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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
$ x* M3 D3 b& u+ l [- k" E/ l High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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% R% ^5 e: v1 qEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.2 \; m: z* H3 E7 Z
3 R" V3 c" e" ~% m“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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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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8 g$ w6 @9 }, V' D( y% W: A3 NFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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" h$ ?! V4 N1 f0 O& A" w3 o! ?“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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& T& i' |0 Q0 ^1 }6 {! C1 W" qYear-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.
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7 t9 ?" b8 p* m! l" LThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.- C1 y% l9 v# |$ f3 O: P' a
+ q1 _5 _ J3 {" a$ a4 I. m- lAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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8 Q& M1 M& l% c4 N! G0 uInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.& H! u2 R/ F3 v
4 Y5 ?) e. z& T4 E“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.6 M4 z: @' z p5 O
5 b% \& S$ O, o7 B7 b1 cFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.8 I8 m& G# {6 j8 r
. f$ [/ S1 C& X' x" c3 x/ \4 jAn 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.”2 O3 ^0 K+ ^, Y% s: g Q
5 A# r. q) {/ D1 r; \( [5 R% EThe 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.( @" X- Z$ O" H
- M% `% j/ c; t5 z) H( L% Z0 D“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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4 V; A0 Y5 }7 S( ]8 V“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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