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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales( u7 F2 ] B, b$ u- }
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend! E4 g- p) _7 E6 E: d
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! D$ ]8 W) z% }3 V3 l% i! ^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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! |" c$ d4 Q) ^' h, S4 j5 v$ lSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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3 @7 L" |# n7 P$ D0 M5 }) WFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ [) C. E. g- i5 P7 C# R
/ x+ o1 D% v1 XThe 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.( F1 A- G0 x0 S& c q
" a; y3 c& I# [* ?) S/ q“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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: k, V) [6 | b7 {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.& D; W, V- b% }& x
4 Q7 _& k" Z, u! ^% cThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.5 l2 ^ O5 ?1 l
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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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# h! C1 Y+ O9 S, H* F! pInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.( n4 Y. ~+ a8 }( t' o2 b: @
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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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I: K, g" l6 ?# D. P: AFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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; _3 S; H. p( cAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.6 v' m. d/ G5 F) h% y
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.4 J; D8 r* U% o+ K$ C4 O8 V, I
+ U: B; e: v; G4 q4 K2 @. X“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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