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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
5 X! E7 z0 |4 e, s2 @% q+ [ High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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5 Z+ ?1 x9 s9 j7 b1 ?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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$ s6 I& |8 ]$ E5 f“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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2 j/ N! c, d* H( H0 w, fSales 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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# _% U4 y# n* q+ x2 s& x, }Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million., f6 c4 K1 D' c2 a, X0 Q
( t; [! u+ i6 yThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. & R) m. \% s4 m( K7 D2 Z
; o$ ~/ I- }: Z" x8 W" s: L“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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& ]) r% g" {' G! f$ n8 yYear-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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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. U; u, [% N/ v" q: k
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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.: ^2 L* _' F* P; X' L' |( s
6 y; A& z/ E5 o. z! @Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.0 }' i3 @. Y# P" o2 Z
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.. k9 Z8 \) Q/ O4 ]) a& p0 S
4 t1 {# R/ A! N/ ~First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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, R" P$ |3 d% |- d4 y5 [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.# y0 p- ^5 V' Z+ m* G6 F
5 d b9 T" v4 b& F* ZPrices 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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' D3 G z3 v N“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.1 p7 e' W7 t! B+ C
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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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