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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales& D" x. |* p8 ?4 Y" S r
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.7 X s9 `# ]' B( l( A1 E
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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., R' s2 U3 E' f- J: W. q5 O6 B3 j
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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 N7 ]' ?! d1 T4 ^4 ~) f
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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/ S) E& `& u4 p7 P& \The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.- L9 a8 M' p% b3 E) ]5 Z
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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+ r+ Z! s0 K$ \3 M: `* c0 Z“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.”, n y+ T, C# k$ V: X2 Q
7 n& B+ y1 g; {# JYear-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.# i5 A: `8 v0 I8 b* k
% j: |( A- o0 MAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.. x7 M: q) {1 @0 g
# n3 R+ U) m" B1 }8 ~. ^Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said. U3 t: N& I0 S
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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& _8 H" h$ Q9 C; b: d2 t# TFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.$ s7 X1 l7 v. i" f, m8 s( d, O
5 Z+ U9 e6 q$ a* _" W$ L; L% z: m' y* XAn 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.”9 k: O- V( v- y, d+ s
; Q+ M2 @, n2 N* g/ p' ~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.. `4 D# f1 m& P. z: V) ?
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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.
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( F* ^4 \2 G$ a6 ]“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./ d! Y( _% j# x& k
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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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