Edmonton Real Estate

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:22 PST

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 306 (341, 370, 333) # Sales: 225 (275, 261, 256) Ratio: 74% (81%, 71%, 77%) # Price...

So You Think You Can Sell - Edmonton Real Estate Career Advice Part 2

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:31:23 PST

Last week we started a series of articles about real estate careers, answering some of the most common questions people have about becoming a REALTOR®. Next week we are hosting an online career seminar where we will discuss getting started...

Edmonton Real Estate Market Shrugs Off Flu

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:54:23 PST

I have been reserving judgement all year on the market until we were through September and October. Well the stats are in and October and September were, as Jim Carrey would say: “smokin.” Signs that a balanced market were coming...

Edmonton Home Builders Confidence Grows

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:45:02 PST

The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released their Housing Now report on new home construction in Edmonton last week. Construction of single family homes in the Edmonton area significantly increased again in September: To me that means Edmonton area...

Edmonton Photo of the Week

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:52:48 PST

Yesterday was gorgeous in Edmonton (for November anyway) and many people were out taking advantage of the sunny day. I don't exactly know what you would call the sport we captured below, but it looks pretty extreme to me. This...

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:37:27 PDT

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 341 (370, 333, 414) # Sales: 275 (261, 256, 227) Ratio: 81% (71%, 77%, 55%) # Price...

Edmonton Real Estate Career Advice - Part 1

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:21:19 PDT

Most of our readers are very interested in the real estate market in Edmonton, and some are so interested they even consider a career in real estate. What many people don't realize is that we are always looking for good...

Edmonton Photo of the Week - Baby Heroes Campaign

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:14:47 PDT

The Edmonton REALTORS ® Community Foundation supports many local charities one of which is the Terra Centre for pregnant and parenting teens. Their "diaper drive" ended yesterday - they were asking for donations of boxes of diapers. Diapers are a...

Search for Edmonton Real Estate Like a Pro

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:02:51 PDT

A new dawn is here in Edmonton real estate. Today we are launching the first website of its kind by an Edmonton Real Estate Company. It's super fast, very easy and will allow you to search for things that you...

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:12:42 PDT

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market as of noon today. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 370 (333, 414, 361) # Sales: 261 (256, 227, 287) Ratio: 71% (77%,...

Edmonton's new real estate rules

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:16:14 PDT

In years past Edmonon real estate was definitely steady in appreciation and appreciatively undervalued. So what's changed since the run up of values here in Edmonton and Across North America? Something I've noticed over the past 20 years is that...

Edmonton Photo of the Week - River Valley Run

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:26:07 PDT

Edmonton has so many beautiful trails - we seem to find new ones all the time. This shot was taken during our Sunday morning run through the river valley near Saskatchewan Drive and 91 ave (taken from my iPhone). We...

Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:52:11 PDT

Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market as of noon today. (Previous week's numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 333 (414, 361, 379) # Sales: 256 (227, 287, 256) Ratio: 77% (55%,...

Holy Gas Man

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:05:00 PDT

Just when you think you’ve seen everything - wham! - you learn something new. We had a beautiful property close recently with a sale value in the top 2% of the market (in the Edmonton the top 10% of the...

The market gobble gobble

Sheldon Johnston and Sara MacLennan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:07:59 PDT

I never know what to expect on Thanksgiving. Sometimes it's dead and sometimes it's crazy busy. Most likely it has to do with what I'm working on - if I have out of town buyers with me then its nuts,...