RESIDENTIAL STATISTICS – GREATER EDMONTON AREA APRIL 2021
Residential Statistics – greater Edmonton area* have been released by the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton. April proved another strong month for home sales in the greater Edmonton area. Residential home sales are up 284.5% over April of 2020. Average home sales price up 11.7% from April of 2020 but down .4% from March 2020. Average days on market has dropped from 64 days in 2020 to 37 this year.
ACREAGE SALES
Acreage home sales are up by 430.2% to 228 sales for the month. The sales volume (money spent) on rural homes up $107,206,525 from last year . The average average selling price of acreages is $565,635.
The rates on home loans are being nudged higher by a rising interest rate, on Canadian five-year government bonds. Several of Canada’s major banks hiked their fixed-rate mortgage rate. As a result, the rates most borrowers pay are now higher by as much as .25% on loans with five-year terms. There are expectations rates will continue to rise, so homebuyers and homeowners may need to move fast to lock in the best rate. If you’re looking to purchase a home, try to lock a low rate now because you’ll be able to hold onto it for up to 120 days.
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