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3 [5 T" @0 H$ F, ~. e; d$ ~http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story, a* q; {0 H1 [; _
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' ?9 l* o# z/ d9 dEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales. P; j3 Z# H# J ^
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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2 f! s7 k% g3 L) KEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.) x ?# R' Y, g/ D* Z
2 d2 y- l8 N- G( j2 ]* B, X: `+ c1 k! \“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.- G% [: o) e: `0 [/ u0 X1 X7 X V
9 g( ^$ ^) @9 Q, X9 TSales 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 $1 million." R" L6 q" A% O5 M" _
6 H6 r* x; D3 P: R5 c( H/ r; TThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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4 n" P7 c9 n# S* N: x“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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! _* \3 o% H" h$ E+ Q! l“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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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.
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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. u6 {$ i/ O% z: |1 j" UInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said., w1 a* G- s! v
/ ^5 _7 t7 }/ X* v F“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.$ s# x8 O8 s( _' b2 K7 Q ]& K
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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.”
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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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" g/ ^, e' r; [/ N6 a5 ?. qPrices 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.6 Y1 g" B. p' J m: q6 v# {
1 {/ ~; u; W1 R5 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.) H9 R( c1 Y; C$ g
' x. p; J, Q0 A: H1 x* n L2 Y“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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