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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
4 u r3 }. R& L High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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+ o- ?$ a" k( y- z4 Z$ IEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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$ y8 |$ s6 z8 {/ e4 B0 V2 S“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.* y4 |4 G3 d0 b9 t; ?
9 t: E9 X1 C3 m3 N% _* @, FSales 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 $1 million.' R4 T+ y, o4 H) P; o0 C; W Q
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. 4 G1 W2 j% l0 u) u) F( V
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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# l9 G0 V4 b% @' Y$ S! U3 H* cYear-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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% |3 H, _' s4 `& gThe 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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0 T# |2 W7 e. F+ J, i5 cAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.$ @( G( c2 H$ H0 H7 J
/ Q, ]; D8 y2 t1 B. ? O' |6 sInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.. g2 u# b( m( }7 V+ F
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“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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# x, `0 o# h2 TAn 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.( ^/ X( M, j l" q6 O7 r" Z7 c
' ^* ]5 M3 C: ~2 z/ y9 {1 R. IPrices 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.7 r2 E k# w: | u: S9 s
0 K) P& `( k7 d“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. N# Y: H, |7 d: m6 |8 v8 `
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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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