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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story$ J' \3 c8 b6 u3 d6 W# h
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales2 s2 s3 f6 q5 C- A' ^2 `
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend7 _0 N' _( ?/ |) P+ V7 ~/ Q1 `- ~
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. g1 E. |! ]3 {EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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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.! u7 ]% z/ c7 K, a. a; B) `
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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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, ?; R2 r5 n: ZFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.# G z* i) F7 ?$ L5 T
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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. 2 I) m% V+ Q1 `" d3 L5 _
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“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.”5 P& z, W8 h. x i
$ H4 S2 O/ S- e* ~+ h1 b! uYear-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.0 C" G" J. _- Q0 i
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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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2 k9 A8 _4 K. A! M" o2 b7 lInventory 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.
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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5 S/ L1 Q: L4 X; {; u% A+ VAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”) M7 e. s( S7 A2 }
3 j$ O0 Q% p0 M* T: \3 ?$ iThe 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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7 D+ v8 k1 L& MPrices 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.+ U; L& L0 J9 {) j
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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.1 Y# Z. C. c' [0 U# }4 M
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