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# d5 x4 c) {$ K- ~http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story% ?6 [5 K+ ?; F
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# L8 D9 P u1 u4 LEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales+ i$ i9 n. Q+ W/ p q$ u2 t; N
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend, g+ y9 B3 `% Y) n2 _. ^- Z2 \
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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.4 q+ k5 h( g# F/ T# E
" C& ^/ }# W5 J6 d+ C& N“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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+ w' y/ I, w8 Q# b: 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. $ C( V6 k3 d- n% U# s7 ?7 z! E) y
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.! b4 s8 W; q; E2 ~ @
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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! j! i) T$ a6 r" {& E5 b“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. 6 I+ h8 X4 \) l* V4 E3 N) F
) h: M, ]1 Q; l“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.1 l( v* I, y8 Z' h+ g @
! h: A, C6 L8 W! tThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008." }5 G3 H+ f/ H* m$ `
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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.
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7 g. _# A! V v4 y9 i q) ]Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.! B* E6 E7 A& t+ Z3 G3 |. s6 c: `
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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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.+ y( B0 f" ]" {, Q
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”* i6 u$ Z, b7 [# q4 k
! ~! ?+ F+ z# tThe 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." t2 Z: m/ S( H* W) L
5 P4 x2 N( U7 ]- BPrices 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., C$ o' o% n" S; Y/ T/ H" L% N, E3 v
6 _" H0 M+ V5 e' n“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.3 l" U; J% u b' q+ Y
+ R; m' H* n; g0 N+ N# S“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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