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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales% ?( l e, h# b8 M6 H/ @+ I
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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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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/ H/ @+ u& s) \& l3 u& D5 H“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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+ p/ q2 h- P; x9 v& M* h+ r8 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. " y, x0 a) O, ^6 Z m r- G
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said.# L# k' `6 e: C4 @3 @) @
# Y; U* ~* F, {0 O" ?+ I* [$ U3 o“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. 9 }- \0 j/ G ^7 t
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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.”+ x5 D3 P& ?/ x j1 L. p
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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.
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; B+ d E$ }4 _( E7 c. u: C7 QThe 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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: U) D1 n' k8 Y& ^+ D/ @% Q+ sAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.
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7 N( ~1 u/ z2 h# I/ I! w; i6 {Inventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.$ z! W5 q, u* l8 B+ B% |) c1 J
- G. ~4 e! ?4 @“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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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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4 W4 {6 Y0 K8 z7 B, LAn 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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. ?6 v0 c0 p+ ` J/ oThe 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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8 s- U( o" J& c8 T“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. f9 V1 U+ l1 x
& s; A0 W! \( [2 }“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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