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- c8 P$ S/ j% ~. B* m7 WEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
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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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0 w* }/ s: ^# n“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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/ c+ r4 i D$ X& h. @ O6 T+ 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. ~1 s- W4 ]6 }1 \- |
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ U7 n; o/ }* k
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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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( S2 B9 h2 d# C; C“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.” k/ s: ]# Y" k# U/ v& r
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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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2 F ~/ r, u9 r, j m0 M( S4 `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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7 x) j: k* B) |& ^Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.1 p' Y: f3 ?% E9 }# p
& e: {3 Z2 n" ~0 A“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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- t! a/ V" H3 y( jFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.; S. w. Q! D9 }% X
5 P- I; T, }' T3 T- V% X$ tAn 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.”+ E S; `' M1 x4 A* y& J$ l
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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.! t8 i9 s5 N3 l, E2 H$ X+ R* o4 }7 ?
* U% B5 [* T% ]# rPrices 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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4 @. F4 L/ B 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.+ V8 C' T5 E( O- c1 K4 U4 J; ^& ~( {
7 _+ o; [9 N! W4 H: V“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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