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1 Million Page Views	2/3/2012 3:12 PM
I was happily surprised when I checked our analytics yesterday. Our Edmonton MLS® Search web site - edmontonrealestate.pro - reached a new milestone and got over 1 million page views in the month of January! Thanks to everyone who uses the site to find real estate in Edmonton! We will continue to improve the site and add new features as [...]
Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update – Feb. 3/12	2/3/2012 12:27 PM
Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 403 (358, 383, 438) # Sales: 189 (177, 139, 109) Ratio: 47% (49%, 36%, 25%) # Price changes: 138 (119, 111, 125) # Expired/Off Market Listings: 237 (122, 160, 143) Net loss/gain in listings this week: -23 (59, 84, 186) Active single family home [...]
Greater Edmonton real estate prices buoyed by satellite communities	2/1/2012 5:56 PM
There were 934 residential sales in the Greater Edmonton area in January compared to 820 last year and 881 last month.* We are seeing significant increases in the number of showings on our listings, and some of our buyer clients are running into multiple offers. The spring market may come a little early this year due to historically low mortgage [...]
Single Family Homes Sales Still Strong in Edmonton	2/1/2012 3:48 PM
In January there were 450 single family home sales in Edmonton - up significantly from 382 last year and 358 last month. It looks like this may be the one bright spot in the real estate market as prices and sales are down in most other categories. Condo sales improved slightly from last year, but were down from last month - [...]
What’s going on with Condo Prices in Edmonton?	1/27/2012 3:48 PM
Over the past 5 weeks we've seen the average price of condos drop from $230k to $208k. That's a pretty significant drop over a 5 week period, so a reader asked - "what's going on with condos?" There are a number of answers to that question... first of all, when you look at the chart tracking the average price trends for [...]
Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update – Jan. 27/12	1/27/2012 1:09 PM
Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 358 (383, 438, 239) # Sales: 177 (139, 109, 74) Ratio: 49% (36%, 25%, 31%) # Price changes: 119 (111, 125, 73) # Expired/Off Market Listings: 122 (160, 143, 577) Net loss/gain in listings this week: 59 (84, 186, -412) Active single family home [...]
Special Report: Year in Review and 2012 Forecast	1/23/2012 2:28 PM
We have finally completed our annual "Year in Review and 2012 Forecast." We will be emailing it out to subscribers and fans tomorrow (Jan. 24) afternoon. Don't miss out - subscribe or like us today! [...]
The Difference Is? Calgary VS Edmonton	1/23/2012 2:22 PM
I always like to tease my Calgary counterparts. When I was on the Real Estate Council of Alberta as a council member, the pre-meeting banter would always include some sort of comment welcoming the Calgary members from their carbon monoxide filled commute. They would counter with a humourous comment about Edmonton and on and on it went. My [...]
Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update – Jan. 20/11	1/20/2012 12:21 PM
Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week’s numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 383 (438, 239, 69) # Sales: 139 (109, 74, 91) Ratio: 36% (25%, 31%, 132%) # Price changes: 111 (125, 73, 29) # Expired/Off Market Listings: 160 (143, 577, 105) Net loss/gain in listings this week: 84 (186, -412, -127) Active single family home [...]
Edmonton Second in Canadian Metro Economic Activity Index Rankings: CIBC	1/19/2012 12:08 PM
CIBC ranks Canadian cities for economic growth and today announced Toronto leads the country with Edmonton coming in a close second place. Toronto lead the country for the second year in a row, showing the fastest economic momentum with strong population growth, employment and housing starts. Edmonton ranked second in CIBC's measure or economic momentum, up from 11th in the 2011 [...]

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