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• End is at hand for downturn: Expert

  The end is near. Well, according to members of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, it is. Hype over the economic meltdown has inspired unnecessary panic, as recessions are part of the ebb and flow of a healthy economy, chamber president Martin Salloum said, Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:22 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, economy, downturn, speculation

• Housing market perks up

  Despite economic uncertainty and mounting job losses, Edmonton's resale housing market picked up in April with sales increasing from the previous month and from the same time last year. There were 1,843 residential sales in April, up 1.1 per cent Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:51 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, market, residential, sales, housing, mls, april, statistics

• Local bankers see thaw in economy

  While the recession hasn't gone away yet, the heads of three major Edmonton-based financial institutions pointed to glimmers of hope Thursday. The CEOs of Servus Credit Union, Canadian Western Bank and ATB Financial suggested the financial freeze Read More... Posted Friday, May 01, 2009 7:52 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, credit, bank, recession, economy, atb

• Local housing prices continue to slide while sales rise

  Edmonton, March 3, 2009: The average price of most types of residential property slipped down a notch in February after a short rally in January. Sales numbers climbed across the 1,000-unit threshold for the first time since October but are still below Read More... Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 8:18 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, market, realtors, sales, listing, prices, property, homeowners, housing, price, mls, 2009, listings

• City of opportunity

  Edmonton holds the high ground in terms of real estate investment, says an industry consultant. Don Campbell, a real estate investment adviser and head of Calgary-based Real Estate Investment Network, said while people are understandably dismayed by the Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:28 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Edmonton, alberta, city, investment, north america, recession

• Neighbours taking the avenue back

  Det. Chris Hayduk is still waiting to meet Pablo. Last fall, Pablo sent an emissary to the veteran city cop as he and some neighbours staged a "takeback" on 118 Avenue. "This guy came up to me and asked what we were doing," Hayduk Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:30 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, house, avenue, neighbours, street

• Firm: Alberta's 2009 outlook OK

  Commercial real estate company Avison Young has an optimistic outlook for Edmonton and Alberta in 2009. “Large infrastructure projects will remain an important driver of GDP (gross domestic product) growth in Alberta in 2009,” Avison Young Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:14 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Edmonton, alberta, credit, investment, 2009, forecast, developers, pricing, commercial

• Top 10 Alberta Investment Locations

  Canada’s Real Estate Investment Network (REIN), a real estate research, education and consulting organization recently released a report on the top 10 Alberta towns for investment. Edmonton and Calgary take the top two spots in the report, which Read More... Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 9:20 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Edmonton, market, alberta, canada, investment, communities

• Double-digit declines for Edmonton home prices

  EDMONTON - While average resale home prices across Canada nudged upward in the third quarter, Edmonton saw double-digit declines from last year in bungalows, two-storeys and standard condos, says a report released today by real estate firm Royal LePage. Read More... Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 8:52 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, market, listing, prices, home, canada, resale, condos, two-storeys, bungalows

• Edmonton's the place to invest in real estate: report

  EDMONTON - Looking for the best place to invest in real estate? If you live in Edmonton, you don't have to go far, says a new report, Top Ten Towns Alberta, released today by a real estate author and analyst. Edmonton tops the list, and four of its Read More... Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 9:43 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Edmonton, alberta, towns, invest, communities, strathcona, st. albert, devon

• Renters see silver lining in housing downturn

  EDMONTON - The recent downturn in Edmonton's housing market may benefit university and college students looking for a place to live this fall. Some real-estate investors struggling to sell their properties are now offering them to tenants, providing Read More... Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:19 PM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, market, housing, sell, tenants, renters, real-estate, properties, investors

• Our housing market's correction is not a calamity

  EDMONTON - Is the city's housing market going into the tank, as it did in the 1980s? Or is it already showing signs of emerging from its year-long funk? My guess? With the average price of a single-family detached home in Edmonton down to $379,224 Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:21 PM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, market, sales, home, homes, single family, inventory, housing, price

• City tops in home-price gains

  Sherwood Park and the Edmonton neighbourhood of Castle Downs top the nation for highest home appreciation in the last decade, says a survey released Tuesday by Royal LePage Real Estate Services. In Castle Downs, a typical condominium saw price growth Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:17 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, home, neighbourhood, price, castle downs, condominium, sherwood park

• On the real estate roller-coaster

  Here's what some visitors to edmontonjournal.com had to say about housing prices in Edmonton in light of the latest statistics from the Realtors Association of Edmonton: - Homes are only worth what people are willing to pay. While this may be a deal Read More... Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:10 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Edmonton, realtors, prices, house, homes, housing, sell, statistics

• MLS® housing sales and prices remain stable in April

  Edmonton, May 5, 2008: The REALTORS® Association of Edmonton reported that the average price for single family homes dropped less than half a percent after three months of small increases. April sales of all types of residential property through the Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:21 AM by Jason Hafso | 0 Comments Filed under: Edmonton, realtors, sales, prices, family, homes, housing, price, 2008, mls, april, may