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; I9 T* C9 x% M8 S+ B' O! A- }/ Chttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story0 Y, s" b) J$ U" F! z. f
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. N& ~6 g3 k( \* E0 HEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) [9 Z6 @7 z4 [# m) p
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend6 U! u. f3 D( S) ]$ a J
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) s+ A; L3 g7 h2 j# i/ fEDMONTON — 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.% i* d$ ^% }$ M& W9 \. t) [6 K
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Sales 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 $1 million.( Z# u% H0 u! |5 d3 H
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. , }& C+ X+ ^& R* I1 c
/ }+ A4 d9 e x“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”( s; k1 `4 T9 f! M3 o- V
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.
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* a% Y4 Q$ g" h- x e. @The sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.9 P: H0 j1 p5 S; ]- X' G
% b1 J: v+ [+ [2 j" \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.0 R6 M0 E9 G' B F3 | A
3 ~) ^' B4 N5 i, J0 e v! k5 aInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.; p& k' n6 Z1 f6 d9 z
1 q' ^: a( P. L“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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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# c: I7 W* T, J: E1 W |- V( w I( ^An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”6 q; S3 X2 I- o5 Y8 C8 ^1 l9 Q
9 Z, m! q6 _+ ]The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets. D) C$ U) h5 }- Q' |
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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.) T, w9 }. l# \; h
5 L9 B9 @. C* a. G7 K“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.- M) G( Q! n% M' _* C
. x7 ^" b- y: Z- X' o2 q“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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