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^4 @, \; i5 c! m8 Chttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story7 b. B# l1 Z; y& L1 z0 W0 N
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
; f' Y. j" Z* `9 h6 J High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend. i# P! O# Z8 a. U
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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.5 r k0 O* \9 L m1 q: U8 v) e. b
1 f4 ?8 v7 R* [! j6 R“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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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. 1 j6 E3 c3 q# C# ?
# `8 p( G7 }4 M4 HFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.. Y, R# Q- h" R$ j
: c3 `/ o9 j& ?( H! sThe 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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1 j9 V( v% q& i4 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.
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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.. [& b4 v# D) u$ [9 w
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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.- W: R0 \/ }5 F5 t$ _% S+ T1 A# J; h
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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 $320,289, the report said. K! s/ s; m( f; x$ _: D/ D
# w: H' X$ | U* PInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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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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; E/ n& B }3 d; O* `$ FFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.( R4 [/ _" y, J
. @$ K7 h8 z8 V/ \, M. R$ kAn 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.”2 r5 T( i6 `+ s: v l
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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.# \: \/ q3 F/ Q$ Q1 J8 e) b
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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., _1 G. t6 c' w L
4 J& f* v/ d! h1 g! [- D6 `- u" E4 h! E“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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“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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