Whistler house sale to set luxury record
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| Upscale residence has five bedrooms and a view of Blackcomb Mountain | ||||||||
| Derrick Penner | ||||||||
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| Friday, February, 08, 2008 |
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Whistler
has a new real-estate record with the pending $17.5-million sale of a
sprawling luxury home on 1.9 hectares with a view of
The house, a five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot wood-and-stone luxury home at
The property's listing
firm, Thornhill Real Estate Group, confirmed the sale to The Vancouver
Sun. Realtor Maggi Thornhill declined to discuss the deal in detail.
The
deal has not yet closed, but the $17.5-million price tag will make it
the second most expensive home to sell in all of B.C., according to
data compiled by Landcor Data Corp. from the provincial land titles
registry.
The most expensive transaction, according to Landcor's list, was the $28.2-million sale of
That house previously attracted attention in 2004 when it sold for what was then a record $17 million.
In an earlier interview,
Thornhill said she has noticed money coming back into Whistler over the
past 10 months or so, following a lull in the market that has lasted
several years.
However, while buyers were
taking a breather on Whistler, other high-end resorts saw their markets
rise, Thornhill said, so now Whistler isn't the highest-priced real
estate.
Patrick Kelly, with
Whistler Real Estate Co., said market activity has not been the
strongest at the "super high-end," but "certainly interest has
increased for more expensive family-oriented property.
"And that's a trend right across
Kelly said that Whistler is becoming more of an icon resort because of the Olympic venues that have been built there.
"I haven't talked to anybody who's been to the new [Olympic] Nordic centre who isn't just raving about it," he said.
"I don't think it will ever be an © The Vancouver Sun 2008
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