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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales7 C& D# Y# \, u+ g
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.- ]% x3 I4 m0 _. w& Y7 N
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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.0 r$ ` h6 Y4 [4 v
' b0 t$ H5 p( d0 n7 eSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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' {7 t# @- j$ _) IFifty-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.
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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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# B4 |1 {! f' H8 W2 O% ^“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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0 s+ E: Z' k0 p( @) U2 b! s. {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.) ?& c Y, `6 W) Q
3 a+ Q5 B' l2 J( Q' [8 Z; CAverage 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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- k, K* L6 [- O [, CInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.4 m' L4 f& W- {/ l" _
9 H4 }. W( l( N6 U9 d% ~5 L4 C“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.% N2 y0 V% a/ C
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.; N i+ [$ a& F- N
! G1 e8 K+ k, S* U- i+ |6 M. ~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.”+ @, b4 e5 ~' V) q6 t2 J2 |
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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.
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! G9 n* {0 e" _0 z) B. Q6 I, a* d“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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d4 y; o6 m2 p5 j- x5 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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