In a perfect scenario, you’d be able to coordinate the closings on your current home and new home in one seamless day. However, in reality things rarely work out that way. The obvious fear in selling your home first, is that you’ll be homeless. But in reality, this is your best option. Consider the alternative: […]
CREB Forecast 2013: Moderate Sales, Price Growth for Calgary Real Estate
At the annual CREB Forecast and Tradeshow yesterday, CREB announced their prediction for Calgary real estate to experience moderate sales and price growth this year. The forecast expects sales growth to ease to 2.2 per cent, with house prices rising 2.9 per cent. “Slower growth trends in employment combined with lower migration estimates will impact […]
Calgary Real Estate 2013: What’s Your Take?
Recent media coverage on the real estate market in Calgary and our country nationwide, has portrayed the market both negatively and positively. There seems to be a significant divide on whether real estate will be strong in 2013 or weak, so we decided to poll our fans and followers to get their opinions: Our Facebook […]
Calgary Luxury Home Market Sale Booming
The number of homes sold over $1 million in Calgary set records in 2012, and the success of the market is expected to continue in 2013 as well. The rate of increase of luxury home sales in Calgary is occurring at a faster pace than overall residential sales. The numbers: • In 2012: 544 homes […]
Condo Amenities: Questions for Buyers
One of the most rewarding parts of being a condo owner can be the amenities that come with living within a condominium community. The amenities of a particular building could also be a huge factor in deciding to buy, not only for the added convenience of certain services, but having a lot of amenities affects […]
Three Great Real Estate Apps
Whether you’re in the market for a home, or just like to be well-informed on the real estate market, now you can get information right at your fingertips with great mobile apps. Here are the top 3 apps we suggest you check out (if you haven’t already). REALTOR.ca This is a free app offered by […]
Top 10 Condo Safety Tips
We recently posted an interesting article from the National Post that outlined some really great safety tips for condo owners and renters. It prompted us to do some research on the subject, and dig up some more great tips we found online (and add some of our own too).
Christmas Tree Fire Safety
Recently we polled our Twitter followers on what type of Christmas tree they prefer: real or fake? All of the respondents answered they without question preferred a real tree during the holidays. But while a natural tree looks beautiful in the home, a dry tree strung with brightly-lit heat sources can be a real fire hazard.