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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales# c. d9 b0 j+ b2 I C% |
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend/ J0 \9 \( x$ p H% g8 G
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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.5 [, _! D6 V( O$ C, K
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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.9 |" f& X3 k1 y* ^
) } [" W; k& s, }$ a/ ]5 {& v* YSales 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. ( p* v+ X) G. D2 Q" ?/ C
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.: K M; U2 N u- K
6 T/ q2 G, P, p4 B, ~' RThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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h0 ^4 S# A& @: h" Y4 y0 E“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. ! K: Y& Z- ^) c+ d7 ?. H) O+ p' ?1 F
9 E1 E$ q" p6 {2 R“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.”1 ^1 q' C- g/ y# E2 d$ Z
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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.: e$ B9 L+ Z; \/ z
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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.# i! F$ n0 Q6 x% A! Y
* r0 _' e0 {0 W9 e& h9 gAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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8 O& t, Q8 o9 M$ @' RFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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7 ?/ }! {3 h5 K/ J! ?An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.! `1 G, x' _+ A4 T; S: m1 Z0 i
( K' R0 w' D1 R9 ~. g% CPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.# S1 a$ n+ d# t
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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.
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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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