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( v' `4 }6 G$ F( I3 @* DEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales- ~) }9 X7 _% q4 z6 n( `
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend# D+ |7 @! ~/ A4 `5 i+ x
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0 P8 C0 M$ q+ @6 ~: T% g9 sEDMONTON — 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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9 ?( n Q" d) X' E3 _ [, b( nSales 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. 5 e0 u" a [7 l5 L
( X0 P! u9 X/ T7 e4 OFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.# _2 n& R; U- E
E* q6 i6 y8 r8 L p& 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.# _" ]/ {: @: ^* ~; s8 r- v5 `5 F
" t6 ]6 b! A- h* [# r; a% k“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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“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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1 `0 z6 g! t3 ]9 I, bYear-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.3 p4 V; t* u) a+ j! W* l
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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.
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7 ~# d- e. B% 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.7 o4 f6 Z# A/ q4 J, I8 H
# u d( _7 d9 _2 q# }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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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.# s5 f% [, X6 Z. y8 D
) q4 e/ k: F* g& V# B- z) }An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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5 @9 a; X9 M1 ?+ r& [The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets., r( H) w" c9 g
R/ b3 B$ W) Y( B3 hPrices 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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9 c( D* L* a: i! o6 e7 @“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./ K4 _6 Q4 I" G) f" _+ _
0 d3 y( g! R3 s% B+ L“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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