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About the Author Sara MacLennan

Sara MacLennan is the Director of Marketing at Liv Real Estate and a licensed Real Estate Associate. The bulk of Sara’s experience and wealth of expertise lies in on-line technology and marketing both for agents and consumers. Sara is the former National Director for Interactive Marketing for Coldwell Banker Canada where she was responsible for an extensive training program traveling to offices across the country training agents and brokers on marketing and technology. Find Sara on Twitter @edmontonblogger.

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 17/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 17/13

by on 17. May, 2013 in 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: 587 (568, 551, 481)
# Sales: 324 (305, 30S0, 334)
Ratio: 55% (54%, 54%, 69%)
# Price Changes: 253 (277, 232, 228)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 124 (104, 228, 79)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 139 (159, 23, 68)
Active single family home [...]

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Light The Bridge

Light The Bridge

by on 14. May, 2013 in Around Edmonton

I absolutely love the idea of lighting up the High Level bridge. I am certain there are some who will disagree with me, but I love that this is going to be paid for by donations not tax dollars. There are some big corporate sponsors like ATB and EPCOR, but if this project is going to go ahead, most of [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 10/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 10/13

by on 10. May, 2013 in 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: 568 (551, 481, 563)
# Sales: 305 (300, 334, 302)
Ratio: 54% (54%, 69%, 54%)
# Price Changes: 277 (232, 228, 216)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 104 (228, 79, 125)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 159 (23, 68, 136)
Active single family home [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 3/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, May 3/13

by on 03. May, 2013 in 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: 551 (481, 563, 500)
# Sales: 300 (334, 302, 267)
Ratio: 54% (69%, 54%, 53%)
# Price Changes: 232 (228, 216, 201)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 228 (79, 125, 99)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 23 (68, 136, 134)
Active single family home [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Prices Up 2% From Last Year

Edmonton Real Estate Prices Up 2% From Last Year

by on 02. May, 2013 in Edmonton Real Estate Market, Investing in Alberta Real Estate, Monthly Stats

We’ve created a new “snapshot” version of the real estate stats for Edmonton, our in depth analysis is below. We hope you’ll share the snapshot with friends and on social media. Here is our market snapshot for April, 2013

There were 1645 residential sales in the Greater Edmonton area in April. This is about equal to last April when 1656 homes [...]

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Record Single Family Home Sales in Edmonton in April

Record Single Family Home Sales in Edmonton in April

by on 01. May, 2013 in Edmonton Real Estate Market, Investing in Alberta Real Estate, Monthly Stats

Single family home sales are going strong – the highest we’ve seen for April since at least 2005 (when I started if keeping track). 904 single family homes sold in Edmonton through the MLS® system in April, 2013 which is up from 854 last year and 750 last month. The peak for single family home sales was in May of [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, April 26/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, April 26/13

by on 26. Apr, 2013 in 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: 481 (563, 500, 394)
# Sales: 334 (302, 267, 182)
Ratio: 69% (54%, 53%, 46%)
# Price Changes: 228 (216, 201, 165)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 79 (125, 99, 173)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 68 (136, 134, 39)
Active single family home [...]

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New Homes in Mature Neighbourhoods

by on 23. Apr, 2013 in Edmonton Neighbourhoods, New Homes, Tips for Home Buyers

I call it the best of both worlds: a new house, in an old community. There are a lot of people would love to live in one of Edmonton’s “established” neighbourhoods without having to worry about leaky basements and roofs, poor insulation, old plumbing and electrical fixtures and all the other “problems” that come with an older home.
I grew up [...]

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Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, April 19/13

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update, April 19/13

by on 19. Apr, 2013 in 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: 563 (500, 394, 423)
# Sales: 302 (267, 182, 277)
Ratio: 54% (53%, 46%, 65%)
# Price Changes: 216 (201, 165, 150)
# Expired/Off Market Listings: 125 (99, 173, 56)
Net loss/gain in listings this week: 136 (134, 39, 90)
Active single family home [...]

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Quick Tips to Organize your Kitchen

Quick Tips to Organize your Kitchen

by on 17. Apr, 2013 in Home Renovations, Staging your Home, Tips for Home Owners

I’ve found a number of pretty neat ideas (pun intended) to better organize your kitchen. Hope you like these ideas as much as I do…

Magnetic primer – who knew? You can now paint your walls magnetic, and this great tip sticks magnetic spice jars from Bed Bath & Beyond onto just about any surface that you paint with magnetic primer. [...]

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