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4 H" v7 C+ L. a( Ahttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales+ d d" X9 Z+ d+ v( F4 x7 T3 v
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend$ ^1 }) f \. \/ w
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4 ]7 L S$ ]' @7 H) O! O( WEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.2 M+ \2 W F' K0 n5 F
1 p; F% r9 p) N( c1 x! X# _4 b0 K“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday." t* @! U0 O5 \$ G. i8 c- N
; ]7 K# C& V$ C3 B% eSales 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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@* c( I2 {' S4 O- gFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.( s8 Y' {* G" s" y
' Q% A+ F2 m7 l: {: LThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.& a: @8 d# g% _% X
+ f2 K: q- L& _ E( }+ e q- d“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. & s. [5 O3 `& q* k, U& q
' T8 Y) R$ G/ d, R“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.
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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.
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5 L9 ]$ L! Z7 b* M# KAverage 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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1 t9 k4 j) a3 X- T, AInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# _0 g# F& b- Y! a& ~
5 G; G _: g+ y. ^" A) \ y, [“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., M. w6 C) t4 R+ e* h. k2 b' g- b" ]. X
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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! ~7 l/ u& {7 j5 M5 I6 p6 _The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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! `+ y$ y, b5 C5 qPrices 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.3 z! q0 @% R7 h* O, t( j
0 I, V& T- b! Y2 H* u2 _“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.
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( Y+ u8 q" y9 u( S7 b“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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