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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales: K; j- E4 x+ @: V D
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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3 K! j& u9 c' }# Q rEDMONTON — 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 M( W7 H: |# V4 I5 @“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- Q0 A7 h( A
7 V- e0 `" v9 Z) {. YSales 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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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1 \; ^! E a+ x" J, Q6 nThe 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.' n5 R1 P* n. B8 l. u; ^. ^1 b
: w' X! k9 p5 E' a: X: g, B8 n9 N“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. ) W+ r5 K" a+ i3 @
& N6 r& d7 L' ]9 k2 D( N W“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.* C# o' i( q2 Y: Z+ y
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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.
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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4 R( t+ V6 U$ @" _Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.) x5 |% h4 I9 L" Q9 B- z
1 w* g& {6 G- z+ E7 g“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.$ D, h& \: Y) g' Y
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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$ I) F. U5 j/ i0 S" M6 |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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1 e0 n. o$ k! c/ @ ~& q ]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.8 T! L5 P$ \5 o9 n) ^8 g
& h* W8 [) E; s$ x4 g$ ?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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" {) M! N# X+ S, G, ^; I“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.2 h9 t' q) }7 r5 v) ^
$ @( L; K/ B- x7 @“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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