Edmonton Real Estate Resource Centre

We want to provide as much information to our clients as possible. Coldwell Banker Johnston has created the Edmonton Real Estate Blog as a way to keep our clients up to date on the Edmonton real estate market. The articles below are all taken from the blog and are updated every 12 hours.

Edmonton Real Estate Blog
New Home Listings in Edmonton	7/22/2008 8:40 AM
Last week we discussed a press release from the Canadian real estate association that talked about real estate market trends in Canada. One of the things the press release mentioned was: "New listings reached record or near-record levels in Toronto,...
What Areas of Edmonton are Selling the Best?	7/21/2008 8:37 AM
I was chatting with someone the other day on our cool little chat doo-hickey-thingy (look down and to your left) and they wanted to know what areas of the city were churning through the inventory and what areas were moving...
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market	7/18/2008 3:34 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: 599 (617, 550, 558) # Sales: 293 (254, 273, 321) Ratio: 49% (41%, 50%, 58%) # Price...
Flaherty Speaks: "No Bubble!"	7/17/2008 11:03 AM
"There is no bubble in the Canadian housing sector." That's what Jim Flaherty told reporters in Calgary yesterday. He says there is concern with the longer amortizations, and home purchases with little or no money down (hence the changes made...
Blame Alberta! Whether Prices go up or Down it's Our Fault!	7/16/2008 2:04 PM
When prices were skyrocketing, Alberta was praised for bringing up the national average sale price, and now prices are falling and we are to blame for that too! At least according to the media interpreting stats released by the Canadian...
How NOT to Expire: Top 4 Tips to Improve the Salability of Your Home	7/15/2008 1:26 PM
We had planned on posting this last week, but got interrupted by the changes to mortgages in Canada. So without further adieu... A simple salability checklist. This is not intended to be an all purpose list but it is intended...
Rainy Days and Mondays Never Get me Down	7/14/2008 1:10 PM
My smile widens with each passing day and each member of my team returns from their holidays. The weekend was great weather to show properties in. Sure beats -30! Even though I was short Sara who was volunteering at the...
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market	7/11/2008 12:49 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: 617 (550, 558, 686) # Sales: 254 (273, 321, 310) Ratio: 41% (50%, 58%, 45%) # Price...
Breaking News - No More Zero Down, 40 Year Mortgages	7/9/2008 10:32 PM
We interrupt the current programming to bring you this breaking news. According to CTV news the Federal government is making significant changes to some controversial lending protocols in Canada. The main change is the elimination of the 40 year amortization,...
Expired? Expect the Unexpected.	7/9/2008 7:50 AM
If you're one of the hundreds of Edmonton home owners who've recently had you're listing expire I bet you never thought that after months on the market your listing would end by expiring instead of selling. So what happended? Many...
Just How Does MLS.ca Work?	7/9/2008 11:01 AM
Occassionally we get phone calls from home owners asking why their home doesn't have photos on MLS.ca, or why their listng doesn't have the same information as another in their area - apparently some people think WE are the MLS!...
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market	7/4/2008 1:54 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: 550 (558, 686, 627) # Sales: 273 (321, 310, 257) Ratio: 50% (58%, 45%, 41%) # Price...
Edmonton Real Estate Market: Has Inventory Peaked?	7/3/2008 3:16 PM
The numbers are out for the Edmonton real estate market for June 2008. You may remember back in April we predicted inventory would peak by June and it looks as though it may have peaked in May. The number of...
Monthly Update Coming Soon	7/2/2008 1:24 PM
My sincerest apologies for not having the monthly stats updated yet. There are 8 people who work at our company, 6 of whom are currently on vacation so Sheldon and I are focused on our client's needs at the moment....
Weekly Update on the Edmonton Real Estate Market	6/27/2008 1:18 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: 558 (686, 627, 757) # Sales: 321 (310, 257, 280) Ratio: 58% (45%, 41%, 37%) # Price...