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- O% d: ^7 U, d' V! Y% o) Hhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story$ r' T3 ?2 U8 ~* c+ P6 R- n
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' w5 w6 z( b0 Q2 iEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales. ^/ o; R5 E9 v* P5 u# N3 J
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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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“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.* R: S9 l' B' o3 |2 ~) d" y. ^
6 y, m% I: Y2 q7 b: e9 vSales 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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.! v. u j5 Q: T
, r9 q1 B# |3 cThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.( X9 _* }2 s. E4 O& F6 a$ @
5 [3 q0 U0 b, k% a U k/ P" h“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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! d' t" S4 o, k- k7 l1 y4 I) 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." m4 @$ l' U+ v! P1 ^, T
; w% P3 O2 P( `2 T( C* ZThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.7 @6 M7 H! e% d2 }
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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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9 B. o0 p: \, ^7 kInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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( P9 m& c3 V, y: ~“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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/ A g7 f7 ^; j) f' C3 x( hFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales. L/ t6 W8 G F& N6 @
0 B% w3 _' i; {, ^5 o, `3 r' G+ zAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”4 O" d& J( E& }- k
7 Y5 L8 b- j& ]- y/ U# d' q6 RThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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" e$ ]1 ~5 Q" d( _, k/ s" x" Y* I) MPrices 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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l. B# {8 E, m“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.. A0 I* ` u6 t
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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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