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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story( B, e& ]# K5 H
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales/ F4 E2 z, i1 w, s1 G' V- t
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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. a/ ]; k# B# U6 ~, L: `7 E0 HEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.* F1 E2 X4 D( f
! I; H. K# m; |; D. k A“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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n1 r5 c% R9 W# P% ]$ c4 w# LSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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8 r7 s6 _$ Y6 g5 {2 j+ wFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.6 Y9 ~ i" d2 ^- Q, R
% K P- j1 I/ s. ]* ~2 R. BThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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& W: ~5 B1 b9 N4 N“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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8 C! U& {6 t( O: ~, @$ ?+ \“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.1 x e8 k4 ?8 @6 Q" z% p3 A# E3 z
( }: ~6 e- j; j% A* v( oThe 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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( k2 `7 y! s, d$ l" y) BAverage 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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% ^9 d% s# @2 L% P2 @& OInventory 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.& g9 N+ Q5 m! J% p) S; ]9 d; s
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.3 o3 {" A2 o( [
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”/ ^; h* J8 Q4 J& t
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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& T5 `+ v4 m9 H% n- v# `4 QPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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/ x5 w0 b, k+ o4 T& ]$ ^/ f“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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“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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