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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales; l' z+ S9 h3 J9 J9 N6 k
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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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“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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% ]7 \3 ^9 Q; H, U9 a! `Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. , g9 p" j& n% Q0 f$ H
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.4 f7 T `. H2 o# T) F
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”: Q* \8 H) T8 n" P8 e9 k$ Z2 Y
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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.. u* Q2 F# u/ j/ m$ T) Q
5 v) h9 T( K, L' h0 \$ X, _5 qThe 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 $320,289, the report said.* s1 y' B( V: U8 B( ]0 s) T2 i
# j7 O) r5 G3 u7 B7 E, ?Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.6 S2 ?, E9 e. ?* Q* _0 [
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.& p) w0 O @* i$ [$ c; T
( A" l( C" O% UFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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$ c: p- e7 [ nAn 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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( U* j3 d% |/ I2 MThe 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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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.5 z l+ Q+ P7 a5 o" N% f7 W+ [
! P8 ~0 r1 P8 f5 |" f“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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! O& Z* U, I: [: G“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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