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! |3 [5 q3 }9 _0 S" oEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales( ~8 _7 a4 U- O3 O$ _1 f/ @
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend4 O1 x: W6 e+ [ U2 Z3 |/ h B
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8 s0 i# h6 d- p) _% \EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.( a$ @% S. m4 ]2 _/ e
7 `0 @* X' G7 P7 @“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.4 B* I. O& ~8 z
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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 N- S( X F1 v& P, PFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.) |% E" I6 V2 C" ~$ l
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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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“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. ' H6 o5 v* C8 w$ i
U/ d( z$ p7 {: {" w- K; ]“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* h+ J, N2 ? P
) j5 D+ I# S6 J. V" mYear-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.3 B! O6 B; Q1 u" `4 s3 U0 l( M; u
6 h! _9 e+ ~( V6 ]1 cThe 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.
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9 `7 b7 ^# a# y; m) LInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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1 {# T0 E6 I! f) w. q% u: m* h P% FFirst-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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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' K {( y2 X5 v
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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.1 W% y; m/ r5 q, M3 a
7 y% h) `! u! A1 q8 z5 FPrices 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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“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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