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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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3 S7 h0 o7 i. _( gEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) D B( o, R. u7 l$ `
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# B8 d/ s# S) PEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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9 N6 z" |& P# {8 G2 _/ O0 _“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.! N' y, f: a/ g# D3 o
% I! I7 Z3 e3 ]8 xSales 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.
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* n, j ~0 n& k2 n. h0 f" k e+ @) o W8 DFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ a- \; _- S% Y4 a4 G- I
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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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2 M+ @/ A' ^# [: o“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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5 V! H' e2 {% P* F0 R3 M# J, |“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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3 _* h: }, I. G: o" u% AYear-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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' @2 I* Y) o% @3 F& u( Y; A+ kThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.; O8 P w6 H! ]# O# j: S) A
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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 $320,289, the report said.2 ]7 t& Z* _8 y0 y2 h) O0 w
3 p, t) U% n( F; j8 MInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.. p& K$ E/ ~+ Z
+ J) F( j1 l: L) i“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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3 o$ P" d* H5 p! s' u: \First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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6 s- }9 {/ S( s: V. D1 y+ l6 bAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.9 ^2 S7 _6 C0 u3 Z0 u5 P
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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7 r& A# r: Y& U- m9 e1 h$ T8 c“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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1 |& W* Q8 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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