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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story% C: C/ U2 i+ g/ K
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) X! t( k5 B8 k+ J# B1 t1 I
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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% z, J: f/ J9 F' R+ S7 q( |EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.- w6 p8 t7 F2 `, X5 a+ K% a" [
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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.
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# K% |' }& w- \$ p! V7 j4 _- ISales 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. # W' ] R6 Q% q: f+ D
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.# W* O ?% l, o. [. T, _
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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." J, ~. C( Y" Q4 V9 v
- [" H3 a" B" Z; j+ E! R) F& s2 MThe 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 $320,289, the report said.) a2 b. E6 m; W/ y7 p, [
2 z$ V4 W# ^& ^" x- ^$ YInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.4 X5 o( X z2 i5 ^& V
/ A# ]( }; x$ @( ]* p2 W/ h% o" t“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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.6 E8 k3 ^) e0 l7 j
Q, @$ n9 d" \% |# ?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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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.+ { B: W- T. U. a( p
: }/ Y0 @* S) A1 |7 K1 ZPrices 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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4 Y$ n5 ?1 K0 G' a6 S( N* s( K) @“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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0 ~. H2 Y; W, j3 x- ?4 r+ _“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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