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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
: Z1 y7 a; ]4 w z 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.% j. M7 F1 @3 ^; W: M% p
4 Y' @; A- ?$ ^6 Z, d2 ^“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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* q0 a/ c% G+ L# X' z$ RSales 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. : Q% B* w5 V6 |: k% O( ]
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.( `7 L0 I+ b, [; b' }9 A4 j
- ~: ?" q: x* \, I- Z1 M% k“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. " u9 A$ G# s! r; L7 u/ s4 r( r* I
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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.”
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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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% g/ c. c8 E. k# T5 d& JThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.9 [' e/ K6 E2 b% W" 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 $320,289, the report said.
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+ n" k! ^* L* K! f6 UInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.. a2 N O! x$ J; D' Y e3 |1 ]
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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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2 U- i i5 I% h) NFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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1 g8 Y7 K" x6 E H0 Y9 U3 AThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.% R7 r5 h/ \7 O# k8 e$ ]# p
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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.$ A% K# q0 t! T1 [
' W' e) b8 j3 g6 v2 @0 `“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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! X2 a+ v9 D6 o" n3 c“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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