http://priyasharma.ca/listings%3Fpathway=7%26ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Sun, 26 May 2013 04:25:03 GMT Copyright: (C) PRIYA SHARMA http://priyasharma.ca http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=970535 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=970535 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:56:31 -0700   EDMONTON - Housing starts in the Prairies will increase almost 10 per cent this year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation predicted Monday. The CMHC said builders will begin construction on 43,000 housing ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=961663 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=961663 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:12:31 -0700   EDMONTON - More retail space is under construction in Edmonton than anywhere else in the nation, says a new report by commercial real estate firm CBRE. “This energy-based economy is really driving a lot of ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=956831 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=956831 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:20:16 -0700   Alberta is expected to buck the national trend for new home construction in the next two years, according to a report by TD Economics.   After seeing a forecasted 6.3 per cent annual decline in 2011 to 25,200 ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=954449 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=954449 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:11:50 -0700   EDMONTON - Edmonton wrapped up a stable year in real estate in December, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said Wednesday. “It is a relief to report on the stability and health of the local real estate ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=919953 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=919953 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:52:15 -0600   A former media colleague from Vancouver called a couple of weeks ago. I hadn’t talked to him in 10 years. After decades on the West Coast, he had just moved to Calgary with his wife and three kids. The ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=919287 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=919287 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:24:52 -0600 The renewed slowdown in global economic activity is putting further downward pressure on already-weak residential property markets across much of the developed world, according to the latest Global Real Estate Trends ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=916775 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=916775 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:16:35 -0600   Engineering and construction firms are driving up demand in Edmonton's suburban office market, according to a new national office trends report. Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield said the third quarter ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=900749 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=900749 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:04:31 -0600   EDMONTON - Alberta’s housing market continues to be flat, with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reporting Tuesday that homebuilders started construction on 22,200 homes in July — a slight ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=880287 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=880287 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:50:42 -0600 EDMONTON — Two years after the Great Recession ended, Alberta’s energy-fuelled economy is again flexing its muscles. With oil prices tripling from their 2009 lows, drilling activity on the upswing, ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=856057 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=856057 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 04 May 2011 07:28:41 -0600   EDMONTON - House prices were little changed from March, while sales were down slightly and the number of homes on the market rose during April, the Realtors Association of Edmonton reported Tuesday. The average price ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=812131 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=812131 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:32:37 -0700   EDMONTON - Tighter mortgage rules coming in March aren’t causing a rush in Edmonton home sales, says the president of the Realtors Association of Edmonton. On Wednesday, the group released Edmonton-area MLS ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=809137 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=809137 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:12:06 -0700 Canadians confronted with soaring prices while trying to buy a home in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal this past year should consider Alberta — once the poster child for and overheated market, but now the ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=806767 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=806767 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:22:58 -0700 EDMONTON - Average MLS home prices in the Edmonton region will increase slightly in 2011, but price gains will pick up in 2012 to record levels, says a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. forecast released Thursday. The ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=800907 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=800907 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:31:50 -0700   Canadian job creation was more than four times what economists predicted in January, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose as more people sought work. Employment rose by 69,200 and the labor force increased by ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=791251 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=791251 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:10:29 -0700    Low interest rates should continue to prop up sales in Canada's resale housing market in early 2011 as the market continues to ride the momentum of a stronger than expected finish to 2010, the Canadian Real Estate ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=744245 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=744245 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:05:33 -0700   Edmonton apartment rents remained stable while the vacancy rate edged down in October — after three straight years of increases, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Thursday. The vacancy rate for rental ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=740543 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=740543 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:40:21 -0700   After four consecutive quarters of rising homeownership costs, housing affordability improved in the third quarter of 2010 thanks primarily to a drop in mortgage rates and some softening in home prices, according to ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=733837 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=733837 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:32:18 -0700   EDMONTON — “Modest,” “moderate,” “stable” were all words used to describe the Edmonton housing market in 2011 at a Canada Mortgage and Housing ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=728195 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=728195 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:59:04 -0600   EDMONTON — Edmonton-area MLS home sales plunged by nearly a third in October compared with a year earlier, but prices are holding steady. There were 1,077 residential Multiple Listing Service sales for the ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=678763 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=678763 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:43:24 -0600   The housing sector received a small boost Wednesday with news from Statistics Canada that new home prices are continuing to climb, albeit slowly. The StatsCan data, which shows prices up 2.9% from a year ago, follows ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=676813 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=676813 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:32:54 -0600   EDMONTON — While homebuying activity is cooling in Edmonton, luxury-home sales are picking up, says a new national report. “One area of the market that has outperformed all others is the upper ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=676309 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=676309 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:19:21 -0600   EDMONTON — Where are the buyers? That’s the question on the minds of realtors and home sellers. Sellers, on the other hand, are abundant in the real estate market. They’re offering more ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=674113 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=674113 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:19:26 -0600   EDMONTON — Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. That means people ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=663113 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=663113 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:08:29 -0600   EDMONTON — Cooling demand knocked prices down for the second straight month for single-family homes while condo prices continued their steady slide for the Edmonton-region resale market in August. Multiple ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=661855 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=661855 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:49:23 -0600 EDMONTON — Expect a buyer's market for Edmonton-area resale homes in the remainder of 2010 with more balanced conditions next year, says a new report released Tuesday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=625207 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=625207 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:22:11 -0600 EDMONTON — House prices dropped in July as a larger inventory gave buyers more choice, and city landlords are getting set to raise rents as apartment vacancy rates tighten, according to new reports. Single ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=618017 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=618017 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:41:11 -0600 The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=591657 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=591657 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:16:03 -0600 The number of homes listed for sale in the Edmonton area is nearing record levels, while June residential sales fell 37 per cent from last year. At the same time, the average price of a single-family home rose nearly ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=551959 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=551959 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:39:18 -0600 EDMONTON — Home construction dipped in May, but it was still the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year improvements. ATB Financial senior economist Todd Hirsch said residential construction seems to be ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=527255 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=527255 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:13:00 -0600 OTTAWA, Ontario, June 01, 2010 — The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=252707 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=252707 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:18:15 -0600 Today will see a change in policy when it comes to lending guidelines for Canadian mortgage borrowers. The government of Canada has decided that the new rules below were necessary in order to continue to grow the ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=247205 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=247205 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:37:04 -0600 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 ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=234587 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=234587 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:40:26 -0600 When the loonie rocketed nearly 30 per cent against the greenback in 2007, peaking at $1.10 US, it prompted an outpouring of national angst. Buzz Hargrove, the fiery former president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=232233 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=232233 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:19:43 -0700 Builders started three times the number of Edmonton-area homes in February as they did a year earlier — showing just how far the housing market had fallen last year. Total housing starts in the Edmonton ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=231181 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=231181 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:53:33 -0700 2010 Budget Highlights • $19 billion in stimulus measures • planned spending to be cut by $17.6 billion over five years • $53.8-billion deficit cut in half in two years • $1 billion ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=230439 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=230439 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:22:59 -0700 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 ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=229881 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=229881 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:23:20 -0700 Canada's economic recovery picked up speed in the final quarter of last year, growing by a better-than-expected annualized rate of five per cent, Statistics Canada reported Monday. "For a third consecutive quarter, ... http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=229433 http://priyasharma.ca/listings?pathway=396&id=229433 priya.sharma@century21.ca (PRIYA SHARMA) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:08:24 -0700 TORONTO -- Canadian home resale prices rose for an eighth straight month in December with overall prices rising to end the year at a record high, a report on Wednesday said. The Teranet-National Bank Composite House ...