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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales; q0 L0 q! b! h7 y
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.2 e6 W" w; b8 d: d2 J
/ l; {! H; r9 `5 t“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday. B, O* s# R2 e% a1 {1 I3 [, S
% f! k0 X2 m; E2 s7 x$ n+ kSales 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. ' \# ^7 {1 O% d1 L# F
. O' b; u" S: kFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.8 p3 P5 b7 c2 ~( M. @- u8 r
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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.
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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.
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* B' f- D: G! z7 p' M“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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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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: }: ?. y& @2 h! S% r9 T& TThe 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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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.
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( c) P+ p& c, L) f8 ]' x6 ^# j" lInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.. H! W5 I1 X" w5 E) g) J5 L K' p
# ?6 ~+ h( Z2 x“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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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.: \( {4 m. S7 o, P
- j }$ S, D8 `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.”) z; J8 g" ?! m) A: ~, V# a
2 k3 b3 |* f9 ]! g$ oThe 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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8 e% |& c% \1 R, W1 m) _3 E, EPrices 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.3 l ~$ I8 P5 k9 p
! \5 H1 `9 X% Y6 A“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.) p! n% ~! }- I3 `: d
. K2 B, T3 G y9 L- q“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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