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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales# \% s+ E/ |" _1 T3 E4 m
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend0 e3 n4 d \) G1 H% W& T
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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.3 h4 q, |" }) }8 h! ]
7 U5 G( b# ]0 N$ m: C, Y4 e“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.0 `% q$ L0 O1 i+ I p& A7 @7 H
2 H: v$ U! R3 e5 gSales 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.
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! f- }( g1 o G! d/ E# _Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million." K0 X8 j# D# K' H( |
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.- Y1 C( R( F$ X
8 x3 ?( W* u* C8 }“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. 8 D' ?* W$ a$ M* u
6 `! | B# Y: }/ u“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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{; G4 ] H I% \5 W: cYear-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.
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$ e. A# }- ^* ?8 V5 w4 ZAverage 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." E7 g/ @: N) z
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“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 $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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% w1 ~3 S0 ?/ _ IAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”* `4 T; P* @; W! w; c
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.% i, R+ t, Q+ U( U, T
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.. L" v; o$ s. t+ K1 B! y
. u0 I/ O6 w; f' F6 T$ I6 d“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.' Q0 j, r6 z$ q- O; ], E: C6 b3 j
: X+ ]# ]$ N3 v: 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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