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7 x0 e$ U3 @5 [/ G, M3 XEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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0 |7 p' K& V5 Y, hEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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9 P4 }! c: ?8 H' N; y. G; g“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.6 O9 g& c* ?/ f
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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. : g* z* G) P+ t5 t
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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2 K2 E; y- E: M. S6 R# hThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said. q' l* L3 P; x+ L2 U. W) y3 c5 ]& o9 m
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7 o4 t7 @# ^2 T! c, T- G$ y“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 Y3 i( I: J# ^; u$ D! I2 V% u
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The sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.# u6 q7 a1 d Q" b) H3 J
$ R1 f: @: M* ]# Y# S5 |8 eAverage 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.0 p7 s! h+ V6 ] c' h; ~, _
5 g. a; s k( ]( KInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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7 J0 M) ~) x+ N# Z“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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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0 _! C, |" c5 C' a5 aAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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0 Q* v; S7 v* Q; w& s$ r4 ZThe 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.
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Prices 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( J! R- s, G& H, e“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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