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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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“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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6 f! s% }9 N2 v3 D9 ]1 V( [Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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6 V- z# T5 u M) D$ C+ `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./ a# E3 O3 y. p! A+ a0 V
, d% B: `4 A5 ^“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 g6 C3 b+ P' w8 X7 I- |! X
* S8 V1 _4 x* {3 X5 Q0 i“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.”5 {* x# t- {8 a. H( M
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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.
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2 _) O' w* p7 |* `: s+ `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.% m O" `/ i3 f C4 v* B0 a( ?
9 x* `1 }; I; M7 G: S6 p8 WAverage 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.+ a) v" q# ?9 h A, E; }% ?& s
$ o; v) l7 b+ k7 Y/ y0 v“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.7 x8 B; o) W1 o$ e; z
' ?1 _9 Y0 l. D0 n' _First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.* d1 P4 \2 b' H
u: G' x9 p9 l! z6 j4 {/ y! HAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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0 C1 E: j. ]3 h( }+ gThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.: m+ ~! [. a4 G; r9 O% g# j
5 ?4 O' _2 Y' @3 \, f- ~& m' D- W( ZPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.5 j; w1 P2 Y1 s+ A' g
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.( T) v# w$ I7 ?" m+ G
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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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