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2 A+ {4 S9 G9 f( c( e2 SEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales% _' Z8 y0 l3 {. V) q! f
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend0 N w4 Y( S5 a( E+ Q$ i: i
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/ R: d- ]7 U: [: c5 q+ \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" E/ ^0 d- `1 V3 F“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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& @" H0 p$ x% gSales 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. # k& f% x, B9 M% W. g' ~ E) [. y
5 J; x3 c; e! A, i6 r- AFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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' m2 G7 `7 K0 TThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.$ M: d/ Q* i; i8 a
; t( \- z8 y6 H5 y5 c% q“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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! F- K$ \2 K/ c0 p“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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! @& M0 _4 P @2 B- zYear-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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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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1 R) M; T9 K$ V5 S0 fAverage 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 $320,289, the report said., u! X: @* \- [; `+ ?9 N
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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( e: a0 f8 X4 s+ _$ \# E5 TFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.# F8 A. e" d. u
# c+ s; W& L5 JAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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- l8 p0 V2 o- B, [" M6 g# nThe report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.7 p* y! Z- n7 w$ T; p$ o
7 J! A5 T2 u8 b3 a; |! PPrices 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.
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8 {$ L0 S/ O& c6 I“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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