Archive | June, 2009

Hammered for Habitat for Humanity

We got Hammered yesterday and we loved it! Well really we just hammered a lot… Not everyone deserves to own a home, but just because you can’t afford a home doesn’t mean you don't deserve a helping hand.  Habitat for Humanity helps make home ownership a reality for some really deserving people.  Right now Habitat for humanity is doing a blitz [...]

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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: 516 (469, 406, 501)# Sales: 377 (437, 316, 344)Ratio: 73% (93%, 78%, 69%)# Price changes: 207 (239, 216, 239)# Expired Listings: 204 (85, 129, 102)# Withdrawn/terminated/etc. listings: 21 (27, 19, 37)Net loss/gain in listings this week: -86 (-80, [...]

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Edmonton MLS® Listings and Inventory Fall

Edmonton MLS® Listings and Inventory Fall

The Realtors Association of Edmonton noted in its monthly press release that real estate sales and prices are on the rise in Edmonton. While this is true, it is difficult to say how long this will continue. Our thoughts are that the increases are due to seasonality (prices and sales almost always rise in the spring) and historically low interest [...]

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Spring Real Estate Market Heats Up Edmonton

Spring Real Estate Market Heats Up Edmonton

I can't believe it's June already, May just flew by! What a crazy month that started with snow and ended with the warmest weekend of the year (so far) and the most MLS® sales except for the boom years. Sale increased significantly over last month and last year: It seems that single family homes in Edmonton saw the largest gain in [...]

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