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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales, z# g d8 ]2 u- s7 }& b
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend+ _# {7 X' C# i8 @' \
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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.$ O) q7 b3 W! c0 |
! O5 o- D( W7 L) f: ]: s! B3 x0 R5 E“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.. Y4 n- M4 c6 j; T
% g4 U; o* k2 Z9 fSales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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7 W4 J$ e. N: `/ e* z7 [( mFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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5 U/ X6 Y6 b8 X3 FThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said." w5 J6 L) Z! W& v4 N+ j
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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: B9 m7 a$ V( ~* [ x" u3 K“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.
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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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- q5 T% l F' Q. y0 mAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.( t8 p7 A4 Q) D2 V( Q: ^
- l$ l7 k* F, t4 w/ M% v# c) VInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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2 V0 D; | v) P“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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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.6 X# z. X9 b+ v* R* T- \( M
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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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4 @2 e: ?$ d. |. @: E4 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.
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1 x5 a5 b* v# N% P/ qPrices 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.) K2 l$ b5 c+ B3 z/ \1 x+ I/ n: Z
# F( T& W' D& N/ C$ d3 m5 G“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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