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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
( }6 Y4 Q8 ^6 t" i( z High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend( p) A" T/ l! U' v, B' K+ u
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5 ]+ U3 m' c' v/ g6 f: ?EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.; b' k6 R/ i# \5 y) W
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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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7 r) V/ R ]5 i& `# t7 G* t& ^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. 7 K5 s* Z, o* m
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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/ a* F( K) Y9 G% K& Z! {" b3 lYear-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.+ w& k) M& w4 T& |7 G3 _7 q$ ?
6 B% }& w# M, q! HThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008./ Y R1 L5 F2 \3 q" w
% q; v8 I9 @$ o5 p& E3 b6 i8 l( ~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 $320,289, the report said.5 g, \+ Z6 N5 T B7 N
% k" W: r- C" r$ X4 ]- R* }' GInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.( ?3 x* ]" c0 E/ R* d. r L
* \# A2 j+ |) o+ s1 \# `1 @% @“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., f2 s% c3 j/ J, F9 _
9 h, c% b+ ?4 z) o- g8 ]* w. IFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.0 l* k9 F4 j$ ]8 [. z2 X9 o
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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.( _. @# h* t6 L0 S% S2 Q$ p$ ^
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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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6 {' Z8 n4 W+ [ g" J“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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