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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/b ... ?cid=megadrop_story
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: T1 `' R' @& O5 qEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales3 t! E& c* L- U3 S- [
High-end houses defy real estate cooling trend
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2 B9 i! X! R- n p0 `) mEDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report by ReMax.
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! ~9 q0 ~; v$ v/ U- g; Z& @“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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- e7 a8 D" z* f9 X' kSales 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.2 W( p: i" }- p* x
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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.1 I/ }) ^7 n \$ E6 m
+ M K; X& V/ }: O* N9 S5 }“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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& i( S E* Y; y* j t1 uYear-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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# n1 H& ^. J2 N# A3 F" C* LThe 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 $320,289, the report said. h6 K4 x7 b$ T
- {* H1 [7 B: ?6 EInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.' M. g/ L2 O2 C9 ~' Y
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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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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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: ?% m+ \; Q# ^5 S7 CAn 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.”3 D D, A- m& H2 ]: s, `: E5 D5 Q
+ D& j' h* c" `1 \/ E* ?1 A+ |The 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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3 ^* ^( Z& r. f7 R" h" hPrices 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.% G- g, V' w( p
5 ~, Z3 a6 R3 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.) u7 s( q" _5 P! v& M% R
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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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