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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales: Z6 O4 d2 q2 [# r
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend$ j' K! ?/ X3 v: {
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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.
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3 _7 y/ p5 b2 y( A: _“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.# |( @: `" A2 k& X1 d4 D5 |3 `
. {7 H, [* V- W) M9 PSales 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. 3 k& c& F3 n% ~3 l* b
* [; ^/ I, E! j/ r# oFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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3 o+ u" k0 i! _" u0 N3 m“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. & W! Y3 |: }/ ] u' M
1 @' d9 t* S$ g" N( @) r- M/ e5 C) \“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.* O0 O* N" ?7 @ M
7 s4 R. c7 ~- h& gThe 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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# p! ]5 q1 A5 U" b' `) T/ KInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.7 \. O7 f* v( H R2 S
0 P1 }' z" j6 J3 C% G5 F“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.6 ^3 l v0 h# e8 f! L
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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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9 Q. ]/ l" h' u. cAn 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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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.; {9 `, F( x2 ]+ F0 M* v1 C# z2 Q
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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./ G+ q1 R3 b! Q: r% w* Y F0 o
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“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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