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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
+ Z6 y# J1 `1 x# ? High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.0 x, {$ C, J) P- D' P
. Z6 M+ k- `* @* I' X“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. 8 a4 r+ o3 ?" f5 l
4 Y% f4 _% ?* `- @6 UFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.* M5 |0 M) O. d1 X _4 {
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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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7 L; `7 j# O( k7 S( V2 B2 Y) ]“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. - Y C4 Q+ _& @) ?. J: {& D( k
9 {0 O+ V8 P6 _2 ]“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.
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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." r0 T- w4 {4 i4 N8 c
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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 $320,289, the report said.( a$ u8 w/ u, G* @: U! f
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said./ X, |4 J M7 o- n6 T
( h; s9 g9 V' f+ `6 T“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said. q/ F* n. p8 ~ T
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.3 V. E; Z, u5 m+ V a8 L
% d: b/ \9 S4 B k' w$ 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.”& g5 Z$ d3 h; N5 m5 K
( a7 E' R+ f% s, [ `) z/ R) _; l2 bThe 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.. A+ }' m- | E3 g
& I- m0 M u; N* m9 p _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.
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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. ?* p4 w" q. ?+ s% d
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“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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