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' M' ]0 d; _3 [4 a3 XEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
2 ?/ F- ]5 P z0 _ High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend, p7 q- n. m) w, Z
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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.5 H& M% C9 @, x4 S5 g" v
+ w6 E: w) W% @$ k7 B“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. , L4 P% w1 h7 m' _: W* F7 l
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million. M8 m: W. |* d
+ T" {6 C* f/ l# q% SThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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* i( ~& G( m! x* y$ D; {“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. 2 p! c( C" D7 k2 U5 ?' X* i! c
0 s6 t c. o. ^, A, J; I“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.”( c/ }) T. N6 n: y- r' M) N1 m
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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.$ r9 ]* C7 ?( C1 j' q; V* b' R: t1 O
7 w4 @1 u7 H" aThe 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 m. j/ L8 G% H9 V4 WAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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9 D/ k' [" e7 w& n! t+ ~Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.) X. B7 I) p7 h( S$ p" t. d
2 s% s5 \: K% t+ A“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said. {* R* x/ j' O: |% v$ v
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.+ i* L, ]. D0 L
1 l3 H/ I4 w+ K! X. ?" ~An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets./ p* E+ _4 F" D5 c' y7 s H
q" m9 u0 ~- t8 DPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.1 x4 T" M; N" A9 ~ J& M
2 }) Y+ @- X" p, M% C! k“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada." R$ X& t: \3 [$ r6 q9 Z
4 ]0 g, L* |' h( C7 S: e# \5 h“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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