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9 K" S+ T/ E/ I- h5 K3 uEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales, b7 p% C8 ]4 S8 o
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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! @& h% i: `9 x4 P* f1 [) 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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“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 J1 A9 [6 f% xSales 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. ) Q2 w" o( e( T7 |2 R. B
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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.! n) H, b- W! C+ r& v n2 ?
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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. 5 ?! \" V2 s& }6 [" E- k2 w! N0 r
. k6 M/ V6 r, [- Q9 w# o, n9 { b“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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* ? L6 x. q k- E" ~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./ {5 K* L0 s; b% }0 h9 u/ 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.
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2 A9 M1 a7 A" d! ]* |Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.7 x! U8 i( g3 n0 z2 q
2 L+ l! \+ m. F# o5 X“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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.$ c" L* ^* u" I% k9 h
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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.”8 |- @7 B3 c/ \0 T4 J
9 s* ]! B9 _, D1 j/ Y+ `9 u" m: 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.
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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.1 V& I$ i! k6 A' N6 S, y( s
' K9 E7 L. d& K8 ]- E“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.9 F1 t; J# R& S* [
0 t; J" Y$ e4 |, R( v“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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