Archive | February, 2009
Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New listings: 444 (405, 432, 506)# Sales: 202 (188, 197, 185)Ratio: 45% (46%, 46%, 37%)# Price changes: 275 (224, 216, 252)# Expired Listings: 102 (131, 91, 388)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 31 (26, 30, 29)Net loss/gain [...]

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How Low Can You Go?

How Low Can You Go?

Now broadcasting in widescreen…Sheldon Johnston discusses the myth that homes are selling way under list price in Edmonton:

Update - one of our readers has suggested we present the same data in a list to sale ratio format so here it is:
 
They also wanted to know how the ratio had changed over time, so here you go:
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Titans of Edmonton Real Estate

Titans of Edmonton Real Estate

On Friday night my dad received recognition for 45 years of service from the Realtors association of Edmonton. When he started the real estate industry was very different in Edmonton, for one thing there was no Royal Lepage, Remax or Coldwell Banker. When he started there were companies like H R Kellough and Buxton real estate among [...]

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Edmonton Foreclosures 101: Court Ordered Sale

This is the third in our seris on foreclosures written by Stan Galbraith of Galbraith Law. The previous parts in the series were Foreclosures Part 1 and The Redemption Period.
Court Ordered SaleOnce the redemption period expires the court will issue an order directing the sale or other disposition of the property. This is the point [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New listings: 405 (432, 506, 382)# Sales: 188 (197, 185, 167)Ratio: 46% (46%, 37%, 44%)# Price changes: 224 (216, 252, 233)# Expired Listings: 131 (91, 388, 106)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 26 (30, 29, 19)Net loss/gain [...]

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Is it time to renegotiate your mortgage?

Is it time to renegotiate your mortgage?

Gord McCallum of First Foundation Mortgages forwarded me an article from the Globe and Mail last week that talked about the pro's and con's of renegotiating your mortgage.
Why would you consider renogiating? Well, mortgage rates have come down significantly, and if your current rate is over 5% there is the potential to save [...]

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Edmonton Neighbourhood: Strathearn

Edmonton Neighbourhood: Strathearn

Strathearn is east of downtown Edmonton and south of the North Saskatchewan River. The neighbourhoods closest to Strathearn are Cloverdale, Forest Heights, Holyrood, and Bonnie Doon.
 
Two of the original landholders in Strathearn were J. McKernan, Edmonton's first telegraph operator, and W. Bird who built one of Edmonton's first water driven grain mills in Mill Creek. [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days:
New listings: 432 (506, 382, 446)# Sales: 197 (185, 167, 145)Ratio: 46% (37%, 44%, 33%)# Price changes: 216 (252, 233, 274)# Expired Listings: 216 (388, 106, 197)# Canceled/withdrawn/terminated listings: 30 (29, 19, 23)Net loss/gain [...]

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Home Owner Tip to Save Time and Money

Home Owner Tip to Save Time and Money

Everyone wants trade secrets that will help them save time or make money.  As a professional on the go from morning till most often very late at night, I appreciate anything that will save me time. My day often starts fully booked and requires changes throughout the day to adapt to my clients' schedules.  Other times my [...]

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Consumer Confidence in Edmonton – Evidence we’re confident

Consumer Confidence in Edmonton – Evidence we’re confident

This was the scene at the West Edmonton Mall this past weekend when we mistakenly thought we could take in dinner and a movie:
 
(I know the pic sucks I… took it with my cell phone).
Anyway, what we found was a waiting list at every restaurant of at least an hour, so it was off to the food court [...]

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