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7 J0 Q6 m! s% ?! e0 x2 shttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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6 m4 Q, g/ F$ W% sEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales' q4 t" g( X2 O5 e- G# d$ @
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend9 A% W; M1 S q8 x+ G* E, [
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' i* q2 f2 x) x; t0 {8 p( X3 kEDMONTON — 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.! r6 M" v9 X1 ` }; z6 k
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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. ( q5 J1 w- k2 X: I5 X2 p: W) _
, v$ N+ w6 s+ V, P) z0 o0 w( {7 T0 bFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.# Y2 _: x8 y+ c2 e# `
5 z- ~( [4 K k( |2 F9 R% ^The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.* X1 J4 D& A) s. y! p
& t8 E G6 l7 O4 d$ F9 f“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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“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.”* d; b- }( u/ ]' n4 j
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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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8 b8 I* X- m& {& d$ uThe 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( n" j( }! t+ }" d
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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 $320,289, the report said.7 ], `( X% i3 l9 f/ N$ [; E4 f
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said." [0 Q; `+ V$ S7 l8 n
, }- R1 Z8 l }6 ^5 n4 y8 H“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., U$ ^; q+ Y: S6 a/ ^/ R
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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2 M0 U2 O6 z2 r' }" ?7 v1 n4 _An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”% Z- c' L o0 l- N$ U, v% O
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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.3 a8 B$ z; X6 b! {
7 c' z) w8 G, _8 }0 w, i, Z 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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- u$ K3 i2 N- R; y0 P- v4 m“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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