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. a% e% Y+ G a5 v* a. ZEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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$ E4 y9 s: P) nEDMONTON — 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.& T" C% i# n* y* l, e4 C2 j
8 M5 Y9 a; w4 S1 M$ j' @Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. ) Z$ B/ ^" |" |& l3 X* E S
/ A0 d$ j# Q W$ a% v- i Y) [6 a( R: ?Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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& S" B5 ]" V q1 p1 E$ N: J“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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7 f3 U# O+ f3 C7 \# O7 U“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.”& H+ S$ T0 O6 e9 y, |) _5 U9 U
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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.# @, S- m; b$ F, A
# K/ a3 l9 \4 d+ O: c: Z% fThe 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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# e4 K( v; K+ q; m9 a1 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 $320,289, the report said.( y: \+ g V* n3 D' x: r) N
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# m( b6 h8 X$ @* U8 u' o
T. D+ Z- _! E. E* q; l) J2 Q“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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6 L" q9 J3 H9 Z. r& CFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.5 |3 E! L) D0 J. Y2 ~9 H" l
( x1 L# y: u4 q, w0 qAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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% g% s6 n) ^9 s! gThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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6 {, Z, Y/ y+ Z5 C- e tPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.* ^% |! X* Q1 {4 x4 i6 H Q l: m
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada. |3 z+ m5 ]& t6 f# C6 x) y/ X: @$ }
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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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