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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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; C- d7 Y" Q- W) A8 n4 _) nEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales1 `0 C6 O/ J( I5 G# U1 G) U: a/ O I8 G
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend7 D( A/ Z7 _0 l8 L0 x1 _. M
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5 y' v% J3 h8 M0 w$ |; K/ @; e& vEDMONTON — 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.0 c# @7 l1 P! ^. s" }
( a0 N4 x4 N; ~: g; E0 S6 GSales 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. * v% [3 i7 Y- `9 H+ a. M! q
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.4 W3 r; D5 ?5 U' h7 @
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.$ f" @- _/ v! w% M2 T" {
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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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" s( [. B4 r# b8 S5 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.”8 F. L$ J, E- u7 y: Z6 u
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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.
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4 a9 u9 S8 t9 E* t# t% Z( K+ eThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.; D, l4 J4 p% g0 ~- {
8 K4 A8 i9 F' q H' g! E( ]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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.* b2 A: P+ Z1 G+ y4 n7 u8 }
! B7 m* [& D. |8 P“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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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5 B5 r6 C, j% h( e: xAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”0 P7 K& U3 O( i. l" | m
, P$ i4 w3 [' z+ }& T Y5 Y; n BThe 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.; Z3 P9 u' j. _* }
/ l! r# c$ S$ ?$ N! N+ RPrices 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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. w! a* @' V8 j4 M& R: T d6 i$ s( P“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.9 o# Y& }5 \9 v
8 G) z6 M2 O+ f) h“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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