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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
$ @" s$ p5 O- ]8 K" c' g0 w High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend. x. y0 H* ~0 |4 ]
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& s3 Z3 R5 t* u R, @$ M T1 X" `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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“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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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 3 ?$ ]. ^7 ^2 Y8 S
. ]! g' r& r) ]! ]3 tFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.1 G$ ?0 S6 v* i' m
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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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“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. / @& ~/ Q& z4 K
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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.”' ] i3 e5 s% d
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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.- \2 p4 ~: I( @* a6 Q) E( w
, _& v. ^2 c% N7 J, dThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.& `: L/ W/ D3 B3 R2 J9 K
3 Y, @! h* _/ o. G. DAverage 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.+ v6 R6 ?6 b, \" `. U
+ d% X1 r5 V* a& M0 W! W8 y0 @Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.1 k, \" w9 b/ Y
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.8 U7 p- S8 B/ p9 A9 @
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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.& N# g. @, r) p. z; ^
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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.”! `/ P+ K: F- k0 i" c3 z" t
& v! t9 X) o: j( W' j9 dThe 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.
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7 P6 x6 W! F1 ]% u5 m" NPrices 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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# w% H3 T' A( J5 v; T V( c“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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