Does anybody know of any websites where you can see previous sold house prices.(in Canada)
ie here you can simply use rightmove if you put in the post code.

Our realtor gave us access to a private client listing, which lists sold prices, and the history of price changes.

Over here this is usually done through your realtor - as they have access to the MLS database. They don't charge for the service, but will expect you to use them when you come to buy - but there's no obligation.

There is only the Realtor owned and operated MLS sites around the Country as no one else has bothered to put in the money and time to create a nationwide system.

It now would also be very hard for others to do, as information would have to be extracted from every municipality individually and then collated into a database.

Any Realtor from the area you are interested in will provide this information for you.

Hahahaha. Count yourself lucky you have MLS - it's only out the kindness or Realtor's hearts that you can even see that.

Of course the price information could be made readily available on MLS as it is on the Rightmove website in the UK.

Don't hold your breath.

The City of Calgary makes this information available on its website.

Residential Sales July 2006 - June 2008 Excluding Condominiums

The information is almost a year and a half out of date but hey it's a start.

Many Realtors now regret putting ANYTHING in the public domain.

It was only a few weeks ago that Manitoba Realtors allowed the property address to be shown.

The argument is a reasonable one, Realtors have and continue to pay for the system, I pay a monthly fee to be a Member of Winnipeg Realtors which allows me access to the Winnipeg MLS, I then pay two monthly fees for the MLS a software maintenance fee and an MLS Tech Fee, plus every time I List or Sell a property there is a fee.

So its not cheap for us. The argument is Why should we give it away.

Personally I think its about right, you can get a lot of information on a house yourself via the MLS, but when you are serious about buying or selling, you need to deal with a Realtor to get the more detailed and specific information.

Winnipeg do something similar, but you have to buy it on a CD Rom and its always for last year. So its not much good for current market conditions.

Can anyone pay a fee to access the sold prices information held by MLS personally?

It is the cake & eat it syndrome - we can have it in the UK, so of course we look for it everywhere else, just like 'free' (excl government bail outs) banking.

Yes, you become a Realtor.

You do also have to pass 3 exams (in Manitoba).

You have it in the UK because the system of government in the UK is from the Top down, so there is a lot of control and standardisation in information collection.

In Canada government is from the bottom UP.


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Provincial Government
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Federal Government


Its one of those things you really don't appreciate until you live here. But it does mean a complete lack of Standardisation of anything, from Police to Healthcare to Schools.

I thought you could get sold house prices from the local Town Hall records??? (I'm referring to Ontario, cant comment on others