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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
3 K8 _/ V7 E: s 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.+ Q9 R2 f I0 w
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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./ p$ j! ? A& }& W! Y
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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 6 k' Q# v2 |. m' _$ I2 \
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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; _- v$ f. C/ aThe 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. # J8 w5 ^: X; B) S" V5 a9 W
; T! Z. b( J$ H* M. j1 N“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.”- W: y2 L0 s% F# i. 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.6 ] U& ?4 y$ {' g# A# J2 ]2 ^7 s0 ^; R
* I" j9 x( J0 Z$ H$ N p0 \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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' E8 \2 o: C( |' S, a7 ]2 kAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.7 Q; ], }6 b0 ^* M* ]3 y$ C& L
4 ~( n$ o: W1 b4 p; cInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.9 s4 B3 d( ], {/ k) A5 a' D& r- y
7 U4 A2 v' K1 {% h' n“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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" l4 k3 U8 T/ ^7 Z$ D) {4 T$ KFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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! z; t9 A/ w/ E C' p% YAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.” F# n9 v: k5 C
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.( I) I, `( ?- R$ z6 Y
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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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* V! t1 ?( F+ W9 v0 w“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./ H8 f% C/ v3 U; t; e
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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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