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3 o. O* I# F) F1 e2 w6 ihttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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; y* \% t0 ^7 G5 ?. tEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
7 h. `, M$ Z9 u( m High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend; F" a/ k! e# @5 Z, t
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! x3 j3 d8 W. o& ?! K4 E) L' f9 U5 _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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' c M" z+ M4 S# u& ]' Z% f1 b$ |. KSales 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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.3 r7 A( w5 H5 n
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.& k; x) U. _, ]5 q/ ^9 l5 L6 Y/ x8 G8 A
" f( R3 @$ _4 Q) `, y( G7 y“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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“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.”/ z% u; t" V- t1 i( _
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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.' ^7 Q; E# ^/ i% m. x
' w1 |& A/ W4 X4 o& o6 `( `( HThe 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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+ c8 i$ f0 S: ~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 $320,289, the report said.& M) u+ U! x0 u2 z
. ? M* c$ f0 F. PInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.3 J8 U3 I/ ?" r0 C
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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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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.”) }8 |/ x2 P; D& G2 d0 h
4 y' n) e8 E7 H6 Q& G, k6 nThe 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.2 G; j8 h! S7 w, t8 c5 B
2 s" h, `* a- ?3 ~8 _( X) v5 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.
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7 j% i1 Y5 ]- Z! X; E5 ^“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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4 @4 c; f) k0 n' c3 i# u4 } |- X2 ~“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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