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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Edmonton Monthly Prices Updates

July 16, 2009

FYI, I’ve updated my massively popular spreadsheet of Edmonton Real Estate Prices since 1962 to include the June 2009 Data.
You can also check the second sheet of the raw data to view two new additions: month-vs-past-month and month-vs-month-last-year  price change calculations.
Have fun and be nice to your data!

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Tomorrow’s News: Negative CPI is not Deflation

July 16, 2009

Stephen Gordon writes one of my favorite blogs on economics, and pointed out something interesting about what’s going to hit the news tomorrow.
The CPI will be negative. This does not mean we’re headed for deflation.
Brace yourself for stupid news articles in advance. As Dr. Gordon explains here:
Tomorrow’s headline inflation number will be calculated as [...]

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How to Cut Vacancies by 50%

July 16, 2009

Stuart Lomas told an intersting story this week. He has four properties in Edmonton, two of which were vacant (one up in Hermatige and one in Millwoods) .
They were doing well with their advertising. Lots of inquiries, and plenty of prospective tenants to come and look at the places.  The rents were appropriate, and the [...]

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