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1 A3 L8 t8 x: m, j9 ghttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story0 t. G3 X* K* S8 V6 @$ ]8 E& d
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
1 G4 q$ s) ^; E High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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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“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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2 L# x2 g) q D$ U4 t$ A/ s. }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. 7 C2 P, v/ x! e
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.# J. x) K. w% i8 A5 u; S/ f$ {, W9 R
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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.* \, e8 q- L# x6 P' |3 }
+ `3 N, T& z( g0 v5 B' A" y“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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; y( S3 U- q- tYear-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.1 k* F4 `4 d: H8 {) s
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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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3 ^7 Z# m( H* \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.
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6 \4 ^, w) [" P2 X* ~) bInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said., X4 L8 {/ r# W9 t0 y0 V% ]
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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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales., o/ d5 | Z3 S2 J n0 [
; c' `2 Y! ]0 l' O* ~% m, k( _An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”7 y' Q T. ]9 w" s; R: b2 r6 _
& D$ U8 S- y6 H- qThe 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./ |6 X- L7 B- p! E* H( Z
/ m1 Y; z9 E. ~: i0 f0 LPrices 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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+ G- T+ q" w- v) W# b“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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( ~" x8 _( x, k+ H e5 k“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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