Local and nationwide daily real estate related news from official sources and blogs of real estate professionals.

Where has time gone?

Wow, I have been so busy the past while helping others with their business that I have neglected to spend adequate time on my own business it seems.  Crazy that this is exactly what I tell others to avoid doing.  So what is one to do but get right back at it and to pick up where they left off.  This is a far better choice than avoiding getting back to business and using your procrastination as another excuse to continue to avoid things.

 

Paid Traffic (PPC) vs Organic Traffic (SEO) Which is Better?

This is a great post that discussed internet traffic.  It is something that I enjoy studying and something that having an understanding of can be of a huge benefit to you.

Lethbridge Real Estate Update

Lethbridge real estate

 

Prices in Lethbridge are still under downward pressure.  Housing inventory in the City remains above normal and sustainable levels.  Today's activity through the real estate board included:

 

September 27, 2011 Activity at Lethbridge Real Estate Board

24 New Listings

6 Conditionally Sold listings

5 Cancelled Listings

6 Sold Listings

24 Price Changes

 

Lethbridge Mortgages - Bank of Canada Qualifying Rate Changes

Effective immediately, the Bank of Canada Qualifying Rate Drops to 5.19%

 

 

What does this mean for consumers who are shopping for Lethbridge real estate or for a Lethbridge Mortgage?

 

Some Random Real Estate Links

Okay, this is a pretty random content post.  I just came across a bunch of links to some recent articles and I had posted and wanted to consolidate them into one spot.  I am going to temporarily stick them here into a blog posting so that I can refer to them again when i get more time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Lethbridge Real Estate Video

Just had a professional make me a quick 50 second video for my Lethbridge real estate website - Lethbridge real estate.

 

Take a look at it and please feel free to leave me a comment or even better a thumbs up on the video if your able to.  Every single one helps out with the ranking and placement in search results, and I really appreciate the support of all my friends.

Lethbridge Real Estate - Homes In Lethbridge

Lethbridge Real Estate - Homes in Lethbridge

 

Some random links

Lethbridge SEO

 

Recently I had some SEO work done by a foreign friend.  He wrote a couple of short articles and linked them back to a website which I own and to an internal page that deals with the subject of SEO.  Here are the links to the short articles that he wrote.  Not sure if they are yet indexed yet, but it is a great simple strategy.

 

 

http://knxmnow5.webs.com/apps/blog/show/8193130-lethbridge-seo

 

Lethbridge Real Estate - Student Housing

Lethbridge Real Estate - Student Housing

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Photo: University of Lethbridge at sunset by Robert May

 

Lethbridge Homes For Sale

Lethbridge Real Estate

 

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Lethbridge House For Sale

-over 1100 square foot bungalow

-3 mainfloor bedrooms

-hardwood floors throughout

-well treed and fenced yard

-basement has nice 1 bedroom suite

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Lethbridge Real Estate

Lethbridge Real Estate

The University of Lethbridge attracts thousands of students to the city each year.  This year has been a busier than usual student season.  It has also been a rainy season.  Here is a quick pic I took with my blackberry of the university sitting down in the the green coulees.  You dont often see them green, they are usually prairie brown.

 

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Lethbridge Real Estate - EcoENERGY Grants

Lethbridge Real Estate - EcoENERGY GRANTS Back Again!

 

The federal government has renewed the ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program, an initiative that helps Canadians save on home improvements and energy costs while protecting the environment.

$0 Down Mortgage - Cashback Program

Cashback Program

0 Down Mortgage
(Cashback Program)
(95%LTV+5.5%cashback)
60 Day- 5 Year Fixed- 5.5% cashback at
5.54%(can be used for downpayment and closing costs. no pre-approvals)

90% Refinance

(Cashback Program)
(85%LTV+5.5%cashback)
60 Day- 5 Year Fixed- 5.5% cashback at
5.54%

 

113 Jerry Potts Blvd W. Lethbridge - Real Estate

Lethbridge Real Estate - 113 Jerry Potts Blvd West

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Just listed MLS this nice bi-level home.  Check out some of the details.

 

-over 1100 square feet

-3 mainfloor bedrooms

-big bright windows

-basement fully developed, 2 berooms, bath, livingroom

-basement features kitchenette

-basement previously rented for $900/month

-large fenced yard

Lethbridge Mortgages For Dummies

Lethbridge Mortgages for dummies!

 

If your looking for the next big best seller in the whole niche of Lethbridge real estate and mortgages, you might want to check out this great new release!

lethbridge mortgages

Of course, this is the only copy, so you might have to message me and borrow my copy.

Alberta Real Estate News

ALBERTA HOUSING MARKET MOST AFFORDABLE IN CANADA: RBC ECONOMICS

TORONTO, Feb. 24 /CNW/ - Alberta's housing market officially became the most affordable in Canada in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability report released today by RBC.

Thanks to lower mortgage rates and further softening in home prices, RBC's Affordability Measures for Alberta fell yet again in the fourth quarter, by 1.0 to 2.4 percentage points, extending their long strings of declines since late 2007.

Lethbridge Alberta Real Estate Blog 2011

The new home of my Lethbridge Real Estate outside blog here at Activerain is now: http://lethbridge-alberta.com

 

I will continue to post info on real estate, mortgages, homes for sale, and about the City and activities going on around town.  The content will remain much the same, but the address is now different.  2011 is going to be a year of change and transition, moving the outside blog is just one of those things.

 

Lethbridge Real Estate Blog

The new home of my Lethbridge Real Estate outside blog here at Activerain is now: http://lethbridge-alberta.com

 

I will continue to post info on real estate, mortgages, homes for sale, and about the City and activities going on around town.  The content will remain much the same, but the address is now different.  2011 is going to be a year of change and transition, moving the outside blog is just one of those things.

 

Weekly Real Estate and Mortgage News

Here is your Weekly Bottom Line!

 

Highlights

 

United States

•   President Obama released his new budget proposals on Monday.  The plan calls to cut $1.1 trillion from the deficit over ten years.  The budget does not, however, address rising entitlement costs.