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( i) L7 A$ q' M( i. [ eEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) d" X; v4 n* i+ ~" N- \. z. Z
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend5 P0 R4 B6 ]' v# s: Y
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EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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/ c; X R* I, d# r9 x“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.$ X! ?0 y8 p A; [! D
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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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.# j+ I2 ^# p+ d& p9 u+ q& Z
) E4 B6 A; |4 R8 y& q$ N; K5 aThe 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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; T# C7 W( T9 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. ) Q. b5 u9 q4 ^
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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.
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) P$ s K8 T/ N+ }4 n& p7 `5 L0 YThe 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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' d7 U$ c! A+ w& WAverage 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.6 R& A9 F- R3 @* B+ c
0 w; }5 S+ F4 k- mInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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* X, {9 R/ V! e5 W# s% F“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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( f% @* r, T" [First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.! b9 y2 c$ Y, S7 T
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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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1 ?) F0 i' s* G1 `# I$ B8 X“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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