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% [2 F% s8 O5 V+ N: `& zEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales% m! y) q) {' G3 o8 D' ]
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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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“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday. r- U' ], S, S3 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. + U" ^- T; k1 v
3 n, D; h) Y6 y2 x# h9 m0 EFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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' n+ B. _0 ?- P+ U; yThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.9 T7 S, V6 y7 g/ C( q4 V
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. * P; e2 v- Z$ X" S' g
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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.”# \% ^: @3 I' `" n! l
! d. o4 j/ x/ T: aYear-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.2 g+ z( V5 P' }0 U) G z
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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./ `+ X* s1 f; R8 ?6 W
, V% N( e$ p" a8 i6 TAverage 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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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/ I( D" j- C% J7 \( ~“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.! o$ C' x( m5 m9 }, l8 a
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”9 E p+ N, E7 l# ^' n
) N$ l4 ]9 B/ q" K' P6 h4 cThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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' |& f, ]) g/ z- X( A/ f, J) |Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.& `6 f: W3 \) Y( s, t/ G0 M
' \# T: m V/ J& J0 I8 t5 d4 A“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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