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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales4 c$ ~4 _! r4 o& ~- @- ?' F
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend( ~: v* r) ?. M/ I3 I$ |$ l
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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 @0 b8 |( q6 L( M5 oSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. / f* R1 [- [0 [! q- X$ H
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.8 o8 ^, d8 T4 ^0 U; [: \4 E
0 d9 G$ u: S# Q, C, s“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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$ W3 x; x8 h+ c) {“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.”: @+ F" F5 G: y0 q
. E! k" j1 s8 D" D. y" G- t2 I1 kYear-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.: m( d+ f2 H( v0 s/ s" M7 |; _
' W% y7 r$ Y9 I' j# p3 ZThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.. g0 _2 j) `) R m7 z
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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 $320,289, the report said.1 A4 g3 v, o- F) I6 F: V$ F _
+ N( g- R: ~* c3 U7 |# A; w( WInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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" j- y5 [+ ?3 }“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.9 g* o) H# ^9 O/ `1 R6 c
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.0 z; S6 ~- r2 {/ K
6 l' t' F" i3 z$ l0 k 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.”) A, p& l& [) o2 _3 k$ x
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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.8 M& V+ O/ O* p' `; z) k- e9 ]
9 y" q% d7 [$ X! w2 m3 i/ 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." N+ o$ l* e/ d
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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.+ J( C, {& w2 O7 B! w* j. `+ a
% x; M" H# M3 S- l' ~8 j“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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