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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales4 v( }! @' K p& I' H; W
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend% l! l. z8 Z" }: m$ g
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1 A. O7 @+ L _; [EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.3 d- i$ R3 b3 C7 v0 r1 h
1 ^1 g# F4 r) ? I# [# f8 M7 o“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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Sales 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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' Z% b: g- l! QFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.. r, Q% @7 [0 k. D# R$ S- z
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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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9 a8 @$ ]6 |3 H% ^& H+ X“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. 4 M9 ~$ L7 X: J7 r! Z- l3 z
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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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, Y8 d& V; Z( cYear-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; L# p) t `( [! `$ X
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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.& V0 q q; ~, o, `3 j
6 X) K [4 I" P7 j2 L6 A4 ^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 $320,289, the report said./ ?0 J/ @4 i' x: ^/ f* g
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.4 u' r- j ]: H+ Q$ b
: z! G" i- `7 M; a! ]“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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w- a8 F& Y5 W0 lFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.7 l8 W( y! q% w* E) A4 H
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”5 J7 b; a! S* x X. x
! i! | s! c. I7 A$ l% ^6 kThe 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., L: x5 W1 y! E/ _ _
, A! V+ H/ O6 C5 vPrices 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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/ j: f' c) y% m) K7 T. l, x“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.& T1 ?- ~0 W4 |" w$ P |% R
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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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