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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales8 o& T8 E- X3 e2 L
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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" l9 M6 Q1 _1 K2 LEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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! F- j O5 H* @9 Z/ K: k+ p“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. # l7 o. {. a6 J; C+ f
9 `* }6 }6 `( b. L4 {. EFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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9 v1 I! H; a- ^0 bThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said. @5 b: N$ o2 U4 I7 j8 N
; } U. k$ @" {. p$ [+ M“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.”" ^. v5 g) m- I- f
4 D s7 M' b9 J% `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.) |9 m9 z! r( J/ g4 r) ~
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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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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 $320,289, the report said.
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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_ j0 \$ P6 j. a, {“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.8 g% Q5 q8 L: Z, e5 r% o
N$ K7 w- r# p4 G% B, G L8 ~2 mFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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' [1 S' m1 m; i d: h: ]- ]An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”' T# F1 G9 u) I3 Z$ S: u
2 s" n: ^8 R1 ]& 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.( w5 h* \5 ~% t- J3 s
# x9 u. g" N: n: {5 U; fPrices 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.
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- y2 y+ Z+ a, T( W+ {( _8 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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