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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales9 @: Z( r$ u) B0 p9 e7 f, ~
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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6 H8 J4 W. G9 u/ G/ ~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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+ }, w( Y0 }5 O( A/ h: e“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 $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. & \7 Q$ h$ W6 E6 ?0 Q
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said." u- a: p/ t. {, `/ S5 Z/ s8 B
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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# ]3 _0 |* V9 y( P* N“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.
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. P( ^ _, K! D0 s) YThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.; I4 Z$ Y% p& ?; K1 ]7 C/ I' \
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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.6 M- a1 Q" @, G I* ?
$ N& j2 r- {; s- QInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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- O$ k* f9 L) [) g r( l“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.2 l+ j' ?; M, x5 H
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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8 S) d6 S% f9 X- E9 e" B/ NAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.; j$ D% n, [$ {0 W3 H6 E0 Z8 k7 t
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3 P( G0 b; f0 [7 l/ @' n“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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