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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales9 V/ P, u5 _5 l" a
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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, t$ Z; }- g/ T. _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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7 K( R0 [: |4 q4 p+ A. z" D) j8 S! 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.( e: K }6 H( [) i
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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. 5 B9 |: L& b- d- M5 Z! n6 Q
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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! G X* n% w! K" w+ B3 nThe 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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" b4 Q: V. Q) R! r4 Z* N& K5 `8 r4 o“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.”: p0 W6 w. r6 l% m
) |# ?) u( P7 TYear-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.% J1 H+ b% w! W' N) a) [4 N
* a) s& K8 J% R1 n4 vThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.! Y) g# x; H( V" w: k0 q) H2 `% H
- {/ d- y5 z9 H7 z5 d- ^1 xAverage 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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. U6 s: B6 T, W, L3 V1 kInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.7 A" o7 X& D/ y6 V& D- u
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.* T) u+ s6 X. ?. }# s; |: M0 Z
2 b4 D% j3 A5 V! O: [2 LFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.% ]8 \0 x; ]5 ^: ~" ]- e2 X% v" R
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.- F/ k, y& `# P
9 x# i, T: h5 Y2 {2 f( y“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.9 m; q4 W/ w' C7 v9 `% p3 k3 f
' l4 A& F5 ]* z6 o- f$ ~5 ~“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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