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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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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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$ D8 R1 L- J6 f/ p; L$ H; d“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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' t5 G- w5 m7 S2 |+ s3 `6 KSales 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 G: ]% }4 L4 _2 c# {7 _' x* W1 x
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.* s. j: b$ l6 A, H! r
6 h# K- x. c8 ?; v) l“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. 5 H* a4 h8 a0 I# G/ x5 a% s
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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.”
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0 o3 \3 h: `% V1 wYear-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.. x$ k; ^2 c; l$ Q5 @5 j; A
. P% n" _, s8 p. V5 N% s3 TThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.# X/ A& m( d% H- O& 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 $320,289, the report said.& } p F3 b7 T, V( p; \
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# \+ O: V( V6 H+ u9 ^1 u% g
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.% q/ w3 i" f$ U, U5 D- {" R
8 p: L X- w# e# R. o* l# m# YFirst-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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; @" E8 F% e) A8 sAn 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.”/ r! q6 d8 k# \( O: s8 Z
& ?4 b) ?! o. e) z o5 B- V+ e1 nThe 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.+ [; q9 G3 w1 L) z9 E6 C/ \
5 n3 a* j; `1 n+ F$ }6 {+ 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.& W6 n E6 Y" {% N4 h' B
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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.8 \4 l9 ` }. z! c
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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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