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# @) U! L6 t3 K4 UEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
$ [( R6 S2 Z& s0 \2 r High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend4 E7 T( A& d; X
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) p! I! g" {4 {+ D' M jEDMONTON — 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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7 u. r* G8 B2 N! T' m4 d! H7 p9 NSales 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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2 M; d! ^3 e0 [) v/ E2 }5 lFifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million. D/ K/ B% i3 g9 w+ U3 `
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.8 T) j7 f) n% C3 q
8 ^' D3 J4 `: |# _4 q( mThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.
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) ]' N- E" R' t1 i$ }1 P8 |' EAverage 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.* y4 H+ `# Q% e; z6 U9 j
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Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.: N/ q2 ^* \$ A( _6 P, p3 ~
2 R# w4 h! u; m( c# c# H“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.( U2 V7 C3 y6 I6 j8 d, c; ~
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First-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”4 D3 J# ^0 I& z2 N
. ^, ]+ i+ k/ l$ YThe 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.- t: D$ g& d! z
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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.2 a8 Z; x: U( W Z! N7 X# {
% k; d, I) j7 h; n$ Z6 c7 x, ?“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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8 W6 S& R9 n% M3 U“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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