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They're changing the guard down at the Edmonton real estate palace.
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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. 1 {4 c. B1 {( U m- s, k
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) U& | i: |: Z: }, m7 IDon'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%.
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3 V& H' k0 f. \8 D2 k; A( J"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." 6 ?8 W% z& b( R3 Y8 b0 i
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"There just won't be enough houses to sell," she sighed.
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"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." 1 ~$ y; d6 G& L' V: E8 K
3 } d7 s- K9 o9 \$ I+ KStill, 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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+ ^! }2 H0 K; j. l"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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9 A+ i* z3 r7 m: t0 p9 l# m"But it's still going to be very, very strong," he quickly added, with the average new-home selling price ramping up by 20%. % u" r1 z( S5 t; F# D1 I. D
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" }5 \& M" R# h$ F! ]He also doesn't see a repeat of the 2006 price boom in the resale market, which he described as "unsustainable." 6 e9 f0 V! v. b* a; d3 j: b
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Expect 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. & z8 r! x5 o. L- s( k1 f
# {; E) }9 X9 g1 xOver at ComFree Edmonton, president Travis Holowach was also celebrating what he described as a "steaming red hot" real estate market, and another "record-setting" year for his commission-free real estate service.
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His 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. ! Z { ^: B4 Y( V$ V, `% S
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"Our growing presence in the marketplace is having a strong impact on the competition," Holowach winked. ! I9 j% g. M% @0 Z
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; w- X( W! _+ F5 M: Z% kYesterday ComFree was still claiming 30% share of the residential market. And "commissions saved" of $82 million from his sell-it-yourself operation. Which, of course, is what the battle is really all about.
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! W, X. l$ Z a' m4 g3 v1 d"We do 95% of the sales in the real estate market," Pratt countered.
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