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
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
It's been a busy few weeks in the financial markets, with constant attention to mortgages and credit. With strong economic environment in Alberta it can be hard to grasp or see the impact that these changes will have on the average home buyer or seller.
The changes:
Zero down is gone. This was announced to be phased out many weeks ago but the deadline is here. The description ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on October 13, 2008
The bank of Canada decided to hold interest rates steady on September 3rd. The department of Finance set a date with imposed restrictions on 40 year amortizations and the use of zero down. The kids went back to school, and families settled into to back to school mode etc...
So where are we now?
The number of new listings began to cool off during the first two weeks of August, and ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on September 15, 2008
2008 is shaping up to be the year for change in Real Estate. June 23rd, 2008 marked a significant change to real estate business. Realtors require your I.D. A new federal law came into force, real estate agents will ask to see your driver's licence, or other government-issued ID. They'll also need to keep personal information identifying their clients, such as occupation and birth-date, ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on July 21, 2008
Saturday May 31, I had the pleasure of speaking to the attendees at the community breakfast. There were approximately 60 residents in attendance. The topic of discussion was that of an economic update with myself being asked to give a Real Estate update.
I'm always happy to discuss real estate and changes in the market place with home owners so I enjoyed the opportunity to do so.
The house prices ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on June 3, 2008
Good. Sales were down from record 2007 sales volume, but well above 2006 numbers. Here at Century 21 Advantage, we led the way with listings sold in Red Deer. Out of the 220 properties sold in April Century 21 Advantage sold 56 which is a little over 25%. How does this compare to what the market is like or what is every one else doing? Well today we see a total of 785 properties available in the ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 8, 2008
We were all quite surprised when they informed us this was the 29th annual "Bowl for Kids" in support of Big Brothers and Big Sisters through the Youth and Volunteer Centre in Red Deer. 29 years is a feat for any annual campaign. For a fundraiser that is truly inspiring. So many causes try different events and have to change tings up in order to achieve their goal. Today was a lot of fun. Each ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on March 9, 2008