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# {- a5 X3 ?& ~Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales) c( E* x) T2 _# `
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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.
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! X+ O# O! q7 d6 D7 G {- 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. , h5 a3 h- S: I3 k! k
7 M. H4 R/ V. C2 A9 XFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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; I7 g: I# a I4 t9 S# L9 RThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.) Y9 Y# h& u1 b/ }
" g. [& v: y0 u+ J$ H1 u g“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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W/ H3 W& G6 Y+ b“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.”% Q+ m0 M1 z! z9 c5 }' E; \ E8 k
4 }% s6 c7 v7 P. L# V0 iYear-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.% A J6 I& w0 p/ P
! A% \1 A: E9 W. [4 PThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.1 G6 n7 A1 X" [, b; T/ w
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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 $320,289, the report said.- `/ C X e) g3 V& R
( i `2 _* I6 I. N) C$ w6 NInventory 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.# g: k1 ~, W. H+ V& J
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”( S1 o) G7 G6 h
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.
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6 f) u7 b, a- t4 V) T5 j$ gPrices 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.' r5 ^6 j" F8 V) B2 M1 A
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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.. Z% i o: U, R1 M
' E9 r8 N% O5 d/ v% l9 A1 x“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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