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! Y+ R8 N5 ^3 T+ z+ lEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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' r% z0 e8 h, ^ X( J( ~+ ]( ~EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.$ b0 T6 e& w* x7 F# w
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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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- [6 v! y3 a, E3 g% ZSales 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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1 P4 U- l) [, t! aFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.- J( d# J& ~& b6 J
E9 T! `( L/ g/ XThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.2 G( C+ n& X# V3 P. i0 s, D
: M8 o4 _9 C3 R% @3 J0 p“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. & c# C( g* V, H3 r! K
, V" p; U# M; R; d. F: C7 A“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”# c$ }. @' ^4 a' _1 H" k
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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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7 T& ?* ^! c' N; R+ ~/ T- K2 LThe 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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& e2 I) ?! @) D5 ]( Z& l5 o# o' wAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.# ~" P! `$ L* U6 T, Z
/ j# a: M* h/ D0 x! CInventory 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.$ i c; B3 V1 o$ L
/ S" m, `) S9 K+ YFirst-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., O1 T6 M' j% b( ^4 N
" M* I6 K4 d) x+ n( kAn 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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4 d8 H4 e+ X( LThe 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.3 v' L0 ^: s0 b) w/ P
$ l6 |5 u& {. N3 g8 a2 SPrices 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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“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./ L+ g& P9 t; a2 S D/ z/ I+ b/ s
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“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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