Neighbour sold before us... What's the deal!?

Why do some homes sell quickly while others sit on the market, or don’t sell at all?

There are a few factors that need to be taken in to account. Some of the more obvious things like: current market, location, time of year are all things that need to be considered, but are frankly things that you can't always control. You can't help if your city or town is going through a bit of a slump, and you can't help if your job moves you to a new location and now you need to try and sell in the middle of January. Those are things outside of your control. Luckily, there are several things that you CAN do to increase the salability of your home.

First, you need to ask yourself if I walked in to my house for the first time, what would I think?…

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What To Expect For The 2017 Edmonton Real Estate Market

Real Estate Forecast – 2017

Last week (January 4th, 2017) the Edmonton Real Estate Association held their annual forecast. With speakers including Christina Butchart Senior Market Analyst CMHC, Catherine Rothrock Chief Economist Government of Alberta, and John Rose City of Edmonton Chief Economist. This is the annual review of the previous year’s real estate market for Edmonton and surrounding areas, and a summary of what these local economists are forecasting for the upcoming year. 

For the most part all presenters agreed with what we can expect for 2017. Modest growth and recovery, with a splash of uncertainty.

Some main points from James Mabey; Chair, REALTORS® Association of Edmonton:

• Single-family home sales were down 5.4% in 2016…

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Recent Mortgage Rule Changes

New Mortgage Rules And What It Means For You

(written November of 2016) 

Effective October 17, 2016 (announced on October 3, 2016), mortgage rules changed for you and every other Canadian. In an effort to get control of Canadians borrowing, and to help cool over-heated markets like Vancouver and Toronto, the Canadian Government implemented some new borrowing rules for Canadians who are purchasing homes.

So what was changed?

They have implemented what is called an interest rate “stress-test.” How it works, is: 

 “To help ensure new homeowners can afford their mortgages even when interest rates begin to rise, mortgage insurance rules require in some cases that lenders “stress test” a borrower’s ability to make their mortgage…

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EdmontonRealEstate.Net Is Here!

Welcome, and thanks for checking us out at EdmontonRealEstate.Net! We are Edmonton’s newest real estate search website, and we are excited to be serving Edmonton and area for all your real estate needs.

EdmontonRealEstate.Net was created to make the home searching process as simple and efficient for you as possible. No matter what device you are using, you will have all our sites tools at your disposal. You can create a saved search to be notified immediately once a new listing has come on the market matching your search criteria, and you can remove listings that are of no interest so they do not pop up the next time you visit. This ensures you will only be viewing new listings and listings you are most interested in. EdmontonRealEstate.Net…

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