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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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, I5 I- _6 g2 eEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
8 |" A1 {2 p8 o" J3 @5 U& y1 w High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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/ z. r' `. W1 e% d1 X7 NEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax., k! Y* w2 f' z' }5 D; j
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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.4 _ T4 o5 h" q! O
8 O3 U5 r. z7 H$ ^4 l$ @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.
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.0 L- g, ^9 f* `+ h+ s
/ r- [0 t$ K* a1 v" v* sThe 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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3 k# f' m& Z: N. I“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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% n! d- E9 W2 w& H7 c$ r H" j* s“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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! T2 m0 D8 O( e- t$ ^9 ^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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4 h5 I R* r" C2 A# K9 [. M9 ?' CThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.# p. K# p8 {% }
- a$ ?/ C$ o7 X& ?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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# u5 ?5 v. w3 J4 ~& y
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., y1 k( S4 ^; @$ ^* c: r
! g2 [; P$ C: b4 O7 OFirst-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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8 L- |- Y( B# l# Y2 ZAn 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.8 n# [3 ^" X/ r" J9 n. q
2 V0 i5 v& M: J- n3 H: EPrices 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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, c* p0 i+ h- ?/ n2 r' [ B( U“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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