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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales' d, E% `7 {3 n$ n' s% S
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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9 C% ~) C. ^5 z6 m4 p$ v; f# v( eEDMONTON — 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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c" s- a+ Y7 ~2 ?1 MSales 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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1 b9 P& t5 b6 h1 wFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million., a, R6 A) T! J
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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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“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. : y, C6 r' J) d' U c O P- d
$ ?+ N+ o! U5 y: Y6 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.”" w5 ^" }% _+ c/ ^$ K! v
$ ]$ q7 p T# z* XYear-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.: f- a# b! N/ m3 G. m$ [7 \
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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 2008.0 I5 R" _: B( l" B6 K
' T u$ r/ g* f) X/ X. o8 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.( U9 z5 _7 r2 t7 t6 R. Z
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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" p3 R9 s0 d- X4 p4 w6 o“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said., B. T+ T6 e8 z
0 d0 y" L" b' w) r; e) G# m( bFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”
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: M8 e( B0 J2 a: G$ J7 oThe 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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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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“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.# L; V; P6 V9 T" ~( M
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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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