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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales! K! ?7 i8 W1 l& R( D9 J
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend0 [1 d! S4 ~3 b0 n
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4 f8 T3 j4 v2 M9 wEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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' X) g6 z8 R+ J“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.0 y* H/ K1 y( L& Y. C) F# o
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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. / V5 n4 }. A7 X% l' y
O, l0 l% i9 V% I5 G9 ]Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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7 A' }" A/ [. B0 O2 \7 WThe 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 E p6 K+ S' V" H“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. $ D2 [4 m+ N+ L
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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.”
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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.0 ?3 S k! O6 ~$ _, r/ k. F, ~
2 F4 |6 G" r ?' T% ~9 d; RThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.5 Y1 B% X/ Q3 ]& x/ x8 N$ M
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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 $320,289, the report said.
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9 c5 c I$ e% F' \$ U) s5 LInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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8 c" _* h- R1 E- K1 Q! @& B“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.9 N- ^6 ~4 _4 j7 O- F5 k
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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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7 ~# C1 v0 N% P8 x4 ~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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) I) M) n+ X0 v& j3 EThe 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.3 j% Y. _4 J' `1 T! i- ~
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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.7 V5 p- l9 M" L% ~+ X! q2 X9 L
# g. }6 X% ]2 x' g6 j j4 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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