r7 |) YYear-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.9 ~% `5 R. Z5 h; t' O' }
; X& c0 [# ^/ _" \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.
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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.2 M1 \* G! _, P: J! v9 Q1 l
( @0 h% B, A' B( b+ u7 pInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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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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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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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.”( L* `! p7 S" L
7 G) w. n; ^" E% kThe 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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9 y9 I3 H, @; E% }1 kPrices 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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, }& u& Z* x f V1 g“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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