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) E6 I* V6 V& d& l) ehttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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6 | w0 h# X. k" zEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales, p& H9 a! r: P8 I5 [2 Z
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend8 Q5 U0 |7 |8 Z Q" _+ l
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EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax." t8 Y$ P& O) v, R0 U, g& @$ [' D
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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. N- S6 c1 P! @$ e( o1 c" H
/ E @. n4 d2 [, m- R6 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. ( d* A! \( s' I! `( }
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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( ]7 ^3 Q$ J7 c: l% B% qThe 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.- U1 ^. N# H( t, y6 B2 W8 g# d2 w
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“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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$ \# {6 d- [4 C& k) T7 {“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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2 ^ v5 {2 W( I; _2 y" cYear-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.6 e+ o! V. @1 M' U. g
: _) s4 k; U! `( ]' N- bThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.' T. Z: `+ V- ]
8 S9 |- _% }9 ]& _: [8 qAverage 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.5 D! Y% S; s6 V9 }- c2 S) B" D
# L, `: I" p7 d( |“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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4 ^6 M+ |" w7 _4 @7 j, zFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.0 s4 o+ r6 x# i3 Y% ~/ G
0 s! [9 I- j- V- b9 a7 [6 C9 jAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets." z+ Z6 B k7 L; \1 V+ N
3 ^* `+ D6 U5 iPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada./ _9 P/ ]6 ^+ Q- w6 S- n8 Y
4 M) d! y$ b6 `0 l; r: q' o9 c& Q) h“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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