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% F8 h1 a y1 R# v; EEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales, I& Q3 _6 s) ?( X
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend5 g/ \: b! P: m
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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.
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/ T- s: Y! @& c; F O“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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, `9 {9 c1 x; A5 h4 wSales 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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" {; e1 H1 b8 I) B8 \Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.& c7 h6 e$ g2 X2 }7 i! s# }* I
2 O" H# c6 r' [0 r9 D! a& \, ]7 dThe 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." A+ T( t+ t S z) |2 y; ?
) d: W# {7 H! M. A2 m7 B4 m9 L8 R“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. . D& s8 t( ?# ^, r7 O' e
8 \* O0 e8 M+ Z, U7 G1 V+ y“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.+ l& ?) U% n. I0 s8 _1 |
+ v; ` n R. oThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.9 o7 }6 r; Y- J' Z# U/ Q
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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7 s7 U* A$ }- A H. N0 KInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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( P1 \1 }& @6 @“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said./ W% \, ~2 P- D! l- k1 q2 L, X( _
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.$ o2 e; C0 g7 Y9 h5 @ t
/ X6 @( \' @) `3 o4 a! a9 gAn 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.
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9 c3 Y) _* \' b" kPrices 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.3 o# F8 k Q" M& m& D" ~4 o
8 M; ~3 y: U2 V* j; \6 K: {: j: w“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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