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% w- W) _" m* o: s, V3 f- G. ]2 PEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
) X6 j% R) }! p5 i High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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+ J! S% [% B, q4 ~1 ~8 f( lEDMONTON — 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.
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8 g7 W$ O( Z5 {9 N) m$ T1 ESales 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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9 H0 d7 U. U: G3 e x! H6 MFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.* M8 {5 V1 e6 c6 j
8 I/ F# Y) _" X0 Z9 |$ rThe 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.$ _9 F( D! S# Y. }# f
; d; c' \8 G$ u“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. : a$ ~& }4 L/ [; m
8 `% R1 J; e* r, o9 H: ]) O- L“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.”* l! ^) J# D5 b
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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." a3 W' a) a9 r# L, n1 i8 R
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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 $320,289, the report said.; H: L2 Y+ ~1 F" Z8 J3 I
1 K2 I$ r0 n) K; c& h2 {! Z1 OInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# T& q; h% c) `. Q; S; g, u+ P8 \
0 e7 A, h! u" z8 x( S; T8 O& d“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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( R; K8 h- f6 L" q! _9 y5 ~/ 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.
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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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6 ?3 @& _* g0 a* r g6 Q! f* s5 cThe 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., \6 O0 d- s* o/ ~3 l% c( h3 X
8 y1 e6 `8 j+ J, {! F“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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