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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales! `, |3 |# [! Q4 K! K# i
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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. D( l; ~. ^8 j+ }% Z7 J5 A& hEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.: j A0 P" H: ^: K j9 Z9 b3 K# v
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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.# c& w" a' p" y. v: o' E
4 d; ?5 _2 z8 K2 Z( Z. dSales 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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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.1 R3 q8 m; j, t! W# ^% T
" j7 J" L, }( J, V' FThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. 6 N6 x' ?; H; w. M4 H; \2 k
9 ~. S% |7 k' a$ \/ K6 V+ o“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.”
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( w& f8 R) x+ ~' F: GYear-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.
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- S4 W, {8 V6 S/ M3 PAverage 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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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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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; |# c% Y9 B+ x- SFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.5 y1 W! p: ?0 W* J
: L3 a- N( T1 i+ h" k7 }An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”4 l- B& `( d( b8 ~. y
% v4 e& x) s* J0 o+ q& {The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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' ~' O$ x' g; Q& l! S( P( N! vPrices 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.4 L* k5 |) F) e7 Y8 ]% y/ v$ e7 ?
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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.8 N7 E0 t2 w: S
+ S' Y* ?% N6 ~ k# s+ t“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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