Archive | December, 2008
Edmonton REALTOR Honour Roll

Edmonton REALTOR Honour Roll

Did you know you can now rate your Edmonton Realtor at www.what-customers-say.com? Many people who've worked with Realtors have taken the time to provide reviews of the service they received when buying or selling real estate in Edmonton and we encourage more people to participate (whether they're our clients or not!).
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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: 107 (200, 255, 286)# Sales: 65 (107, 119, 125)Ratio: 61% (54%, 47%, 44%)# Price changes: 75 (159, 234, 297)# Expired Listings: 184 (258, 191, 503)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 17 (31, 35, 46)Net loss/gain [...]

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

It’s a wonderful time of the year. Christmas for us has always been about celebrating with and connecting with friends and family. I have a lot to be thankful for — an extremely loving and hard working parnter, a respectful daughter and parents that gave me the foundation of solid family values.  As a family business (everyone but [...]

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Impending Recession and Weather freeze comments

Our apologies for the inconvenience but the impending recession and the weather are not the reason that the comments not appearing on our blog.  We have sent requests to TypePad our provider to see if they can fix the problem. Their website says they are aware of the problem and are working on it.  The [...]

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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: 200 (255, 286, 297)# Sales: 107 (119, 125, 169)Ratio: 54% (47%, 44%, 57%)# Price changes: 159 (234, 297, 347)# Expired Listings: 258 (191, 503, 139)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 31 (35, 46, 26)Net loss/gain [...]

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Best Tips for Buyers

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The Rookie, The Pro and the Mountain of snow

The Rookie, The Pro and the Mountain of snow

A little skill goes along way! Recently the office once again abandoned me to get some much needed R and R. I am a firm believer that people deal with things best when they’re “fresh” or have their batteries fully charged.  Every now and again everyone needs a little recharge so to speak.  So when [...]

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Winter Home Sale Tips

Winter Home Sale Tips

First impressions mean an awful lot when you’re trying to sell your home… there are a few things you can do to make the winter home shopper’s experience better, and thereby improve the emotional state while viewing your home:  Side walks and driveway:Absolutely must be shoveled and de-iced before every showing. We all know Edmonton [...]

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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: 255 (286, 297 , 321)# Sales: 119 (125, 169, 162)Ratio: 47% (44%, 57% , 50%)# Price changes: 234 (297, 347, 321)# Expired Listings: 191 (503, 139, 231)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 35 (46, 26, [...]

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Property Management for Single Property Owners

A lot of people ask us to recommend a property management company to take care of their investment property. It can be very difficult to find a management company that is willing to take on a client that only owns 1 (or even 2 or 3) rental property. Brent Davies at Davies Property Management posted [...]

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