Tag Archives: Real Estate stats

June Sales Jump

June Real Estate Market Update The June Real Estate market’s numbers are out and they are interesting to say the least. There are a couple statistics though, that seem to be drawing all the attention. The one getting the biggest … Continue reading

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Has Spring Finally Thawed? And Will The Real Estate Market Too?

Did everyone make it through the winter intact? Because I believe, it may actually be spring. It’s been a few weeks since we actually saw snow and the warmer temperatures have allowed the huge snow piles to all finally melt … Continue reading

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Politics, Housing & The Future

The Effect of Of Politics on the Housing Market The recent statistics for April’s Real Estate market for the Calgary region have just come out and surprisingly, the sales numbers have actually decreased compared to the year before. When you … Continue reading

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Sales Are Down, But Values Are Up?

First off, 2010 wasn’t just a bad dream, instead 2010 really was just an extension of the last few years which have really been a nightmare for Alberta Real Estate values. The official 2010 CREB statistics are out now and … Continue reading

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Town & Country Sales Fall, Luxury Home Sales Boom

It’s rather ironic to see the two headlines show up within a few days of each other and to realize both are occurring at the same time, but this is the current reality. It’s been explained that the slowdown in … Continue reading

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Alberta Mortgage Arrears Increase By a Factor of Five!

If you missed the headlines the other day, Alberta is now leading the nation in mortgage arrears with .74 percent of the mortgages in the province in arrears. Just to put that in perspective that means out of every 10,000 … Continue reading

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Have You Noticed All the For Sale Signs, Again?

Here it comes again! It seems as if every street you drive down lately has another house listed for sale with the big shiny Real Estate companies sign out front. Aren’t we supposed to be recovering and home prices were … Continue reading

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Actually, Not All House Prices are on the Rise!

You’ve seen the stats, you’ve read the news, and you are likely aware home prices are continuing the trend of increasing in Calgary and area. What they aren’t telling you is that it’s not every area of the city! The … Continue reading

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Calgary Ranks as 23rd Most Affordable City in Canada

The Winnipeg based Frontier Centre released it’s report on housing affordability recently and proclaimed Calgary was ranked 23rd out of the 28 cities in their affordability index. The number one cities for affordability were Windsor and Thunder Bay. Can anyone … Continue reading

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Calgary Ranked Top Real Estate Investment City in Alberta for 2010 by REIN

I just received my copy of REIN’s Top Investment Towns in Alberta for 2010 and Calgary has been tagged as the Top Town in the province over the next 3-5 years. How exciting! Except that I am selling some of … Continue reading

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Stats From October 21st

Sorry for the delay on these, but here are the stats for single family and condo sales and new listings from October 21st. Calgary Metro – Single Family Sales Oct. 1-21st, 2009 Year 2009                             2008 Sales                        877                               537 New Listings      … Continue reading

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If It’s Thursday It Must Be Blog Post Day!

If it’s Thursday it must be blog post day! I just wanted to touch on what’s happening with the Real Estate market right now. We are continuing to see a trend where the gap between number of sales and number … Continue reading

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Where Is The Economy Heading?

I’m trying to post more consistently on Thursday’s these days as it is usually a quieter time for me. Also, if you haven’t noticed, I am starting to include an audio version of the posts. You can find it at … Continue reading

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News Release From Remax – Fourth Quarter Set For Further Growth?

[podcast]https://www.investors.housez.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/News-Release-From-Remax-Oct-0709.mp3[/podcast] Just the other day I received an email from a colleague with REMAX’s Western Canada’s news release from September. I guess I’m not on their mailing list if I am getting it passed on to me, I wonder who … Continue reading

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Graphs I Like To See – Latest CREB Stats Sept 09

It makes my head spins sometimes trying to figure out where the market is moving to each month. I understand the big picture, I keep on trying to explain to others how Real Estate is a long term view investment … Continue reading

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