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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
( f v9 P' A! ]2 B" m High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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: H Y1 k8 ]4 ]7 b# IEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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7 I' J& b, H8 h5 d' U' G“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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~, w) e% ~1 FSales 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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. @9 T( v, Y& K/ D7 Q; t2 sFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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3 ^- \* N. @" ]' H7 [) l- o" m3 HThe 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. ]4 a' c6 x- f% p/ ^. W
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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. , d0 t/ r3 V5 Z3 s% C c) |5 X7 p
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“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.”2 N# r# |5 X' x% |* X
2 j) v t/ t3 N' k, r8 \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.) T3 G, ]- b9 v9 ]! M5 y; x
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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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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 $320,289, the report said.1 }* R# V, m* O8 U
" ^ b/ Z+ b5 h, A3 E3 H' T. AInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.7 n% Q6 W8 V0 n9 l0 ]
' {- l/ } a$ ~3 `: m& y“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said." d& ^5 X2 F, O, q5 o# m+ _
8 B' n7 R2 b/ T8 {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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; u1 C2 P) b" S) x/ 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.”) ]" R5 e" h) M/ C2 \
N- |! t& u" D& W. O S WThe 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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. M6 Z# S# V: g2 i# VPrices 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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; }+ \9 n4 _. w& S“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.
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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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