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Realtors® in Calgary are putting aside their previous misgivings and are looking forward to a successful spring real estate season. Re/Max released its Market Trends Report this past week and the word is that prices are increasing, even if at … Continue reading →

Calgarians might be suffering from a form of sticker shock when they get their property tax bill this year. Council will be debating the issue this coming Monday. Previously the tax hike, as part of the 2012 budget, was set … Continue reading →

Once again the Bank of Canada is rolling out the “bubble” word. It is warning Canadians that a house pricing correction is very much a possibility. The bank’s economists have put together a series of reports that show the risk … Continue reading →

The Calgary Mortgage & Housing Corporation is expecting that the housing market in Calgary will show a steady increase over the next couple of years. They expect MLS sales in the metro area to reach 23,000 by the end of … Continue reading →

Real estate sales in Calgary didn’t exactly leap off the page this past January. In fact prices were three percent lower than January of 2011, and four percent lower than in December of 2011. The Calgary Real Estate Board considers … Continue reading →

Calgary is looking at a bright future as far as commercial real estate is confirmed. The city is slated to be one of Canada’s strongest centers in 2012, according to Avison Young. The firm noted that in 2011, Calgary had … Continue reading →

The housing boom in Alberta is taking a major part of the blame for the increased levels of household debt. The inflated prices during that time caused many people wanting to own homes to borrow more than they really could … Continue reading →

The Calgary Real Estate Board, or CREB, is expecting 2012 to be a good year for the market. They are predicting an increased demand for housing, and according to that group’s president, Sano Stante, the time to see the result … Continue reading →

Re/Max put out their Housing Market Outlook 2012 report this past Tuesday, citing that Calgary is looking for at a higher demand for residential real estate in the coming year. In fact, the firm noted that Calgary will be the … Continue reading →

Calgary’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood is a bit of old fashioned urbanity in the midst of one of Alberta’s most populous cities. It is filled with bungalows dating back to the 1930s standing on large lots, near century old schools and … Continue reading →