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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales, c# y5 `; L% s/ ^+ ~
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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6 c/ I5 e1 B: ?; P5 H6 fEDMONTON — 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 I8 }& B0 O; V' d5 |! n5 bSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. 0 X0 B- ^4 {( }- |/ L% a$ U. z1 B
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.5 S( K% G& i' Q
) g- }( p' ?3 i# SThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.# d6 P7 w3 y7 z4 t& p; c( c
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. 6 |2 Z* @, G+ }) }
1 g, A% u N8 o- [; ~' K' Q8 ^2 T) p“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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/ r' S4 p( h3 u1 R3 L1 j% KYear-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said." [* K& W* a5 k# C S: z
L/ ]# k9 \1 W0 F; H8 j5 eThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.2 ^$ E0 n9 X* ]4 G: ~8 V: _
+ Q/ D% F9 J+ J6 o( oAverage 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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6 A) s0 e7 }6 V+ CInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.( \1 T7 o6 ~* _# H6 z
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.% Y0 @0 k9 c! r2 P& P- @ ]' `
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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.& [* R: d. l4 z) t/ w" j* m
- N N; b; ^' V9 U6 P- _, t5 AAn 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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; S- |* o6 p/ I; 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.& k5 }& o0 C1 e% [8 s
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Prices 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.
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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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