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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
! w( q% t( h" e High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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( N' ~9 v( b; @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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“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.* m* A' `' t! ?- N' [
0 n( N6 t9 j/ z+ q, 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. $ F, N0 [: P. r6 q
: ~+ P( Q( ?% _Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.7 i0 G6 \/ I% x
" a" O' W$ t' D! \3 DThe 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.* B! a1 G! I/ \! b* M; k, J% H8 C
1 c! ^0 ^; a) M! x3 e7 b6 w6 i“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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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./ \, n, \2 {3 Q/ @. A/ ~
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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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( G: C8 V0 ?' f; n: mInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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" f7 G) G' K/ \4 t( ^1 _& j, [“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.7 s: G) G' k4 z6 v, {
. ~1 ]7 @" c+ O" N- p' VFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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! x9 M4 C" q& h, W$ u1 x5 oAn 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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3 I' H1 J3 p, c. V% A3 ?3 _2 OPrices 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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+ N$ V, @4 u, T/ P: D“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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& D. s/ j, p5 Z- W- c“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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