If you’re thinking of taking advantage of the hot seller’s market, now is the time to get your home ready for potential buyers. You’ve probably heard the usual home staging tips: declutter, depersonalize, etc. These tips are straight from the experts from RE/MAX at the National Home Show in Toronto. Pay attention to windows: people […]
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What to Know: 2014 Calgary Real Estate Property Assessments
On Friday, the City of Calgary mailed out approximately 500,000 Property Assessment notices. The assessments reflect the market value of the property on July 1, 2013, and the physical condition as of December 31, 2013. The average home in Calgary is now valued at $430,000 (up 6% from last year), and the average condo is […]
How did Calgary’s 2013 Home Search & Sales stack up?
The last year was a great one for Calgary’s real estate market. Despite the flooding in our province, and changes in the mortgage market, it was a positive year for the housing market. December ended the year with an 8% increase in sales volume, and now that CREB has compiled the numbers for the year, […]
What Will 2014 Bring?
Despite the flooding our city faced this summer, 2013 was actually a really great year for Calgary’s housing market. What are your home resolutions for 2014: time to get around to those renovations, looking to downsize, buy your first home, etc.? Whatever your plans are for your home next year, we’re here to help. Whether […]
Love your community? Vote for the Best Calgary Neighbourhood
Do you love the community you live in (or a community you don’t live in)? Avenue Magazine is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Best Neighbourhood list. Every year, Avenue Magazine runs this survey to get an idea of what neighbourhood qualities are important to Calgary, and ranks our city’s communities based upon that information. […]
Calgary is the Strongest in Housing Sales Markets
Once again, Calgary takes the top spot for strongest major housing market in Canada, according to BMO Economics report released today. Calgary was compared to three other major markets in Canada: Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Calgary’s home sales are up 23%, which is nearly double the national rate, according to the report. “Inventories of new […]
Giving Back to the Mustard Seed
Seeing as how today is Giving Tuesday, we figured we would share how our team is giving back this holiday season (and every holiday season). The RE/MAX Len T. Wong & Associates team is proud to donate each year to the Mustard Seed in Calgary, in lieu of presents for our clients. As much as […]
Making the Case for Condos
While condo living certainly can offer a lot of advantages for first-time homebuyers, condos are also an attractive option for baby boomers, empty-nesters and really—everyone. We thought we’d take a look at some of the reasons condo living can be great: Location and Affordability We lumped these two together because they go hand in hand. […]
How to hang exterior Christmas lights
Can you believe it’s only a month away until Christmas?? Now’s the perfect time to get your holiday lights up, and we’ve dug up some tips to help you: • Check the lights first — this will allow you to find any burnt out bulbs and replace them before you hang them up. • Map […]
How to trouble-shoot your furnace
Earlier today we posted an article on why consistent furnace maintenance is important in the winter (the article from National Post is here), so we thought we’d post some tips on trouble-shooting your furnace. Ensure your furnace is set to ‘heat’: while this sounds like common sense, apparently it’s a common mistake made by homeowners. […]
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