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        <title>Edmonton Real Estate Blog</title>
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        <description>We provide insight into market conditions in our Edmonton Real Estate Blog.  Keeping you up to date on the Edmonton real estate market is our top priority</description>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>Envision Edmonton Reaches Petition Goals, Still Gathering Signatures For Insurance</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Envision Edmonton is not giving up on its bid to keep the Edmonton City Centre Airport open. This is in spite of the fact that one runway was already closed this past month and that council has already voted in favor of the closure. The group with the terrier like focus already has enough signatures, over 78,000, to take the matter to City Hall.&nbsp; That trip is planned for this Thursday.&nbsp; Until then, volunteers are staking out shopping malls, Tim Horton&rsquo;s and anywhere else they ca... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>The Mortgage Gods Are Loosening Their Grip</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
The Bank of Canada reduced their 5 year benchmark rate from 5.79% to 5.49% this week. Expect to see this come down further to 5.39% next week, as the charter banks have already reduced their in-house qualifying rate.

How this affects you: lenders use this rate to qualify borrowers on variable-rate mortgages, lines of credit and shorter-than-5-year-terms. Reducing this rate helps people qualify for more lending options. NOTE: this rate is what is most often used for 100% financing as well, so y... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>Tips On Finding A Good Tenant</title>
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Finding a good tenants is a process, it usually does not happen on the very first phone call or email you receive. Interview tenants, find out what are they looking for in a rental property. Find out why they are moving. Find out their immediate and future accommodation plans

There is no need to show every applicant who calls or email the rental unit. Use an interview process to determine if showing your rental property is worthwhile. Treat it like a job interview, not everybody who applies ge... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:51:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>In Harsh Economic Times People Still Have to Eat</title>
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Businesses that open their doors during a recession may be thought of as pushing their luck. In reality, those entrepreneurs who jump in when times are tough tend to do much better than their counterparts who start their companies in times of plenty, if they find the right market. An example of this is George Weston, who started one of the biggest food retailing companies ever founded in Canada.&nbsp; Even in a recession, or a depression people have to eat.&nbsp; Weston started his comp... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>What is a SIMO?</title>
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A &ldquo;Simultaneous Close&rdquo; or SIMO&nbsp;is when you &ldquo;buy&rdquo; a property on paper, and sell it to a buyer on the same day.

Here is a step by step on how to set it up.

1. Find a property, and get it under contract. Some important things to include in the terms are the following:


Make sure you leave yourself some time to find a buyer, make your conditions period at least 2 weeks long, with a closing of at least 4 weeks.

Under terms, explain that you need access to the propert... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:26:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>The Kobe Bryant Of Real Estate....</title>
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Many of you know that when it comes to having a passion in life, one of mine is Kobe Bryant &amp; the Los Angels Lakers. Kobe Bryant is one of the best basketball players ever, and when his career is finished he will be the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time). When it comes to Real Estate I strive to be no different then him. Here are some of the reasons why we are similar besides the Maseratis Quattroporte GT S: 

Kobe: In the last 5 minutes of the game, if&nbsp;the Lakers are losing&nbsp;K... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:58:47 -0700</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>What the F*** is the Edmonton Real Estate Market doing???</title>
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Everyday I&rsquo;m asked the same question &ldquo;Is the market going to go up or down?&rdquo; And everyday I respond with, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to tell, if I knew for sure I won&rsquo;t be here, I would be living on my private island in the South Pacific living like a king.&rdquo;

But with that being said let me attempt to breakdown where the market is going.

Right now in Edmonton we seem to be sitting at a balanced market. The homes that sat throughout the winter seem to be moving a lit b... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:04:36 -0700</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>Waiting To Get A Mortgage? Time Is Running Out</title>
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the Federal government have decided to implement new mortgage standards when applying for a mortgage. Mr.Flaherty says that these new rules are necessary in order for Canada to avoid a housing bubble, and Canadians to better manage their debt when interest rates rise.

These new rules will take effect on April 19, 2010. In some cases these rules will make it harder for first time home buyers, investors looking to obtain rental properties and people who want to ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>Eco-Friendly Homes</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Eco-friendly homes offer many benefits, including cheaper living costs and a smaller footprint on the earth.&nbsp; An eco-friendly home can create less pollution and better energy efficiency by preserving natural resources, such as water and gas.&nbsp; Many times, eco-friendly homes are appraised at 15% greater value that conventional homes of the comparable size.Energy efficiency is a major variable in determining how eco-friendly a home may be.&nbsp; There are many ways that a home can become ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <author>info@bestedmontonrealestate.com (Yoofi Gerard Hagan)</author>
            <title>Criminal Activity in Alberta Won't Last</title>
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Are you kidding me? Did I hear correctly? An estimate $11 million in cars, real estate and even cash has been recovered from criminal activity in the communities of Alberta thanks to newly formulated provincial legislation. What on God&rsquo;s earth do we do with this money? I&rsquo;ll tell you what we should do with it, USE IT TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES FROM CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!

What are the chances of this happening? Or shall we even see the results of this happening? According to Ms. Alison Redfo... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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