Now until December 26th:
This wonderful evening offers Christmas enchantment with Celtic music and live performances by the award-winning McDade Family in a historical setting.
Jeremiah and Terry McDade will perform Celtic Christmas music in one of John Walter's houses, with Shannon Johnson accompanied by Solon McDade in the other Walter home.
A mug of apple cider, creaking boardwalks and lights reflecting off the snow create a magical atmosphere for the evening!
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It is the busiest weekend of the year for the Edmonton International Airport. Several "elves" are on duty to help out, but there are also some travel tips to keep in mind to make the check-in process faster and easier!
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Edmonton, December 2, 2010: The average price of a single family detached property in the Edmonton area continued to soften in November. According to the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, at $362,657, the average* SFD price was half a percent lower in November than it was in October. Compared to a year ago the price was down significantly by 2.5%. November condo prices also took one of the biggest drops this year with the average price down 2% to $229,603 month-over-month and just under 3% ...
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The Edmonton Festival of Trees begins tomorrow (December 2nd) and runs until December 5th at the Shaw Conference Centre.
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Tomorrow is Wish Upon a Whisker Wednesday. All adoption fees for Winter White Beauties will be waived at the Edmonton Humane Society. Please click here to read more.
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Market Update
Edmonton, October 4, 2010: Housing prices in the Edmonton area remained stable as we enter the final quarter of the year. Single family dwelling prices in September mirrored prices in August and condo prices rose slightly after four months of decline. Both listings and sales declined in September as compared to a month ago.?The market seems to be resting,? said Larry Westergard, president of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. ?After the turmoil of the past couple of years and ...
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Edmonton, September 2, 2010: The REALTORS® Association of Edmonton reports that the average price of single family property in the Edmonton area has softened with a small drop for the second consecutive month. Prices were plateaued at just over $388,000 from March to June. Condominium prices have dropped steadily from their high point of $353,000 in April and are down another 2.99%.?Despite the two month drop, single family homes are still priced a bit higher than they were at the same time ...
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Robert Hogue, Senior Economist, RBCMay 2010
Affordability erodes again in the first quarter of 2010Canada?s housing markets started 2010 the same way they ended 2009; firing on all cylinders. While a boon to sellers, the resulting strong home price increases, however, have hurt housing affordability across the country. At the national level, RCD affordability measures rose for the third consecutive quarter, moving up between 0.4 and 0.9 percentage points, depending on the housing type (a rise ...
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Garry Marr, Financial Post ? Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2010
'You know, you're making the biggest mistake of your life. The housing market is going to fall."I got this great piece of advice from another journalist at the Financial Post, who has since left the newspaper, after buying my first home. Not exactly the type of thing you want to hear after taking on huge debt and making the biggest financial decision of your life.Lucky for me, I didn't heed that advice about Toronto's red-hot real estate ...
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Edmonton, July 5, 2010: REALTORS® report normal client activity in the Edmonton real estate market with listings, showings and sales. The residential inventory is approaching record levels set in 2007 but prices held steady in the second quarter with the expectation that they will soften as usual through the fall and early winter.
?There was less external pressure on the market from incentives or rate changes last month and as a result the market seems to be operating in a normal controlled ...
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Edmonton, June 2, 2010: The housing market was relaxed in May with slightly lower sales than last year and prices generally stable. Despite the sales drop, the current sales figures compare favourably with levels set in 2008.
?Financial incentives, changes to mortgage qualifying rules and the threat of increasing mortgage rates caused the local market to peak a little earlier this year,? said Larry Westergard, president of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. ?Many buyers exercised their ...
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Edmonton, June 2, 2010: The housing market was relaxed in May with slightly lower sales than last year and prices generally stable. Despite the sales drop, the current sales figures compare favourably with levels set in 2008.
?Financial incentives, changes to mortgage qualifying rules and the threat of increasing mortgage rates caused the local market to peak a little earlier this year,? said Larry Westergard, president of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. ?Many buyers exercised their ...
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Edmonton, May 4, 2010: April is the start of the busy second quarter for real estate, and resale housing sales were down over the same month last year according to a report issued by the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. Average* prices of single family houses moved down compared to a month ago but were up by 8.2% from last year. Condominium average prices moved up from last month and were up 7.0% from April 2009.
?There were three increases to interest rates and changes to mortgage qualifying ...
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Edmonton, April 6, 2010: Housing figures released by the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton for March and the first quarter of 2010 show that resale housing prices are up; listings and sales are up.?There is consumer confidence in this market and both buyers and sellers appear eager to enter the housing market,? said Larry Westergard, president of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. ?Prices are up about 10% from a year ago and sellers are eager to take advantage. Buyers are aware of higher ...
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Edmonton, March 2, 2010: Prices for residential property sold through the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service® changed marginally through February. Sales activity, however, was up dramatically when compared to last month or the same month last year.
The average* single family dwelling price was $369,573 for February up just 1.4% from January; 5.6% from a year ago. Condominium prices dipped 3.8% in the month from $240,686 to $231,530. Duplex and rowhouse prices were up 3.3% to $315,390.
?While ...
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Edmonton, February 2, 2010: Single family homes sold through the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service® System sold on average for the same amount in January as at year-end while condominium prices dipped 2%. Month-to-month sales slowed by 6.8% as compared to December but the number of new listings in January doubled the December numbers.
The average* residential price was $314,783 for January, down 1.4% from last month and down just 0.7% from a year ago. Single family home prices on average were ...
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The bank of Canada has slightly raised its projection for growth in 2011, saying the Canadian Economy will benefit from a faster-than-expected recovery in the U.S.
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Edmonton, January 5, 2010: Residential sales through the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service® were at the second highest level ever for December (after a record number of sales in 2006 of 1,074). Sales of single family homes, condominiums, duplexes and other residential property totalled 948 units for the month. Total sales of all types of real estate for December was 1,066, also a second place finish for monthly sales.The price of residential property remained stable in December with single ...
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Edmonton, December 2, 2009: Total sales through the Edmonton and area Multiple Listing Service® system to the end of November have surpassed total year end sales in 2008. The total value of all types of property sold to the end of November is $6.64 billion. The same figure at the end of December 2008 was $6.42 billion. There have been 20,355 property sales so far as compared to 19,448 at year-end 2008.?Both sales and the value of sales have exceeded our expectations this year,? said Charlie ...
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Edmonton, November 3, 2009: Resale housing sales continued their strong trend through October with sales of all housing types through the Multiple Listing Service® in October at the second highest level on record (after October 2006). There were 1,535 residential properties sold in October; up 23% from 2008 but down almost 10% from last month which follows the normal seasonal trend of month to month sales dropping through the fall.?The housing market in Edmonton and area is still robust,? said ...
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Edmonton, October 5, 2009: Although sales were not at record levels in September, they compared favourably with sales levels last year and settled in for the third best September ever. Only sales in September 2006 of 1,844 residential units and last September (1,729) were better than the 1,704 sales pegged last month. ?We have experienced strong sales through the third quarter,? said Charlie Ponde, president of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. ?At the end of the first quarter YTD sales ...
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Edmonton, September 2, 2009: Residential sales through the Edmonton and Area Multiple Listing Service® in August were lower than the number posted in July but higher than sales the previous August. There were a total of 1,673 sales last month as compared to 2,277 in July (a monthly record) and 1,541 in August 2008. ?Although sales numbers cooled a bit after record sales in June and July, we are still experiencing the strength of the market in Edmonton,? said Charlie Ponde, president of the ...
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Edmonton, August 5, 2009: The REALTORS® Association of Edmonton reported a record number of single month sales of residential properties for the second month in a row. Buyers who created record sales in June carried through for a record in July as well. Although sales were off almost 11% from June the total number of July sales was 2,277, creating a new July record. ?The market is stable and strong sales and market activity are not driving prices up dramatically,? said Charlie Ponde, president ...
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Edmonton, July 3, 2009: At the mid-point of the year, the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton is confident that the local real estate market has regained stability. The 9,741 sales of residential properties sold through the Multiple Listing Service® in the first six months surpassed the six month year-to-date figure for last year (9,567) and residential sales in June set a new record for the month. Residential sales in June totalled 2,552 units which surpassed the 2007 record of 2,203 units sold ...
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Edmonton, June 2, 2009: The REALTORS® Association of Edmonton reports that the number of residential properties sold through the Multiple Listing Service® in Edmonton in May was up over 17% as compared to the previous month and up 18.7% over the same month last year. There were 3,180 residential properties listed with sales of 2,161. The sales-to-listing ratio was 68% as compared to 42% in May 2008.?Sales continue to rise month-by-month,? said Charlie Ponde, president of the REALTORS® ...
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Edmonton, May 4, 2009: Sales activity on the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service® increased in April as compared to last month and April 2008. There were 3,019 residential properties listed in April with sales of 1,843 (up 33.6% from last month and 1.1% from April 2008).The average* price of single family homes in the Edmonton area was up 1% from March but, at $353,386, was still 8.5% below the last April price of $386,033. Condo prices were up 2.4% from last month to $236,020 while ...
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Edmonton, April 2, 2009: The average* price of single family homes in the Edmonton area has hovered around the $350,000 mark for the first quarter of this year, reported the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. At the beginning of January the average price for a SFD was $351,870. The price varied slightly and at the end of March the average SFD price was $349,716, up 0.7% from the previous month. Condo prices were a little more volatile but popped up 1.6% in March to $230,469, after a 5% drop in ...
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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 the same month sales for last year.?It is a typical pattern that sales activity picks up as we move into spring,? said Charlie Ponde, president of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. ?Listing activity also rises as homeowners enter the market ...
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Edmonton, February 3, 2009: Residential sales in January are always slow as buyers recover from their holiday excesses and stay bundled up from the cold. January sales were slow at the beginning of the month but picked up steam as the days grew longer. REALTORS® sold 730 residential properties in January compared to 608 in December (sales up 20%). Sales prices were also up in all categories as compared to the previous month.?Nobody rings a bell when prices hit the bottom,? said Charlie Ponde, ...
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Edmonton housing market repositioned after uncertain year Edmonton, January 6, 2009: Coming off a peak in May/June 2007, residential prices remained stable for the first part of the year but slowly slipped downward as the year progressed. The average price for all residential property sold through the Edmonton Multiple Listing Service® dropped just 5.7% during 2008, reported the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. The average* all-residential price (single family, condominiums, rowhouses and ...
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Today marks the first day of the new website. The new site offers a wealth of fresh industry information that's constantly being updated. Have a great time checking it out!
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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.