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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales2 W6 @' U7 c, h% L& d" }
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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( s5 R" c. _* \* W$ \. I4 _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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1 ^0 p: o8 B7 w0 {# E) y: M; s“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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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. 7 a: z1 L2 g; n7 O, O7 k/ ?) x# ?
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.* `2 A# M) O9 {
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. . m6 {" d b# c6 f4 s" c
. i$ r; a2 K, h' F$ h“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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8 L0 j/ E0 w- x$ O4 G3 J! G2 R$ [2 QYear-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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7 L! o) l& m3 a* Y( 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.* X q- ?( l. {% o7 z _
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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.
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. b8 V# b# Y" f% KInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# g% i- H6 e" c w; N F! g
* b, h" s1 g7 N- M“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.& A3 I% b- [4 p" }9 @
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”3 ^1 a$ ]9 G( T0 P- D" x4 T
A# o/ D9 ^- @5 s: T" iThe 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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" N; A$ \5 r7 q“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.
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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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