It’s that time of the month again… okay, well, not that time of the month… or perhaps it is that too… you know what, never mind. The EREB released their final April resale stats today. There, we’ll go with that. I guess the big story this time around would be sales, AprilContinue Reading
April is fast drawing to a close. We probably won’t get the final numbers until Monday, but indications are that it was a fairly typical April. Prices look to be up a point or two over March, and sales figures are looking like they’ll be in the normal range for the month,Continue Reading
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