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8 I0 @0 x2 s9 a+ }- c* T9 dEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
0 i4 b8 c# r, U, ]' `2 l8 e) c2 u High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend- H- Z5 R% G% w% U& n2 J( |( U6 k
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: T$ f# b* M# v+ u# |EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.$ _# S; B2 p( I- I, {; w+ p
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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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# d& h8 Z% {0 O" K1 M% nSales 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. ( g9 {" l I2 `: [/ k
; R/ Y. q, m% f: q* \Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.) ^: o( F z% ]7 R! }
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”6 L U1 F% C- {2 s1 P4 p
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.2 I: E- e$ K9 o7 c
* H5 N/ a4 y, {1 RThe 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 $320,289, the report said.
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/ G" F! Y' m4 q2 E3 E, uInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said., J9 g2 h$ E( d0 t
4 I8 l6 |2 E4 t- {5 G6 R- L; x) z' K2 ?“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.
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/ i- ?( T5 {- k* h: I* z# {& eAn 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.”" L8 r. d: `. E
/ O+ k3 w: V. l& z# ^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.
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2 d( g# P T1 {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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& w% O8 h3 `/ b9 G' ?) }“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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