What’s happenin’ negazots?! It’s been a rather dreary day here in the Alberta capital, so I figured I’d do a quick post on new home prices to fill the time. I’ve gotten several requests to do this, but I’ve never been able to find real great historical data on it…Continue Reading
It’s been a tough week for the province… first we find out that the provincial government thinks our beaches and children are too damn ugly to use in advertising, so they have to co-opt some from England. Okay, and yeah, that foam finger is actually one for the Oakland A’s,Continue Reading
So, just what is a ‘Bust’? Don’t google that. Read moreHistorical Prices and InflationThe first hits you’ll get will probably be of the Russ Meyer-esque definition… and don’t get me wrong, big fan of that variety, but looking up that sort of thing while others are around can invite troubleContinue Reading
I’ve been meaning to take a look at this for a while and finally got off my fat ass and did it… or I guess technically, sat on my fat ass and did it… um… I digress. So, today I’m going do another reader request and to take a quickContinue Reading
Over the last while I’ve been reading through the archives of the Edmonton Real Estate Blog, just to get a feel for the zeitgeist of boom here in Edmonton. Hindsight being 20/20, it’s quite interesting to read through it. I’ve currently read up to early 2007, so as a reader todayContinue Reading
I was doing a quick search of Google News local real estate stories, and stumbled upon this story from Sherwood Park talking about how prices had dropped $120,000 since their peak in July 2007. They appear to be privy to some figures that are not publicly available, so I can’t speak about that claim.Continue Reading
Hope you all enjoyed your long weekend. If it was anything like mine, it was likely full of sun and way too much refined sugar. If you’ve been reading the releases coming from the various real estate associations, you may have noticed they are now talking up the month-over-month salesContinue Reading
Of late we seem to be hearing increasingly from people predicting runaway inflation… sometimes almost cheerleading for it. For those who bought at the height of the bubble, this may seem on the surface to be an attractive viewpoint as it could quickly erase the downturn in prices. I’m notContinue Reading
Some of you may recall a month ago I did an entry on why weekly and bi-weekly payments really were not as good as they were cracked up to be. Today I’m going to be my second piece in the mortgage series, this time looking at fixed rate mortgages and their mechanics.Continue Reading
Earlier this week I did an entry on the relationship between oil prices and housing prices in Edmonton, and there were some interesting findings which led to new hypothesis’. There was also some good ideas that came up in the resulting discussion. So tonight I’m going to take a bit of aContinue Reading