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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales4 p0 Z7 V' v# c
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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+ {: t/ V' p4 }6 L- Y: L! [EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.4 D7 W! ?$ W2 y; Y: \
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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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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. . X4 Y! Z4 E* R+ [
! j( r7 L3 |& K7 C9 a3 v+ ^Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million./ h6 t' H3 w& J8 Y, e! R
) f( C( r: R+ N2 I! C& UThe urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September.
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. p1 {: _6 Q/ ^# y$ p: h) {$ r# Y“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.”* N) D& O' [& K! X
: t9 p" F, a) W& x6 KYear-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.# Y- c7 U5 _8 J; t* t1 ^
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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.6 B' Y% m& Z/ K: ~7 K; X6 j% H2 m
; R" F1 \8 m/ R1 nInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.3 i1 t2 B2 u7 M! E( _# ]! t
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“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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+ A+ a2 x- a/ \8 b7 ?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.2 O! b2 Y' T% t: f( a
4 [1 y/ V, K1 K& |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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' l# y7 }! r* 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.
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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.! _6 K& Y5 z H0 J. U* {
( L" C+ P) n; J: d“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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1 T* Z: ~; U0 s; M1 `“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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