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7 j# K1 i5 A; n E* ]; a6 Ohttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story/ Y4 C# G/ O/ n' M7 n
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales/ y2 v! x$ y8 @ R9 j# r1 M8 f
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend. \7 I& ?- Y; r8 _
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) Y, g# E g% D: a% XEDMONTON — 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.6 c1 G, P/ t6 q4 G% h) F! h6 R
2 ]( ~1 ^6 z) uSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 4 @; O% ~5 a7 T% T# M2 u& Q$ x
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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`- ^) D Z8 J$ T! e2 I {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. - z! M( x; W9 d+ [; Y1 z' y7 `% x
: }9 q" h3 j8 j“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.”; C4 ]+ ?. q3 B, s" M6 a
4 A K S! \! O+ GYear-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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: w1 I0 V K. Z' q) nThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.2 k* S* f& `& o% T
( K1 a. Y' c3 j: t2 \6 dAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.) k) n; `8 e( M6 |" ? F. L: s# t
1 W1 _6 C- Z% mInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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% T0 `- h+ i+ H |“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.- |+ D; [5 V+ a! M' q6 |$ P
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”3 k/ E2 f, ]5 [ x# T. e" x
) P) Q. G' b# i- R8 SThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.8 J( H f% ~7 B! D
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.
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# E' v6 y/ D$ o( G2 a5 m3 a9 s" s: t“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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