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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.2 H# H2 A9 g! ]9 q6 W/ l/ n
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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.
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6 `4 Q) ^7 K! I5 L* @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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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9 |3 n: ?( q% ^: _The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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$ D( @6 Q, n! q E) B2 R“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. # { w7 K& T; m8 k( W" p/ q, a
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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.”+ ] B# Q( U+ V$ B7 n
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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.. G% \- S5 ]* G
& |- S# G: V3 R1 ZThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008. z% e8 [# H& U, K2 E8 M2 T
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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 $320,289, the report said.- [% k5 x* K/ A/ j! D8 @- ]8 j
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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. E2 J6 p' D$ h" z5 b“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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: z: F# N% i# v7 E, t( Z: L9 u, ?% zFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.! L7 v$ u; q2 \! o% o# @
8 J+ S+ ]2 r& P# B% WAn 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.”+ z7 I) V8 b$ i! X; }2 g
% g) ~8 j2 L+ p/ h( S$ ]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.% b$ a" W5 M! u2 L5 o
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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.; ^ H# m/ [7 ^) ?8 S
. P2 p5 a2 Y1 u& r“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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9 N! {2 D1 w N9 o3 X5 t, j; ]7 {, X. E# g“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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