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% a! V* G9 w3 Q" B0 i) X- s3 _http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story4 k+ M, O7 @5 _& J
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( u5 P3 @4 U6 \5 k" s7 [Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) e1 Z# O- C: O R0 P
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend5 H' P9 w8 ~ f& b% U! }. f4 V
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EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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2 f$ w, q3 n/ f9 l v% Q“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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$ t+ r9 ]0 w! L# \) @* ]1 \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. ; e8 m; W( W; t( t
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ z" U& M1 y) @
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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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3 i6 J' V y5 m3 t7 {7 A. T“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.”
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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.9 B7 {# Y0 k E- ~! d
5 L g) O6 R* {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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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 $320,289, the report said.! p; ]9 O6 m3 _. X% p; Q% d
9 d8 c, c9 a {1 } R4 C. j' k$ {Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.9 V7 ^4 b4 ^) [: Y6 ]; Y M
1 e, j# d; t" w1 q& b9 m7 ^- O“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.0 E' w! w& Z2 e, l6 D" _
5 Q$ K2 U0 ^; I6 f7 `7 b! s# yFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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. [0 U+ y( l( `5 q mAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.) [ x* X# T8 H6 T/ S
) q g9 E, _! p* XPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.( x3 P; t7 D, u3 E) H4 R
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.$ K: V# E. F: \ j7 {
% C; a" K6 O! {7 j, s! [6 V“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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