Archive | September, 2008
Like a Needle in a Haystack?

Like a Needle in a Haystack?

Get this…. A guy in England wanted to build a "castle" to live in. He was unable to get the necessary building permits. He found a loophole in British planning law that if a building has been up for 4 years with no objection the building becomes legal.So he put up a 40-foot pile of straw, covered with tarps and [...]

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Earn Air Miles for Real Estate?

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Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market

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: 542 (450, 516, 523)# Sales: 258 (228, 276, 310)Ratio: 48% (51%, 53%, 59%)# Price changes: 405 (461, 469, 519)# Expired Listings: 692 (162, 269, 219)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 44 (47, 54, 77)Net loss/gain in listings this week: -452 [...]

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We’re Taking a Break and Taking Off!

Sheldon and I are going on a little vacation for a couple of weeks. We’ll still be blogging while we’re away but we’ve brought in a sub for the weekly updates. Today, Nathan Mol – who has been working with us for quite some time – will be doing the weekly update, as well as while we’re away. Go easy [...]

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Updated Monthly Stats For Edmonton MLS Sales

Updated Monthly Stats For Edmonton MLS Sales

Stop the presses!!! The stats we reported the other day are completely different than what has been released by the Realtor’s Association of Edmonton in their monthly release. I’m not sure why, and I’ll try and find out but I thought I’d get the correct info up as quickly as I could.Saturday September 6 update: I goofed!!! Big time. "BAD" [...]

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Seasonal Slowdown for Edmonton Real Estate has Officially Begun

Seasonal Slowdown for Edmonton Real Estate has Officially Begun

Real Estate sales in Edmonton at the beginning of August were brisk – we’d projected over 1700 sales for three of our weekly reports this month. ***Post edited. Please see updated numbers. I have removed anything that is incorrect as of Sept 4/08.***Prices have also come down – the average residential sale price was $329,206, down almost 1.8% from $335 [...]

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