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& H& o) u4 p& yThu, January 11, 2007% A0 p3 k: S6 x! s! X5 X
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Price is still rightEdmonton Real Estate Board president expects a 15% climb in 2007
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They're changing the guard down at the Edmonton real estate palace. ! r, x# Z" x1 l2 n) P! }
5 p( N# P& o# K. {Madeline Sarafinchan is out. Carolyn Pratt is taking over the Edmonton Real Estate Board president's gavel - the kind of blunt instrument that some realtors, I suspect, would like to use on ComFree Edmonton upstart Travis Holowach. More on that later.
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) H0 z& F) ^2 G8 d' @+ a6 zBut first, the EREB president's bold predictions and fearless forecasts. J' Q l. r% r( D3 |! s
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Don't expect a repeat of last year's housing boom where condo and single family dwelling prices spiked an incredible 52%. Pratt is now calling for a more modest increase of 15%. 1 f4 O3 O( M2 [1 q- h3 P
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& J. Z2 q( B B& x1 a+ y"We feel the increase will come because there will be continued demand, consumer confidence, a very robust economy and low interest rates," Pratt whooped at the EREB's New Year's kick-off conference at the Westin. "All the factors are there for another terrific year." ! V$ @& f+ z1 I( R, w) K7 e
( T8 |1 v* _, P+ Y/ eShe predicted that the total number of residential sales isn't expected to increase in 2007 - despite thousands of pot-of-gold seekers still flocking to the capital region from across the country as Ontario continues to sputter.
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"There just won't be enough houses to sell," she sighed.
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$ ~' q( z9 K! u* e8 q) `"The big issue is, are we going to see continued in-migration into the city with the volumes we had last year?" Goatcher said. His expectation is "somewhat less." 8 y* D+ B. ^. [% C1 i( `
6 g, S% H+ B0 B# y2 ]2 FStill, total new-house starts will be "fairly similar" to last year's pace. 2006 turned out to be a record year. So was 2005. But Goatcher is predicting a 5% decrease in house starts.
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8 p1 U8 h+ C+ t/ s* d"A lot of it is due to capacity issues," he said. Developers are running out of serviced lots in some areas. Some homebuilders "got a little overstretched" during last year's house-building frenzy.
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"But it's still going to be very, very strong," he quickly added, with the average new-home selling price ramping up by 20%.
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He also doesn't see a repeat of the 2006 price boom in the resale market, which he described as "unsustainable." , ^! `; @0 {) q; _4 D, h2 N2 L
6 i4 _/ r2 r" @! w' }' vExpect a more gentle 10% increase - mainly because many potential buyers are now being priced out of the market - even with zero down payment and 40-year mortgages.
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4 _: k/ U: ~ iHis 2006 wind-up report shows 4,375 total sales and 5,721 new listings, up 74% from 2005 - clearly sucking up a lot of the inventory that would otherwise have gone to an EREB realtor.
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6 l0 X m3 w1 C) d1 N. A0 g"Our growing presence in the marketplace is having a strong impact on the competition," Holowach winked.
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So strong that the Alberta Real Estate Association launched a complaint with Alberta Government Services claiming ComFree was bending the truth about its market share. ' |0 d4 U8 ]/ O9 z8 L ~( g7 ]
% l4 \ @0 ~8 o, Q3 A' S" HYesterday ComFree was still claiming 30% share of the residential market. And "commissions saved" of $82 million from his sell-it-yourself operation. Which, of course, is what the battle is really all about. * t* M2 X& c H) i
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"We do 95% of the sales in the real estate market," Pratt countered.
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