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) x! D( k' {6 z/ n& ahttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story$ Y' g" d5 Y5 i3 |. X7 N3 C- p
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+ i0 i' L* e6 B2 L: s f& PEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
6 F1 [& c% j$ f" @; w% b: [2 g High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend# q! w, I4 ?4 C1 n" j0 c% E2 s
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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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9 W' H, C) E& j% N0 w% [" u# RSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. * D# {! J6 r- `5 m8 i& O& E
8 y, M8 r$ e0 ]* i2 p; Y4 ?6 \# e- Q& dFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million., R) e5 r% K* V. L% q2 r
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.# L/ \+ _) z' z/ N; g! q3 N2 W
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. ( L% X3 O: a) B
& \9 v4 h- W9 e9 R% [“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.
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8 U* T: {2 }9 c$ G5 ]* RThe 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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$ R! t2 i5 _1 w, [. ]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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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) I. E8 I- }3 y. g# n9 x8 H“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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! W& U. P+ U4 J+ 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.
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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.”, Q7 [0 c. K- Q* h; R
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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.3 d4 @4 p( R1 T" I4 N
0 a3 E# W: a7 c. U* N4 xPrices 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., D6 k+ C; u" I& g6 Y
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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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5 i* L, F; W! E L0 o; r: E6 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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