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$ j# u( ~! x) Ahttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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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.6 K# n k; ~" x) U4 d: e n* }
- z# W9 V0 a/ W& @9 l5 y D“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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% _8 j+ \# ]4 R' 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. " k+ f. ]7 Y. h1 U8 x
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.7 u; H* l2 N6 g" a6 R
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.1 D, q) D8 T+ N& \3 l- F; T5 K
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. * f7 |& @# ?. p( K
' I. R1 B; l4 ]- c! h“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”& x) o( k9 T# w$ z. S, |
: \, e- q5 P; tYear-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 i3 y( c+ `' L+ o: u2 M% J E
) Z+ e* p% O" |! P0 X% n2 `$ m' 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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O; e' a9 Z+ [7 [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 $320,289, the report said.
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& p2 U! c1 p% o7 k! j' |Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.: H" y. o$ o; K. @
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales., { D/ \8 C( Q+ x! U
! K4 X; L9 G& e+ s; Z$ E% l/ F8 qAn 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 n2 Y0 L& Y/ l- h6 s8 N0 p& R; ^. ]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.- c2 y Y+ e. ^- E; U8 v5 l3 H
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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.
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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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