The Edmonton Real Estate Blog

Well at least our real estate market is. The Edmonton housing market is on fire with a 22% annual increase in the average price since last February. The current average price for a residential home in Edmonton is $250,000. Yep. That’s the average and its growing fast. The following discusses [...]

The graph to the left compares the list price and sale price of 10 homes that sold in North Glenora in 2006. North Glenora is a popular community in West Central Edmonton. The graph is an excellent example of how pricing your property can affect the sale price…
As you can see, the first property sold [...]

That’s ok you are not the only ones. Stats Canada reports that a growing number of people are moving to Alberta for a number of reasons. Here in the Edmonton area we are seeing a large number of those people. If you are moving here you need someone is in constant contact [...]

We recently sold a half duplex for over $8600 more than the average selling price for 2006 half duplexes in this area! Larkspur and Wildrose are seeing extremely quick sales; the average number of days on market for half duplexes in this area is 6.6 days, while the Edmonton market as a whole is 34 [...]

Coldwell Banker Johnston Real Estate now offers neighbourhood reports to our web site visitors. Just go to www.edmonton-homes.ca and click on neighbourhood reports, indicate the neighbourhood you are interested in and we will send a report of recent sales in the area including number of days on market and sale prices. As reports are requested [...]

Spring is in the air in the Edmonton and area real estate market. So in the spirit of keeping things fresh our award winning website www.edmonton-homes.ca has been revamped by our marvelous marketing and technology department (Sara). Its fresh new look is very consumer friendly.

Get access to all Mls listings in the [...]

Even in a market as hot as Edmonton, nay in any market there are at least 5 questions a buyer should know the answer to. Some of these we can easily answer since we have access to a tremendous amount of information. I strongly recommend you consider asking these to us, your [...]

Incredible opportunity to own 145+ feet of Prime Lake front property only 1 hour North West of Edmonton on fully paved access. Property includes a beautiful 2900 square foot two story home that is loaded with extras. Click here for more details.

Do you own a rental house in the Edmonton area. Maybe you recently renovated it and now want to rent it to tenants. Maybe you’ve had previous long term tenants. Maybe you were not the most diligent landlord and they took advantage of you. This time you want to screen prospective tenants and want to [...]

No this isn’t a prison sentence. If you are a first time homebuyer, it may feel like one though. It is not uncommon in Europe for mortgages to be generational and the way housing prices are going in the Edmonton area this well help some buyers get into the escalating market whilst maintaining some sustainable [...]