Back to school may be the most wonderful time of the year for those of us with kids. The question is will it be the same for the real estate market?
August turned out to be a mixed bag yet again. The single family home sales were strong if you were priced right and not in a higher price point. Town houses and duplexes are settling out into a good groove. Apartment condos on the other hand not ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on September 5, 2008
Great weather continues to favour Red Deer and Central Alberta. The rush to find homes prior to the school year starting is continuing.
The trend continues in August the number of active listings are on the decline in the City of Red Deer. Still a large selection to choose from. We would expect the number of active listings and the sales to slowly decline as we continue ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on August 11, 2008
Not your typical movie fare, but when it comes to new listings 2008, is a block buster of a year.
It wasn't that long ago we were in a heated seller's market, we only have to look as far back as 2006. Then we started transitioning out of that frenzy in 2007 to today's buyer's market. Each market has it's good points and bad depending on the side of the transactional fence you are sitting. For ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 26, 2008
Today the Bank of Canada announced yet another decrease in interest rates. A significant cut from 3.5% to 3.0%. The last time the Bank of Canada dropped rates by 1% in the same short time frame (6 weeks) was back in 2001. The Bank of Canada indicates that they are doing so in response to economic indicators primarily from the US economy. From the Bank of Canada Press Release: "The Bank is now projecting ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on April 22, 2008
More of the same? Kind of, yes.December was a slow month in comparison to the other months in 2007. Sales of single family homes totaled 62 and in January we saw a modest increase up to 69 single family homes sold. Not a large numbers jump but still a 11.29% increase in sales. I wouldn't be surprised if I read a head line that indicated sales increase by 11%. That would not be an accurate reflection ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on February 4, 2008
With head lines indicating that the end is near, and that we're in a buyers market so look out for falling prices how can 2007 be the best year ever?
By the numbers it is. Volume of sales is up, the average sale price is up, and the economy is strong. This is what it looks like for 2007 in the city of Red Deer:
2006
YTD 2007
Average List Price
$252,791
$313,378
Average ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on November 22, 2007
In fact it was another busy month for real estate in Red Deer. It was very similar to October 2006. There was a total of 100 Single family homes sold in October 2007 compared to 101 in 2006. The similarities continued with the average sale price. The average sale price for 2007 single family homes was $338,856 and in 2006 it was $333,138.
Our growth has slowed to a point where we've caught up to ourselves. ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on November 2, 2007
The Red Deer Real Estate Board released their stats yesterday for September. A few of the highlights are:"BUYERS BENEFIT FROM BALANCED REAL ESTATE MARKET"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASERed Deer – October 9, 2007 – Throughout Central Alberta homes continued to change hands at areasonable rate last month according to the MLS® figures released by the Red Deer & District RealEstate Board.Residential sales ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on October 10, 2007