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2 ]2 N8 \# B% i5 YEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales5 x! j3 q; p; B! [
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend+ f$ {* t& f% S
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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.
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' B* [# H& D( m: X) O0 B“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.) |3 s8 }' `! U8 E" G. \1 f7 F7 A
9 {( C, q3 h# Y) RSales 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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+ r; w) U) v* I: h7 t5 B; K* dFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.+ r! z( r4 C; W
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. 6 T7 {! d; B' C; `
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”4 R; `; k8 x6 U# `0 k& ?% J$ T
, W3 p2 q" ?# o# DYear-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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# ~7 Z6 q* q- I4 j9 q; m( C& oThe 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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2 Y, L3 m; v8 U( H* }: N" ?' [3 UInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.8 z- a" H) V) O' E8 j
$ w1 b r; B( b& n* {$ t“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.0 V$ E% e4 k. E+ S
3 \3 h+ w% z7 BFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.$ U: ?+ z3 O7 s' Y) ]3 v. J; A5 Z: ~7 b
/ B+ j& `* J, YAn 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.”; D3 l' }+ A+ v" [5 x8 }
4 O2 q0 m3 [, l. i- uThe 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.8 C2 ~3 h2 c( v2 h
; a& X6 l0 N$ u# c4 d; d6 NPrices 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.# _$ X. `0 X& Q0 m( ^
' `; Z6 ~- [6 e6 F3 k“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.+ H: [6 p, k* g5 f7 H
# q; I9 b7 q; r4 R% E- H( C“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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