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4 P& t9 E/ V1 P! b: K3 dEdmonton sees 26% spike in luxury-home sales
6 N! ]5 y2 ?3 F( d; y 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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7 V' b/ V! o2 F1 h6 | d. v“One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper end,” said the ReMax Market Trends Report Fall 2010 released Tuesday.- N; t# a9 P' E! _
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Sales of homes priced more than $700,000 are up 26 per cent over 2009, with 240 upscale properties changing hands as of August, compared to 190 units for the same period last year, it said.
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- G" @$ A/ C7 ?Fifty-five homes in the Edmonton area have sold for more than $1 million.. q$ l+ {( z" o! J8 C* j+ u# g z
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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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/ ^& T# L% b& s* l' f% G2 F$ X“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.* T& M. D4 t9 \7 Q( {$ k% t% O; d' |
2 r: l; ~0 p* J2 x( gThe 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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( B; L/ H' C# P7 r% zAverage 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 $320,289, the report said.0 [& h; g9 V* n% a, Q
7 W$ P6 `4 \: R m! gInventory levels are up marginally over last year, but down from peak levels reached in 2007 and 2008, ReMax said.# G4 r7 Q' Q- e- n/ |& w8 u
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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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, u7 y! p+ p5 R" K( sFirst-time buyers in Edmonton remain most active, driving sales of single-family homes between $250,000 and $350,000. Condos represent 34 per cent of residential sales.
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An influx of new units recently has pushed up supply, putting downward pressure on condo prices, according to the report. Tighter lending rules, requiring a 20-per-cent down payment, “is proving to be detrimental to investment activity.”1 U9 G& D/ P8 I
/ `6 K$ S& N" E& y- _0 WThe 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.2 c- K- C2 u6 |, o' R1 A
: w; }4 N+ E% w' i( E4 YPrices 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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“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.# n9 F- Q* O$ F2 L6 C
' U7 \2 ~$ B9 K2 @“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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