We have quite a Century 21 family of Realtors. I connect online with a great Realtor in the Okanagan by the name of Brenda Ellis (a.k.a Brell). Brell suggested sharing market stats, I suggested using Google Docs, and here it is. Two Realtors who love our Real Estate and love looking at the numbers. Brell has suggested that other Century 21 associates join us, I think that is ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on February 5, 2009
Red Deer Tourism Video clip:
Red Deer is a great place. In the midst of a winter thaw today, the sun is shining, and we should be +6C this afternoon.
- Patrick Galesloot
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on February 4, 2009
It's easy for me to say you should buy now, and that the market conditions are positioned in favour of buying.
I'd like your input on the real estate market. What do you thinik, should I buy a house today? What advice would you give a young couple starting out today? What about you, have you thought about if now is the right time to buy?
Take a few seconds and answer the brief survey I created, ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on February 2, 2009
My earlier blog post I asked you 4 questions and to email me your thoughts. http://www.century21.ca/patrick.galesloot/Blog/2008_Red_Deer_Real_Estate_Market
Where do you see house prices going long term?
How long do you plane to live in that house?
Should you wait?
Can you afford to wait to buy based on past price trends?
In follow up I received comments that got me thinking some more about ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 24, 2009
Happy New Year!
2008 was quite a journey in real estate which I will reflect upon on another post. Right now we'll look at the last few weeks of real estate activity in the Red Deer Market.
Typically December slows down each year as home owners and real estate agents wind down and make plans for time with family and friends. A number of home owners dread the idea of having to be show ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 3, 2009
Weekly Stats # Listings # Sales # Price Changes Nov. 17-Nov. 23 44 26 60 Listings declined a little bit this past week, which is not a bad thing. We still have plenty of listings to choose from and from a selling standpoint it helps to get the ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on November 24, 2008
Weekly Stats # Listings # SalesOct. 06-Oct. 12 82 37Oct. 13-Oct. 19 83 24Oct. 20-Oct. 26 58 23Oct. 27-Nov. 02 62 18Nov.03-Nov.9 68 22Nov.10-Nov.16 51 23
It looks like we're at a stable rate if the last few weeks are the indicators. The number of sales each week has been stable for the past 5 weeks. Looking at number of active listings and the sales rate ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on November 20, 2008
Thank You to everyone that took part in our "Spooky House" contest.
It's always fun to see the various creations for Halloween. Some fantastic work by many individuals, and I'm sure that the creations are even better in person. It was a close decision but the votes were cast this morning and the winner of the 1,000 Air Miles Century 21 Advantage Spooky House Contest is: 2 Denison for ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on November 5, 2008
Weekly look at the numbers here in Red Deer, and this week is different than last week. Ok maybe not that different but there are some differences. The changes are in the reported sales numbers. The last two weeks saw an increase in new listings with 82 and 83 properties listed, up from the weekly trend of 64. Sales dropped sharply from the previous week (37 to 24).
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Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on October 20, 2008
Century 21 Advantage gave away another 10,000 Air Miles. Actually we gave away 20,000. We were a bit behind on our Air Miles Draws, we give away 10,000 after we sell 121 homes. Last week we had two random draws and the winners are:
1. Clayton & Melissa Phillips, Buyer, #18, 6300 Orr Drive, Tara Devereax's clients.
2. Cecil & Donna Rear, Buyer, 55 Jenkins Drive, Dave ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on October 19, 2008