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I' `0 `" q7 SEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales3 s. V% L! ^' y3 O
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend5 e% Y; j% f/ g" B- j
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+ L" F, \8 g' qEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.; ?, T4 P7 J1 d% [
( K" P& @+ k, U“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.- \* ]& x! Q; b' [- h& `
; Q( f9 k8 V5 c5 ~) y: f/ t- YSales 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. 0 K3 K3 J4 [6 ^2 I5 O% }0 `" q2 e+ u# |
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.# k7 S$ `, {8 p. z* A' `+ v
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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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6 T1 Y+ q6 _8 I6 Z6 F“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.
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0 _. |! j D. L5 Y: J“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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5 ` J. n9 e& L/ K! qYear-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.* Z2 y8 [+ r7 E- E: [* ]7 I
& P+ x* I( Q% a, @, q& EThe 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 $320,289, the report said.$ b1 ^, t2 n, @7 ^9 \$ T8 o
) @6 w1 ? m1 r( ?Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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* e8 K L$ M2 Z, X“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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+ D0 D8 F, A' L3 |First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.# j. ?4 j* _1 j" Z
) X, T: A- b* S8 [$ _" eAn 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.”; E8 _2 L% u+ Y$ x/ V/ S8 [" z
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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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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.* N; o' T, W8 `
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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.
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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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