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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales( \1 _( d- f4 L5 f ]
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend f8 ~6 @7 g7 S4 V9 _& E. n
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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.+ O- B# j/ k. \( E: k1 N
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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.
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+ p/ |5 M: x9 k7 X! DSales 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 $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.$ N1 G, O5 v4 r4 n t% Y3 u6 @
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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. 5 i2 ], _% ~- U. c3 ]: h1 S
6 f* u; m6 d& o1 A- G) E0 u“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.4 i$ X3 F' G# _$ a/ t
1 a ?: T* A5 C8 R* l0 fThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008., _- T0 z3 u9 s
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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: K( |9 p6 `( yInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.: p3 d; w4 \2 S$ K. F7 Q
" p8 D1 C. r4 W+ A6 ?+ }“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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. H3 }, k: T' p0 L9 x6 J3 IFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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, ^; v. f# A1 _8 {8 ~An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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* w: Z, r/ A% jThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.+ E+ M/ i$ I. y5 h
7 f0 V* E+ m, K2 Q- dPrices 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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“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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