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% b' b+ s. r& @4 O- X5 d& n( REdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales Q$ C( |$ q3 A7 r4 U& a( ^1 j- R
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend6 |* K& d# [' ], ]- U0 o% ^
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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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“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.: p2 _- I$ p# v, F( _ [
$ b4 n% y6 n! E! L' P; f; \2 BSales 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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% B# Q j' j2 y. B0 `Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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# \/ @; x5 p8 ]5 [7 r2 t! s6 gThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. S0 m* N' m8 D$ b
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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.”8 `( i4 p% ^6 {, a& y2 N* K0 z
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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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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.; N: F! g3 ~. A
7 k# T" O& `$ y3 R/ ~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.. D9 \- W; G! s0 `( S6 x y" x
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said." f! ^9 g+ i) ~2 l% a/ l
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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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! L- x2 A; u% y. \. a1 yFirst-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." z9 n. D" S: m1 f3 s1 z7 Z; d; ?- F
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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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% }8 w8 C* }; t5 i6 m1 ]; P) OThe 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.& F, b# K8 Y0 e
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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., {7 \- n) E% t# y
$ Z& [; \0 B" B) P/ V+ H. b5 ~“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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9 v& D( r. g% t8 w( f6 ?- Q; R! w“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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