What makes a city beautiful? Today I don’t want to talk about the stock markets crashing around the world, or the credit crisis or bailouts….lets have a break. Tomorrow the monthly stats go up and we can all get back into the debate.Comment on our city. What would make it more beautiful? More attractive to young families, more enjoyable to [...]
Archive | September, 2008
Is the 0/40 Affecting Edmonton Home Sales?
There has been a lot of discussion and debate over the past while about the end of 0 down, 40 year (0/40) mortgages on October 15, 2008. When the announcement was first made in July, many wondered if there would be a surge in sales while buyers took advantage of 0/40s – our thoughts were that the impact would [...]
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market
Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 434 (486, 616, 542)# Sales: 274 (243, 300, 258)Ratio: 63% (50%, 49%, 48%)# Price changes: 441 (434, 478, 405)# Expired Listings: 209 (298, 225, 692)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 49 (52, 60, 44)Net loss/gain in listings this week: -98 [...]
September Real Estate Sales Soar in Edmonton
George dubbya hit the panic button yesterday in attempt to sell his 700 Billion dollar bail out for wall street. Here’s how I see it going down in George’s day. “Cheny. What did the Bin Ladens say? No huh…uh oh, what about the Iraqi National Congress? No why those dirty…Oh what about our old pals at Haliburton? What do [...]
The Value of a Personal Referral
When Sheldon and I recently arrived in France, we found our way through the multiple terminals and shuttles at the CDG Paris airport with little difficulty. When we got to the train station though we were a bit confused with the ticket machines and access to the trains since it was different than when we’d been there before. A [...]
Public Notice: Rental Scam
We received this notice from the REALTORS Association of Edmonton while we were away. I know most of our readers would never fall for something like this but Renters should be aware:Rental property scamThe bad guys have figured out another way to profit from a tight rental market. Apparently they are copying information about homes for sale from mls.ca and [...]
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market
Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 486 (616, 542, 450)# Sales: 243 (300, 258, 228)Ratio: 50% (49%, 48%, 51%)# Price changes: 434 (478, 405, 461)# Expired Listings: 298 (225, 692, 162)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 52 (60, 44, 47)Net loss/gain in listings this week: -107 [...]
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market
Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 616 (542, 450, 516)# Sales: 300 (258, 228, 276)Ratio: 49% (48%, 51%, 53%)# Price changes: 478 (405, 461, 469)# Expired Listings: 225 (692, 162, 269)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 60 (44, 47, 54)Net loss/gain in listings this week: 31 [...]
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