Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 24/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 24/13

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New Listings: 519 (587, 568, 551)
# Sales: 247 (324, 305, 300)
Ratio: 48% (55%, 54%, 54%)
# Price Changes: 281 (253, 277, 232)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 106 (124, 104, 228)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 174 (139, 159, 23)
Active single family home [...]

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Liv Real Estate is Moving Today!

Liv Real Estate is Moving Today!

We are very excited to move into our new headquarters today. Our new space is perfectly suited to our needs with more space for training, more space for meeting with clients, and more space for collaborating and socializing. I’ll post some pictures soon but for today bear with us as we will have some gaps in phone and internet service [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 17/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 17/13

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New Listings: 587 (568, 551, 481)
# Sales: 324 (305, 30S0, 334)
Ratio: 55% (54%, 54%, 69%)
# Price Changes: 253 (277, 232, 228)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 124 (104, 228, 79)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 139 (159, 23, 68)
Active single family home [...]

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Light The Bridge

Light The Bridge

I absolutely love the idea of lighting up the High Level bridge. I am certain there are some who will disagree with me, but I love that this is going to be paid for by donations not tax dollars. There are some big corporate sponsors like ATB and EPCOR, but if this project is going to go ahead, most of [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 10/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 10/13

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New Listings: 568 (551, 481, 563)
# Sales: 305 (300, 334, 302)
Ratio: 54% (54%, 69%, 54%)
# Price Changes: 277 (232, 228, 216)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 104 (228, 79, 125)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 159 (23, 68, 136)
Active single family home [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 3/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 3/13

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New Listings: 551 (481, 563, 500)
# Sales: 300 (334, 302, 267)
Ratio: 54% (69%, 54%, 53%)
# Price Changes: 232 (228, 216, 201)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 228 (79, 125, 99)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 23 (68, 136, 134)
Active single family home [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Prices Up 2% From Last Year

Edmonton Real Estate Prices Up 2% From Last Year

We’ve created a new “snapshot” version of the real estate stats for Edmonton, our in depth analysis is below. We hope you’ll share the snapshot with friends and on social media. Here is our market snapshot for April, 2013

There were 1645 residential sales in the Greater Edmonton area in April. This is about equal to last April when 1656 homes [...]

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Record Single Family Home Sales in Edmonton in April

Record Single Family Home Sales in Edmonton in April

Single family home sales are going strong – the highest we’ve seen for April since at least 2005 (when I started if keeping track). 904 single family homes sold in Edmonton through the MLS® system in April, 2013 which is up from 854 last year and 750 last month. The peak for single family home sales was in May of [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, April 26/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, April 26/13

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:

New Listings: 481 (563, 500, 394)
# Sales: 334 (302, 267, 182)
Ratio: 69% (54%, 53%, 46%)
# Price Changes: 228 (216, 201, 165)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 79 (125, 99, 173)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 68 (136, 134, 39)
Active single family home [...]

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Property Tax Adjustments

Property tax adjustments are one of the least understood aspects of the typical real estate closing. Clients ask questions such as: “What do you mean I have to pay property taxes? They are included as part of my mortgage payment.” or “How come I am paying any taxes as they are not due until June 30?” or  ”You [...]

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