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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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' h* Q$ ]" A, v5 E% [0 ~* HEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
/ l. ^7 s( ?, m1 v# A High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend, f/ V1 r/ v& {! z
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6 w- \5 l/ g9 Q2 v7 PEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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, ^2 k3 f) @! d- n“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.+ F: s9 ?9 F0 U0 x6 V# P
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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.
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, e; Q8 T2 u8 E. C. `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.
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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. , s: a1 d9 H) ^7 j# n6 ], C% R
: u4 ]0 y. D5 a9 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./ N. W- N3 c& M6 \
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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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.( C9 ^/ h+ S* @" k- T _+ m8 E
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.1 _4 R4 z! b& @
3 K* Z% m. _) X3 ]& cFirst-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.”
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% i, R( A u2 HThe 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.* _1 `5 U5 a, v4 }' ~2 p+ P2 w
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Prices 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.7 F7 ]7 u' d: C2 U' ^
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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.3 y& ]# B0 B2 u2 k2 d1 z5 y
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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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