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Early spring is the best time to ensure your central air conditioner is working. Don’t scramble for a service call during the first heat wave. To get started, replace or clean your indoor air filters. Next, follow your manual’s instructions on how to turn off your thermostat and all AC power connections. ( Do not touch or disturb any electrical connections, as some parts may hold a charge.) Next, remove the unit’s outside screen and determine if any motor points require lubrication. Then examine the condenser coils and exterior fan to ensure they are clean and unobstructed. Remove any debris or was off with the garden hose. Finally carefully replace all covers turn on the power, and set your thermostat low enough to start it up. ( only do this step when it is at least 16 degrees Celsius outside ) If it looks, acts or sounds unusual, or if you feel uncertain about its operation, arrange for a pre-season service call.
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Bank of America has again revised up its home price forecast to 8 percent for 2013, up from 4.7 percent.
This is after a 7.3 percent rise in 2012.
In a new report titled “Someone say House Party?”, BAML’s Chris Flanagan, Michelle Meyer, and Justin Borst write that “a positive feedback loop has begun”. Basically, when people think home prices are rising, they think they will keep doing so and credit conditions will improve, and this in increases demand for homes.
And there’s proof of this. Fannie Mae‘s latest survey shows that 48 percent of respondents believe that home prices will rise over the next 12 months, only 10 percent forecast a fall.
“It is a powerful positive relationship especially in this environment of historically low interest rates and a Federal Reserve determined to keep policy accommodative.”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/baml-us-home-prices-to-rise-8-2013-3#ixzz2NSvpIyOb
There’s a long list of ingredients needed to sell your home quickly. Obviously, you want to make your home as clean and uncluttered as possible. You should also make sure any outstanding repairs are done. And, of course, all the little things you can do to make your home “show” well are important, too.
But the number one ingredient needed to sell your home quickly is the right price tag. If you set the price of your home just right, buyers will come to see it, and there’s a good chance you’ll get some good offers. If you price your home too high, however, few buyers will take an interest in your property and it might languish on the market for months. Worse, it might not sell at all.
So how do you determine the right price at which to list your home?
One of the best ways is to do an analysis of what similar properties in your area have sold for recently. What people are actually paying for homes like yours — in neighborhoods like yours — is the best indicator of the true market value of your home.
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The market is really heating up in Edmonton. Tonight I wrote an offer above asking price on a property that only been on the market for 2 days and we were not the successful bidder. You need to act fast and possible significantly above asking price.
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If you want to succeed in the 2013-2014 real estate market, you must understand the current Canadian Homebuyers Trends. According to the Canadian Homebuying Trends Survey conducted last December, the top two demographics purchasing real estate in Alberta are: couples and families. As a result, the majority of future homeowners are between 18 and 54 years of age. Below are other survey results we found interesting:
In Canada almost one in five purchasers is single- 45% of the single homebuyers are women. This could be a direct consequence of the increased number of women with advanced education, such as college diplomas and degrees. Two years ago, 72% of Canadian women between 25 and 44 years of age had completed post-secondary education, in contrast to 65% of men. These young professionals have: established careers, financial independence, and success- as a result they are approaching the real estate industry and seeking homeownership.
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Source: http://news.redmantech.ca/2013/03/201314-canadian-homebuyers-trends/
The mayor of Leduc County is making it clear to Edmonton he’s not going to roll over in the battle for 15,600 hectares of land south of Edmonton.
Mayor Stephen Mandel made the announcement Tuesday after city council voted 11-1 in favour. Coun. Linda Sloan was opposed and Coun. Karen Leibovici absent.
The additional land will support 30 to 35 more years of growth, both residential and industrial, with a large industrial area surrounding the airport, Mandel said.
“We are an industrial region and the city needs to have that industrial land,” Mandel said. “We’ve grown so exponentially we need to do this.”
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It hasn’t been the worst winter we’ve seen in Edmonton, but we’re all still anxiously waiting for spring to arrive. This year, the Real Estate market in the area decided not to wait, and began showing signs of spring in February. Sales and listings always heat up as the weather warms, but this year, buyers and sellers came out of hibernation just a little early. In February, we saw listing activity increase by 10% over January. Sales activity was even stronger, increasing 18.2% over the first month of the year. That puts our sales-to-listing ratio for the month at about 55%, 4% higher than the same time last year. While that means fewer properties were listed than sold, there’s still more than four months’ worth of supply available. With strong prices fueling activity, we can expect to see more sellers make the decision to enter the market in the coming months.
Things always tend to heat up in real estate as we hit spring. This year, spring sales activity seems to have arrived just a little ahead of spring weather. To get the best sense of which way the wind is blowing in real estate and what it could mean for you, talk to your local REALTOR® –here when life happens.
Source: Real Estate Association of Edmonton
