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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story( i4 ]$ |1 E) v4 D/ g% e
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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2 w2 l( Q8 ]- t7 ]3 gEDMONTON — 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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3 `4 V$ a: t* F( C; y1 ZSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 8 v8 s$ a9 e5 s* _$ x
' n1 D. f* t; j% G# {0 E$ XFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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- Y' o9 S% [$ L! c8 x; eThe 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., [; n# F- B% a
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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.
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0 U+ C0 P. x% ?4 @! g“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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" o; \3 z: j+ _$ _& k" j" dYear-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.' f F4 H A/ N
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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 2008.1 ~) o: Q( s# j1 U
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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.4 a/ [3 ?7 Q! u( L+ _; q
/ {9 e- Z/ D/ ~4 M7 GInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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! g, @; B& \# C* ~3 D- Z“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., u& Y- U% ?4 p+ k* X2 q7 p
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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# X- U7 X, U# }+ Q. Q @An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.” o- ~+ Y8 {' `6 g$ E$ n
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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.
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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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6 Q: o* X0 B' f r" S( c, F7 A“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.- e2 p5 e) Z, V1 r( f2 e# |
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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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