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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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1 F- p7 F# H- Q' {8 o( t" dEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
1 [: X/ V7 {* W! _9 H! \ 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.4 R4 O: C7 z+ W8 K
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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.( W/ I- N. E3 h |6 i& d& R
0 {8 F! g+ ]/ p4 m: k% @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. % o7 i: j/ L: j+ m4 W4 O y
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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" T2 D% x; T, `$ H! x. P“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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: h6 b! ?4 v/ f( R w“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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( ~( U6 f: A! xYear-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.2 M5 a$ q1 U* J- i
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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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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 $320,289, the report said.5 z+ t9 y$ W/ S4 N6 E- X+ P
) K% V- K8 t1 {) b/ y: eInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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# w# H- Y0 e$ E$ t: r3 ~( ?“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.7 o0 q4 d7 Q! N7 a4 c5 M# s
7 r* f" m+ N& ?1 l/ eFirst-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.”: h% q; |8 d1 D4 R
5 @; q4 ?9 B0 ?! q# UThe 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./ x3 B/ F2 S9 |0 h9 C6 b
5 `0 |3 d- R; w6 ?. F+ SPrices 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." Y( V- g) i% ]) V
; n) h9 C6 P5 [! U' T! X“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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