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: e6 Z# e( v+ I7 Z! e" tEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales x# X# L: d, U8 u# k, v7 w
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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$ l& l! A( i; T5 u7 \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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( m# W$ R. j2 _; {“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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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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2 F$ J y5 Z7 H: \2 B- S) qFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.2 O' S- b' ~: P. Z$ a5 m% ^
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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./ E, R; a( Q) `% _
9 a3 X7 O* u, ~/ w3 V“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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: H, I8 z% c2 _3 a' r“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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1 I7 C; b. j2 f! xYear-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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% _ q. B, L4 C6 G" O" XThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.* X5 t1 ], c+ ]2 r: `
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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2 _0 t8 Q/ y0 ^+ p2 S! O: w& mInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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9 V9 @$ v5 o& v! _“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.7 u% Q# D% j( W
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.- e3 S( B$ s M7 h4 A- W; V7 N
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An 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.”+ U- l. x' M/ y
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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.' X" n+ \1 J7 [" o. x `2 Q
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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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“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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* @6 R+ ^8 ?5 N" K; W, L" ^“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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