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; {7 D9 ], o5 r9 b, f4 z5 WEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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3 @6 e/ D% ?5 Z0 s6 PEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.2 W W) X- E, c9 a* y+ ~$ G
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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. ; j2 Y: C' Y5 ]7 J+ X8 c: W
( t0 }+ l/ m# TFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.4 N7 A8 C. a' n; V
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.; b8 C' r1 S( v- F; d0 Z7 P# E D
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. * b. D! ?5 w+ _: Y4 Z/ J& @6 [
# i" Z! B1 r9 }. e% E“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.” t+ \- y& q* a$ c: u: p; y
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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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1 s2 T9 o( M3 \" @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./ D/ d' X: b3 C7 ?% p
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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 $320,289, the report said.; P- P) `$ J( @7 j
) c+ I6 V$ F/ [: [Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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. C( `; o8 E0 [- m, |# k“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.9 c$ @: m7 O/ O1 m$ c! ~ J
$ A# J. J- `/ x7 p) RAn 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.”% w7 }0 c O9 O4 Q! v
1 k$ G: y/ x% t, tThe 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.
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( u: _7 E8 E3 U. O. t& N“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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O4 l7 x7 b9 }$ s! ?# ^+ x% S“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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