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Edmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales/ s% l: F6 s& Q; D V1 p+ t0 g5 V% B
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.3 A& I* Q p1 q1 Q+ m
% L2 d2 J$ E; \) j% n$ |“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.' w5 t5 p$ l) l4 j
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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.
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Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.! c# s8 _/ R; K
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The urgency in Edmonton’s residential housing market — prompted by tighter lending policies and the threat of higher interest rates earlier in the year — has given way to more stable conditions heading into the fourth quarter of 2010, the report said., M9 U0 I2 u: Y4 ?* N
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“Positive announcements in the oil and gas sector should spur renewed activity in residential real estate — as evidenced in the first few weeks of September. 6 e/ c3 y" s9 L8 |6 S# c
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“Despite recent hikes, interest rates remain attractive with a five-year closed hovering at four per cent. The outlook for the remainder of the year is stable, with no real fluctuations in either sales or price.”
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Year-to-date sales have slipped 14 per cent to 11,773 units, compared to 13,694 during the same period a year earlier, the report said.) s- X" O: y% \% q
/ \7 j. J3 D$ T/ y3 @0 EThe sales-to-listing ratio is now 47 per cent, down from 59 per cent in 2009, but up from 42 per cent in 2008.; |7 Z! @# F+ W+ U# c8 J
5 |7 Y2 G0 Y2 G) u! e3 {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 $320,289, the report said.
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/ p/ W; Z4 w, t, J3 V: ZInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.
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+ i6 b7 c) y7 a3 C' A$ o3 j“As a result, the housing market has been characterized as balanced, slightly favouring the buyer,” the report said.
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2 I, [5 u3 o' Q6 QFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.% ^7 h+ \# y$ X0 v
8 O: P, R- u2 EAn 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.”5 J, R8 P; T2 r0 @1 c4 j7 |4 F8 S
2 a0 S6 h, Q+ {8 \1 I, C( P6 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.
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& h7 k# g8 n4 l9 OPrices 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.* E- {7 @( z0 F, `3 v
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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.1 W/ K; Y1 K% J7 _& u8 H
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“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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