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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story* ?& C" m1 W! C" E
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
6 V" G* [$ _8 m2 U. w! U High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend. K, w4 p5 B2 P% I" K
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+ H8 }4 X* f2 sEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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1 }0 ~; O* H1 @2 q5 R“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.4 D g$ N: Q x2 G/ W
( R. N% ^' {( K1 ], b! y# RSales 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 $1 million.9 K4 Q1 u: E8 s! g/ A' G5 a
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”* Q2 b0 ~5 K' W1 e/ ?
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.
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The sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008." r& S V) V- C: V
( }$ Z7 L) t& WAverage 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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! M0 k5 a3 ?2 x4 i: MInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said." f4 _( N |1 }( @+ J& N
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.- E2 C# F3 c% @6 X% x
; e: m0 n7 f; Q/ C& q8 e; mFirst-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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7 ]; q5 k' V7 s& `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.”4 h& R. e, Y# F u; W
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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.- j/ [% A! p% u* F# q
0 u4 m8 J* M7 i& ^) i! wPrices 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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“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.% ~: U4 U8 @3 [5 u1 I U
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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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