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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales1 N+ y& N: ?# D1 @: D5 Y8 s! A
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend% q2 ] V& R: H* k
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M/ u5 J+ S0 I" f( Y: G3 o6 h) N- NEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.; [* f7 O- ~: N. i3 M& g
0 D; s! B/ ^; w, 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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1 T) h: w; l( s0 m' u0 t& ISales 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. 0 ?- W4 g2 T9 d7 D: r! @' O
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.% m9 o' n6 M2 f1 ]
7 W- m6 U: u& o3 E* p; tThe 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.
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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.”9 [2 j6 u) ? H. J
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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.) ^+ H% b( R7 i4 m- C
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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.
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9 e# b! f0 b/ L9 [9 B" kAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.6 B0 H; F7 E K9 b
; u+ N8 n& O* v. ~5 QInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.7 T9 U7 f2 J3 F |! c
9 `8 x+ n, P1 \! Z1 @, h3 {“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.* f9 I8 N4 m. ?2 U' x' F7 q- w$ u
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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+ e4 Q* o* m' XAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets." C8 d" F: J9 E' \
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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# B+ i4 @% V; f: |# w$ B! |- 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.
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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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