Edmonton Real Estate Blog

April showers bring May flowers. Spring brings more buyers looking for homes and we’ve collected some useful tips and tricks for maximizing your visibility.

#1. Get your garden into tip-top shape. We cannot emphasize this one enough. Clean up the debris and planting some frost resistant plants wouldn’t hurt. Even cheating and getting some silk flowers will add a pop of color and you don’t need to water them.

Put on your gloves and do some spring cleaning. Both inside and out. Don’t forget the sunshine is now streaming through your windows so any dust or dirt or streaks will show up on them. Wipe down the window sills too and your house will now be in top selling form.

#2. Bye Bye Gloves and Jackets. With Spring being sprung, you most likely won’t be needing those sweaters, boots and bulky winter coats until next winter, so let’s get them out of the closets. Box them up and put them into storage. This will help make your home look even less cluttered.

#3. Brighten up the entryway. The first point of contact your buyers have with your home is the entryway. Even though flowers aren’t in bloom, you can cheat here easily. Place some silk plants in some pretty pots by the doorway. Everyone loves a cheery pop of color after a long grey winter.

#4. Bring the outdoors indoor. Spring is so much more than just colors and sunshine; it’s also beautiful fresh flowers blooming. There isn’t quite anything like the fresh burst of aroma radiating from a lilac bush in bloom. It fills you up with a sense of well being. Instead of spraying harsh artificial air fresheners, place some lilacs and other in bloom plants strategically around your home where visitors will notice them. This will also have them stop to enjoy the scent and – of course – more time spent in your home.

#5. Bring out the bright. While you are packing away your winter wardrobe, tuck away all the warm colors of fall and winter and throw in some bright spring colors. Putting out some new cushions and throws will completely change the feel of a room. If possible, change the curtains to add more cheerful brightness. Add in some bright candles and a table scarf and your entire room will be transformed into a cheerful, bright and happy Spring Themed room.

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Is there anything on the market under $100,000.00? There actually is! Make sure you check out those condo documents before you sink your money in.

$62,900 ­— 12711 118 Avenue
Two-bedroom condo on the third floor of a walk-up apartment building in central Inglewood.

$79,900 ­— 10620 114 Street
One bedroom 548 square feet apartment condo in Queen Mary Park.

$89,000 — 10939 109th Street
One bedroom unit in the basement of a building built in 1979 in Central McDougall.

$89,900 — 13230 Fort Road
Bright blue, green and purple walls decorate this cheerful little one-bedroom condo in Belvedere.

$89,000 — 11735 124 Street
This 400 square feet condo looks well kept with fairly new appliances and kitchen cabinets in Inglewood.

Be sure to check out the newest homes for sale in Edmonton through our new and improved Edmonton MLS listings.

Home improvements are one of the major money boosters in the home selling process. A few tweaks here and there could have the potential to increase the value of your Edmonton home.

Time and again, we have reminded all our clients to prioritize home maintenance and make those necessary improvements, in order to sell the home fast. Some activities are FREE while others would cost a pretty penny-nonetheless, it’s an investment.

Today, we’re going to reverse the procedure. Instead of writing about the things TO-DO, we’ve decided to show the other side, the “dark side” of home improvements. Here’s an infographic from Angie’s list showing you what’s NOT TO-DO.

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Here are the Walker Real Estate Stats for Walker Single Family homes in the past 30 days.

As of today there are 34 single family homes for sale
In the past 30 days there were 5 single family homes sold.

So, finally, the figures are out! In an independent research for done for year end 2014, the statistics (Listing sold, MLS) show that RE/MAX holds 41.4% of the Edmonton real estate market share. That is more than our next 3 combined competitors!

Just in case you’ve not been following our recent blogs (hope you do now), according to RE/MAX Western Canada, Team Leading Edge was the No. 1 RE/MAX real estate team from Edmonton for the month of February 2015

Again, it just goes to show how dedicated all RE/MAX Realtors are and how Team Leading Edge is bent on providing the best quality real estate service for all Edmontonians.

In the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out upgrades into our websites to provide faster access into the market, so do visit our sister site Edmonton-Real-Estate.com to be on the loop!

If you’re looking for your dream home, let us help find it through our new and improved Edmonton MLS listings and remember to call us at 780-634-8151. We’d love to help make that dream home, a reality!

Here at Team Leading Edge, we’ve kind of always have a short list of things to do for your home. From home renovation to mortgage loans to what furniture is best for what house (Check out our Pinterest board).

Now, I’ve been wondering if those list have any impact on our readers-and clients. As I have found out this week, it was a pleasant surprise to know that there was! Woohoo!

The team just sold 4 properties last week and according to RE/MAX Western Canada, Team Leading Edge was the No. 1 RE/MAX real estate team from Edmonton for the month of February 2015-a big feat for a small team.

So, what was to connection with the team selling more and the articles on our blog? We’ll, to keep it short, our articles gave our readers and clients the knowledge on how to prep their home properly before listing it in the local Edmonton MLS.

It’s that simple but it works!

I guess today is a good day to discuss ways on how to prep your home for the spring season-that is, if you’re thinking of seriously selling it.

The spring season is synonymous to the fast-paced selling cycle. “FOR SALE” signs will pop-up across your neighborhood, I guarantee it!

The low interest rate environment in the city also fuels the home buying mentality. Edmontonians are taking advantage of the situation, and so should you!

Here are a few thing that will help you get a head of the competition. It’s very easy but a lot of people always ignore it.

GENERAL CLEANING: We’ll start with the most obvious. This is the best time to clean your entire house, from top to bottom-in and out. Have the furnace filter cleaned, the grout removed, the windows cleaned and maybe even put on a fresh coat of paint.

You also need to consider hiring a landscaper to put on a professional look on your front and backyard.

NO MORE CLUTTER: Simple as that. Pack your winter clothes to give that “spacious” effect on the closet. Remove all the unnecessary stuff from the rooms. People who would like to buy your home needs to see that it’s all the space they need for their personal things.

It’s going to be there home for the next 10-20 years so you should let them imagine where they would put their things when they come to view the property-THAT’S A CLOSER RIGHT THERE!

FRESH PAINT: If you have extra cash, consider putting on a fresh coat of paint. It’ll give potential buyers the sensation that the house and new and ready for them.

Do note that you should not go with extreme colors, just play the neutral color game.

PRICE CORRECTION: Most first time home sellers make this mistake. They raise the selling price too high that serious buyers-fall back and get turned off. You know, it’s like the feeling of being scammed or something. We don’t like that, heck! You don’t like that feeling!

Your price needs to be competitive, yes, but it also needs to be fair. Now, don’t worry. Realtors, such as our team provide free home market analysis report (HMA report as we call it in our little real estate world). This HMA will give you a clear picture of how much your home is worth-its fair market value. That’s how far the team will go in providing the best service for you.

If you follow these simple things, selling your home would be a breeze. Preparation invites success. Success should be for you. Call the team and let’s get you started in selling that home!

Prices Remain Strong as Spring Sales Pick Up.

Average prices maintained positive growth month over month and year over year in the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) market. The all residential price was up a mere $38 from January (up almost 1 percent from February 2014). Single family houses averaged $430,770 up 0.84% over January and 1.17% over the same month last year. Condo prices continued upward with a 1.2% increase over January and 4.7% increase from February 2014. Duplex and Rowhouses were down 10.55% from January but are up 0.68% from the prior year.

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“We are starting to see sales numbers increase as we enter the spring season. It is common to see sales start to ramp up in February.” REALTORS® Association of Edmonton President Geneva Tetreault explains, “It’s a positive sign to see that even though listings are up and sales are down from last year that prices remain stable and even slightly up from February 2014.”

Residential listings are up 4 percent compared to January. 2,403 new residential listings came on the MLS® System for the Edmonton CMA last month compared to 1,955 new listings in February 2014. Sales for February were 931 – up almost 40 percent over January and down 17 percent from the same time last year. Inventory sits at 5,008 residential listings for the Edmonton CMA.

“Another positive indicator is that our average days on market for all residential types were down to just 48 days compared to 58 days last month. With a healthy inventory, continued low interest rates, and stable pricing, we expect sales to continue to grow through the spring into the summer,” says Tetreault. “REALTORS® are ready to help guide people through all the mixed messaging out there about our real estate market and help their clients make the move that is right for them.”

Over 384 million dollars in residential sales through the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton occurred in February 2015.

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1 Census Metropolitan Area (Edmonton and surrounding municipalities)
2 Single Family Dwelling
3 The total value of sales in a category divided by the number of properties sold
4 The middle figure in a list of all sales prices
5 Residential includes SFD, condos and duplex/row houses.
6 Includes residential, rural and commercial sales

3 Average prices indicate market trends only. They do not reflect actual changes for a particular property, which may vary from house to house and area to area. Prior period sales figures have been adjusted to include late reported sales and cancellations and therefore reflect a more accurate view of the period than previously reported at month end. The RAE trading area includes communities beyond the CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) and therefore average and median prices may include sold properties outside the CMA. For information on a specific area, contact your local REALTOR®.

This article originally appeared on REALTOR® Association of Edmonton.

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