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. C7 W7 \( V# x7 P$ lEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales; k, u6 X1 \2 J; s7 z# o+ A+ k a
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.! K( _( h4 a# O0 b( p- l" x
J) ~1 U; E# e& V2 O2 k5 {“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.( g' L4 v' E$ h8 |/ X( H
3 i! Y. _( E- gSales 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 $1 million.8 [) p; B4 _6 r; z9 g
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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; N1 J& W) H( x“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. 0 p: i" f: j3 F) f$ C9 C% l
0 n( l+ \" D) H% ]5 O y& d“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.”: h3 _* @3 P1 A0 k3 J9 d/ k. 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.7 Q% p5 @7 }/ A7 n: k6 v @0 }
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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.
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( b0 j, X1 D+ ?5 H8 X* ^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 $320,289, the report said.
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& p' u2 e6 Y7 K3 Y* g" P- `Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said./ X4 C' }5 y+ ]& A
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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$ ~4 {0 }8 w, F6 k6 F: V; {First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”+ u) F$ Y, \ I' l
7 _0 s8 s2 Y% b6 E( y3 kThe 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.: g4 [& _6 K' H9 s6 z) k; ~. T( L
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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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/ \! s( V5 F1 [. v. A/ P% C+ u$ ~“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. n; e! O; ?) ]3 M' j9 o+ R8 ?& @
) g7 \ K8 d. x2 S- |, P4 ^“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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