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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales; O# L' r9 ]) r n
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend6 I/ `/ v: c y! H1 y. ~9 `
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: s) U. M8 E' l) C' y- SEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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“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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% Y5 f* w' ^+ c& ~5 d6 k* aSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. z* k$ d& n% O3 l1 q& J& k. l
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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4 m# o- X6 N- R( L/ z“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”2 H' }9 h, T2 \- b$ s
. c7 r; C5 Q% \- NYear-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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. O6 q) K$ g" a' g& BThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.! s4 D8 e4 t) X4 Q8 x
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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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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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5 e& O8 C6 f5 }, w5 n8 y. \“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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8 W6 ~" L& ~& R j1 R! v. zFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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# [5 ~0 J% c' X2 ~" lAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”6 x0 q% y+ h/ l' j! p
1 B0 V) j9 |0 A. L# ]# f7 |The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.; u6 s* U% x2 ] p% e" [/ `
% a' V) o6 b5 CPrices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.- m/ s, S0 c# `' H5 G
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“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.
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" v7 s$ ~1 V( b“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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