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1 F0 E5 `* E. } ]3 ]- @- DEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
& {* b! a( k O High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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. o: a3 J7 U. d# t% ^; xEDMONTON — 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.8 j l7 I1 H+ m w5 a/ t
; E- x3 u8 Y( ~9 jSales 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. ! v3 v4 G1 J" D2 a
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.7 \, Y9 W2 J7 j, ?9 s6 e
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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., g) ^' G8 H+ z: [1 g! _3 O
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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.”; b8 O8 Z! y" _: W4 `5 V
# d4 o/ c0 Q, @0 n3 d' g+ PYear-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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. Q1 w4 J8 y" n4 \7 ]7 b9 NAverage 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.0 u: l; k, Z# p- m6 ?
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.9 Q4 ~+ J) `4 U0 L
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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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1 a3 M) {' i# ]1 c: m8 k( XFirst-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.6 ?5 Q: I2 }7 q! u
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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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% O N! a8 n2 {& s4 bThe 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.+ C" y/ l! Z9 z' _
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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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2 ]3 U( p6 {: F* e0 ?# @“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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. j) ?0 s9 ]/ J. s“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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