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1 I) d7 @" Q: B6 |& A3 Zhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story+ w5 X8 q( {( z) t+ \
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' p7 U/ I& O+ E$ NEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales9 p$ N; e. [' }
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend2 w4 U D* @( u
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/ Q7 d) l# |$ q& k, @9 g8 ?' EEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.+ U! ]$ }; x* N9 M, ]0 o( k, b
6 N/ _# o# h0 L0 h1 c“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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& i/ q) T [' V, TSales 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. 8 _1 y" F& g! j4 G
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ \* Y! _! g8 ^. @5 V1 p
9 }# L& |2 r3 q+ E0 wThe 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.; S4 m' h3 B* y2 l1 P3 M9 x( x/ U7 \
+ ~* A% f' [, s+ ^“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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- Y. a% X* ~, l5 Z) p“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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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.! T4 t7 N% r: _( [& |
* `7 y9 ^9 q- vThe 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.
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) j: n/ r3 e' B; H- jInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.- ]' H, }& ^* @9 z. ?
- M. L+ e' a+ e) N( C: ~/ w“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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* O6 N+ M8 w# \) wAn 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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5 P0 E* }! F7 i! N5 k; C5 c7 Q5 l4 @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.* F8 f% m: d! b+ a0 U' J2 i
: F2 s* P% }2 u/ c, k* x' b" e4 gPrices 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.$ d4 {8 B0 m# D5 k* t! e- t' `- n
) F" Z/ y4 @; R% n; D; T“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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/ R! i! B+ O9 ]6 s# o. _. h: c“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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