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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales+ h* N" g4 t- D6 P6 n: N* m
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.' K8 X5 A- L e5 {' U: T
3 y, Y$ G3 D n6 a“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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2 T/ e! {% c% }1 q( a1 ]Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said. , v8 A! W' `8 o# i
0 ^& v) l* J: h6 x8 S$ SFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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& k2 E& E$ ~7 i" w) ]# m9 YThe 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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9 i% L2 V, b' t1 [) b6 x0 R) {4 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. * v& G+ d" s4 o7 C' Y0 z' s
+ O. z) q/ p! y, |& E6 ?“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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9 j, w2 ]: C' A6 D2 ^9 FThe 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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) I* x( F4 S1 y, d8 C: O, @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 $320,289, the report said.
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0 p/ F9 V% j* S0 F( Q$ |Inventory 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.% B0 r# M$ m! A' h/ @% {" m3 u o' V
, Z* t4 \0 A# BFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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8 a- p, k6 ?7 aAn influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”6 v8 w& m8 j0 e
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The report, which covered trends and developments in 19 major centres from January to August, found year-to-date sales ahead of 2009 levels in 11 markets.0 n1 Z6 b2 u+ j. K7 O9 k# ^; y
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Prices were up year-over-year in all cities, with five experiencing double-digit gains in 2010: Vancouver, St. John’s, Sudbury, Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area.
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0 {- A4 s' `; V @“We cleaned up in the first quarter of 2010 because housing activity during the same period one year earlier was dismal,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vice-president of ReMax, Western Canada.# D+ S9 ~6 l$ ^$ N
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“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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