Is it possible to get a complete list of the closed residential real
Estate transactions for a local Canadian market (ie Vancouver or
Calgary) given a time range. Specifically, I would like to get alist
of the address, community, sq footage, askign and closing price. I
know a real estate agent can generate this on a per property basis,
but I am looking for a more complete list to do some analysis on. |
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
11 Nov 2005 10:08 PST
It is possible to retrieve a lot of the information you are asking for
online, for properties in the US. However, I am not aware of
equivalent online services in Canada.
An admittedly poor substitute may be the listings that many real
estate offices provide of the recent properties they have sold. These
are usually specific to a particular city or neighborhood, such as
this one for Vancouver:
http://www.johnjennings.com/ListProperties/Sold/#viewdetail
Would a collection of these sorts of listings be of any value to you?
Let me know what you think.
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
geoffreysteven-ga
on
11 Nov 2005 11:25 PST
It does help to a point, for a very specific area. The problem seems
to be that since individual agents list a small set of transactions,
its gives a limited view of what is happening for one community or
area - at least in Canada. If we had a more complete dataset, ie all
transactions in a list, then it could be analyzed or mapped to
determine how important property value (and increases) is related to
schools, public transit (subways), or inner city. We could also answer
which communities (or cities) are appreciating the most. However, if a
list was available of us property transactions, than we could compare
that to Canada and draw a parallel conclusion. What I am really after
is a complete list to analyze for Canada.
If that this list was available for the US, even for a city like New
York or San Fran, I would very interested as well.
To my knowledge the only way to get this data is either a real estate
broker or to get you own real estate license - so as to access the
proprietary MLS listings.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
11 Nov 2005 14:48 PST
I don't know of a way to approach the Canada data, other than to find
lists similar to the one I posted already, or to work directly with a
realtor with access to the MLS database.
In the US, there are online services that can provide information
about recent sales. They won't give you an entire city's worth, but
you can certainly search neighborhood by neighborhood.
For instance, here's one such site:
http://www.domania.com/
By filling in their "Home Price Check" with an address and zip code,
you'll get a list of sales in the neighborhood that can go back to the
1980's if you're so inclined. You do need to fill in a starting
address, which sometimes takes a bit of hunting around if you don't
have an actual property in mind.
By registering at the site, at no charge, you'll be able to pull up
the full list of search results...otherwise, you're restricted to just
the first few.
Let me know if that helps, at all.
pafalafa-ga
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