May 5, 2010 Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.com
Home sales in April ? first month in what is traditionally the busiest quarter in the resale housing market ? fell 5.9 per cent from the same month last year.
But then again, in April 2009 mortgage rates were falling, federal renovation incentives beckoned and prices had dropped from boom levels.
Fast forward a year and last month saw three mortgage-rate hikes and the start of stricter lending rules.
There were 1,740 residential sales reported for ...
May 19, 2010, Frank Landry, Edmonton Sun
Now might be a good time to start looking for that home.
Resale home prices are expected to jump next year to levels not seen since the 2007 boom, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says in its latest housing market outlook for Edmonton.
The average home is expected to sell for $333,000 this year, a spike of nearly 4% from 2009.
Home values are expected to increase another 3.6% in 2010, when the average property will fetch a record $345,000, says the ...
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May 31st, 2010 Paul Viera, Financial Post
The Canadian Economy posted better-than-expected growth in the first three months of 2010, marking the best quarterly performance in over a decade, Statistics Canada reported Monday ? and all but cementing the likelihood of a Bank of Canada rate hike this week.
Strong domestic demand and a robust manufacturing sector helped the Canadian economy record annualized growth of 6.1% for the first quarter, the strongest three-month showing since 1999. This ...
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City Staff to recommend 113A Street corridor at cost of $1.1 billion
May 19th, 2010, Gordon Kent, Edmonton Journal
In a plan to be revealed today, the transportation department is recommending that Edmonton?s future LRT line to St. Albert travel north from the City Centre Airport land along 113A Street.
The proposed route, which would see tracks go west on 153rd Avenue to a new park-and-ride lot beside Anthony Henday Drive, beats out two other suggested corridors along 127th Street and St. ...
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By Rocky Bonanno - NHL.com Staff Writer The German entry for the Winter Olympics is often capable of good performances, but not usually sustained excellence. On Wednesday, the Deutscher Eishockey Bund announced its 23-man provisional roster for the 2010 tournament in Vancouver and head coach Uwe Krupp is sending a squad that has a decidedly new look.Only 12 of the players selected were on the squad that swept a final Olympic qualification tournament last February to secure a spot in the ...
Thu, January 7, 2010, By QMI AgencyCanadian real estate prices are likely to surge in the first half of this year, before higher interest rates and more houses available on the market dampen gains, a survey said.The market will be building on momentum set in the final quarter of 2009 when property prices hit new highs, realtor Royal LePage said. The price of standard two-storey homes rose 5.2%, while detached bungalow prices jumped 6% in the quarter compared with the previous year."The Canadian ...
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Thu Jan 7, 2:57 PM , By David Paddon, The Canadian PressTORONTO - Canada?s residential real estate market is expected to remain unusually strong through the first half of this year after a strong finish to 2009, according to a survey published Thursday by Royal LePage.The Royal LePage analysis is consistent with other recent reports on the state of the Canadian real estate market, which has rebounded over the past 12 months after sales dried up in late 2008 and hit a multi-year low in January ...
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Parkview is a residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. The neighbourhood is informally split into two smaller neighbourhoods, with the portion east of 142 Street called Valleyview and the portion west of 142 Street called Parkview. There is a small strip shopping centre, Valleyview Shopping Centre, located near the centre of the neighbourhood on the Parkview side of 142 Street.