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Canada record-breaking sales of luxury homes
High End Market Trends report, ReMax Canada said previous sales records for high-end homes broke records in nine of the 13 regions examined. The real estate ...
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ReMax's definition of a luxury home varies by market, from $400,000 in St. John's to $2-million in Greater Vancouver. The amount is usually arrived at by looking at the top 1-to-5 per cent of sales in any given market
From the survey:
A luxury home was most expensive in Greater Vancouver at $2-million, followed by $1.5-million in Greater Toronto and Montreal Island.
Upper-end markets were most abundant in Atlantic Canada and smaller centres in Ontario, where luxury home prices started at $400,000 in St. John’s, $450,000 in Halifax-Dartmouth, $500,000 in London St. Thomas, and $750,000 in Ottawa and Hamilton-Burlington.
Winnipeg and Edmonton saw the luxury market around $500,000 and $850,000 respectively.
The most expensive house sold in Canada in the first quarter, according to the Multiple Listing Service managed by the Canadian Real Estate Association, was in Vancouver's west side, selling for $10-million. The house is on 3/4 of an acre, and is 11,600 square feet.
“While comparisons are being made to one of the worst first quarters on record – it’s important to note that the bounce back in many areas including Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, London-St.Thomas, Greater Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal (Island), Halifax-Dartmouth, and St. John’s - exceeds record levels reported in years past,” ReMax stated.