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4 k2 c! E! f4 w/ s. |3 C; N: O3 uhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales& E, N# \7 k* x$ e/ `
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend/ m7 r* ]9 [. \' W" t: m! r0 Q
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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.
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7 d- Z# o4 H" O“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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0 M, h# q$ _: V; m6 Y" j' t+ ]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. 4 d. [- J' p1 W5 \
- j- d5 z: u8 V j0 TFifty-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.& |, \1 B3 @7 k7 X% W
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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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“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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s: {6 J B C' O0 ^( G2 gYear-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.( j- c( [! p! ?6 a- D
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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.# i" g V2 T8 p# V
8 L7 q3 i- X9 w- OAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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/ _: Q4 o/ j# @& C0 pInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said." n' g, T3 w/ `# D( p% R$ W }( [
" H6 d+ S4 |1 e+ ^# b# R4 u“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.5 S4 H7 R# y- d
, Q8 V+ m9 O( a, aFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales. @% m4 P8 {" B) w! s
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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' H. {' i% C% r+ }$ ZThe 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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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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n5 ^/ e7 ~3 z5 A' n“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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