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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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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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( A0 t7 O- s% {6 d( Q“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday. U, R1 S, Z8 l- @# S
5 K4 P# x Q0 @- A$ L# ^+ NSales 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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' W# S9 ~- ^# v0 yFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million." }* |( _9 m7 W0 d
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. / y7 Q2 ~6 W5 S( ?* K$ x
2 V/ s6 A7 e0 R& m“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.”* u; Q, @" t+ C' E9 K
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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.) q9 @- u, [7 ?4 @1 @; O; {
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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.
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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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( X. ]0 Y2 X I8 `6 WInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.9 |7 ~( [( s+ B( u% o5 J( w
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.+ M5 [5 U5 K/ j+ m1 C" _3 W) t# T
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.. M0 l$ x. V I& U" Z+ a& t q0 R
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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.1 u; d3 I9 w) P0 Q) B8 v# b7 M$ f* d
) B5 f' [. e7 y2 ?“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.6 M4 b2 i! p' W7 [
* L1 Y/ r" z; |! s! {* X: ]4 h" z6 r7 F“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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