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' g- ], g( V/ a6 Ghttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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+ N2 t: W# X) m# e+ a9 [Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
2 {* c/ B" Z$ H! N High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend( y6 x% o( l+ N, V; S& P5 W
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' ~/ @7 e/ h; E5 f# T4 p4 KEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.9 U5 [5 V) t1 o$ M& W* L! s
7 t, @8 C5 ]/ j- P1 z“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.: ?7 G- }) ?- ?) t5 f7 j }
) W( T" o7 e/ N* U( LSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 9 ]4 j% O3 A- y+ E& j; p
" P: ~2 @$ [' I6 o, R3 Q4 XFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.6 f: n g$ a: [
1 V" j0 F( n4 IThe 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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\, Q& T9 U7 i“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. - ?. `6 b8 n5 E% Z
6 n' \ N! C( a; e“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.# ]+ j8 ]1 a c2 z
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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 2008.4 _& z2 d2 A( y- Y
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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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.( i3 i; R1 n2 `: g. D7 U* L# ^. o
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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# n$ e% E1 c, x) [# _6 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.”- x4 Z6 y2 Z; {% _6 \+ q9 U
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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.7 _7 ]6 n1 V5 z) _+ \* r& s
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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.' S2 |& G2 U0 p) N- C& ]
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“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.% H* r: q1 V+ [! l
) R% B% o9 O3 _4 k: _, ^+ S“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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