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; y& @( E- i7 ^# Q5 ~% M# i& t1 y/ WEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales q: E2 h. {$ [: Y: R8 X+ |
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend/ f4 }8 f; E0 B% r
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9 D# G& F$ h# Q& l0 gEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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1 s1 D5 Z% R- m( q“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.* [, `) i; _2 p3 \! r, R% o# M
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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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3 O" ]% m% y9 Q: L$ BFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.: j* e a; ?( ]0 J4 P" i `
$ L9 C3 I8 m/ r3 m: VThe 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. ~ C+ b( U; I0 o6 |' a) D# O. l
1 \& ^+ x: a, S% c' Q“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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% i7 t6 O {1 B" U0 n“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.8 b& c" x7 C) {
' ~3 C( [; a, h; S' j8 a( PThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.2 l d% y; ~' J5 ^
% T8 g2 ?5 T( e$ kAverage 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: f% P: b2 X9 G( n
. \6 r6 j) F0 W; e7 M IInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.+ Z' e! r5 e# V) q
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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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1 `* S& D+ r/ H+ M6 u0 h! Y* P/ mFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”% D: V# G$ r! U
" `. P* _) X8 ?8 `7 Z' `5 d1 U2 uThe 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.. |! d- P+ I& p2 k$ t
: w1 i" p$ l+ N9 J h( k0 Y7 ^6 Q8 PPrices 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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“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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% _; W% [- f% U% B( L( X3 Q+ K0 k: g“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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