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3 Y9 h6 J! u! j" I8 e2 s: BEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
' F/ x3 s; o- P* i4 z. X7 Q- p High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.
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; Y, I8 Z1 }/ _ e- 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. . D/ K9 V' {' M( ^# W# c
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.& p4 V. o$ p* g
& |' W& q5 A. ~, T5 C, 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.( i7 @" n; j2 V% F( p! _; V% p; n
7 |. ] z' H' J4 o( R“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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+ u1 ]% d+ ^1 q9 l: m& q“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./ m; x3 s- [* O- ^' b/ {
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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. g3 K& d- B( ^! L& b6 [* p
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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6 ]4 h* E* W w3 e7 J$ G* e“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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: j1 q; Z+ w/ Y& y2 O# M VFirst-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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+ S0 w2 H/ K" o; a! [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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" \( O9 G$ P* J3 i9 v/ pThe 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. b4 H, _: U# i {. a( d) u
& M/ K9 \8 ?2 zPrices 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.
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8 w; u) X# }" h% A; ]' }“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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