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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story5 a" A' K7 [8 p. @, }; V' u% B
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales; S( s- I( J% ^$ x/ m
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend/ L* @8 m& t( Q
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+ m" Z4 s% G, P/ IEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax. n& H6 a, N& E3 r3 |8 w
" [; K5 f' C$ T8 y“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.. g' e5 D$ H% v; T, R6 `/ G
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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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.1 [8 D9 b/ G7 y5 L
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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.: B! o1 ^7 f# U6 n2 F. u
5 Z0 |% v5 Y+ r8 r, G, G' s4 }“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.”0 x; H6 t( k( C9 _
/ ^2 w# @ a8 R/ W8 IYear-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.
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% H8 y7 B5 N7 U4 T5 v, 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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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 $320,289, the report said.8 y( w' w: U$ m, `: C; E
$ N/ A$ {7 z! Y6 [7 ^/ lInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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0 C! S/ @' ^/ S( r“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., X/ D( T, J9 X6 L* @2 |1 N! U
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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.( J' p) q( ?+ m# ?0 L# M
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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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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.
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/ A2 H6 T& |' f* Z1 e) _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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' |* ]0 `. x7 h* a. r2 e9 j“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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6 L1 U- C8 B/ i. A' t“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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