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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales/ r! s9 j9 h" q5 d# @8 Z' b
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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1 x/ c4 ?# | K: VEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.( w9 u& }; i. Y; q
6 | k! t2 {8 ]3 ^' d“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. 4 w4 }+ C' g4 G# T' } H# V. O
* O& z5 I1 ^- O6 k' N) K0 ?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.5 Q( @/ ~9 b" S3 _+ u3 ^- C' B: P
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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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“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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6 p( U% s: M1 FYear-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.+ a8 }- n8 t9 Z5 |5 ]6 P3 I
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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.
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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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* C# V. i+ u2 L( F& LInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.2 y, a0 Y) u, Q
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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" r( K8 ?) Q; E7 e! K6 g3 w; }) F. G' _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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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.”
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0 \5 L5 [8 l; y- _2 |% L4 l: s0 [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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1 f- c- a+ [3 Q( ~/ c, d& c5 K \" V“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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3 r; Y, `; R8 ?% `& q; A“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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