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9 r! \$ ]. I6 x! J+ GEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
9 p, G! i/ z @2 A# r. O High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend& W1 e4 G: g! i
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7 L& x# r. X3 R9 n& k" PEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.( X i6 ]7 E+ Q3 C. @0 }: N6 [- f
! h: @2 k# |7 U y“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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9 G* R5 m7 g8 A8 F+ \" U5 TSales 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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; e) u3 _+ C8 qThe 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.”: N. b) M! R% o: t# s
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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.
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' r4 \5 n# {4 `) c8 T6 AThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008., a) x/ W: U# I1 @" T6 ]5 p
. C( ]' N p7 A7 }2 g" \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., h, T" ~5 c% [1 I+ o
: x" Y# o# q/ c2 X4 E8 t; EInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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& D" U a& T# O5 N5 w e“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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* T, @2 S, a/ r @) T3 BFirst-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.% k- r4 k N4 n9 X" t w
- p) ~7 q- ?0 X; s' g1 ~' jAn 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.”
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( [* K! @( |( V. t C/ t- f1 aThe 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.: T d9 C6 J' K- m4 P! T
4 W. m0 d5 p- D+ K0 j. w7 XPrices 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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0 l8 r9 [0 w/ o“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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