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8 a4 J7 v c9 J! |% ]Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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, R6 X3 Z. U( h6 B& _( R% QEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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3 X$ w$ p3 o( L" p“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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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. 3 F) P' x2 ^" U7 P. `+ K) {
/ o- o/ ]* K8 s7 xFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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1 V' m; S: Q6 \6 E j% p; yThe 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.( s- X j& T& j7 B/ C
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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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Z* f+ {8 U0 P& Y“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.9 Q4 D( ~: Z/ x/ \7 w! m
1 j: A3 y# X+ [7 ?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.
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8 Z; G' o- c6 m, z5 G( SAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.. f3 b, e9 C; p' H# ]
9 \& m' z$ m8 fInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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/ h- b2 k$ \$ O' q“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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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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1 X, r& V7 {4 u+ I' B& H! UAn 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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! K+ f- n4 o0 LThe 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. E: D8 f" l3 ^) I& v% W! G
0 m# L" w- z, a3 |+ p' f! k TPrices 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! g. G. ?2 ]: V [4 U' p
0 o9 }; B5 N& V. _9 V7 d2 m“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.) i' r) n) E' X4 G- R
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