East Calgary’s Future
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Calgary Real Estate News
The social ills of east central Calgary may soon be a thing of the past if the aspirations of city council and the International Avenue Business Revitalization Zone (IABRZ) come to fruition.
For decades the rough end of town east of Deerfoot Trail has been represented primarily by the communities of Ward 10: Abbeydale, Albert Park, Forest Heights, Forest Lawn, Franklin, Marlborough and Penbrooke.
André Chabot became the alderman for Ward 10 in 2007. He says new immigrants struggling to integrate, combined with low incomes, make his riding uniquely resource-intensive and unable to pay for itself.
“(Former Mayor) Dave Bronconnier made this argument with me time and again,” Chabot told Fast Forward Weekly on November 2.
“He said, ‘your residents pay a disproportionately low percentage of the overall tax revenue and use the majority of the services, so you, sir, should approve all tax increases, because they’re essentially subsidized by the rest of the city.’” Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
East Calgary’s Future – Calgary Real Estate
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Steady Demand For Homes Heading Into The Holidays
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Calgary Real Estate News
November property sales in the Fraser Valley wee up slightly compared to last year and didn’t experience the usual month-over-month seasonal decline.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board processed 1,120 sales in November on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®), an increase of 3 per cent compared to the 1,084 sales during the same month last year and a decrease of 2 per cent compared to 1,139 sales in October. In the last decade, sales decreased on average 9 per cent from October to November.
Board president, Sukh Sidhu says, “Given the time of year, Fraser Valley is experiencing steady buying activity with notable month-over-month increases in the sale of homes with an attractive price point.
“For example, townhome sales in central Surrey increased by 20 per cent in one month and in Langley by 43 per cent.” Sidhu adds, “Fraser Valley offers buyers the key value of affordability. Currently, over half of our townhomes and condos are listed for $289,000 or less.” Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Business News: Steady Demand For Homes Heading Into The Holidays – Calgary Real Estate
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Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Realtors To Make Donations
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Calgary Real Estate News
If you are looking to purchase a property in Florida, you might want to check out a new full service real estate service that specializes in assisting Canadians with the process.
Michelle Farber Ross, Michael Wekerle and Dan Marino have joined forces to launch MMD Reality based in south Florida on the Las Olas Riverfront.
Setting its sights on re-energizing and reviving the community, MMD Realty is donating five per cent of all transactions to Dan Marino’s namesake foundation, the Dan Marino Foundation.
The foundation has raised over $32 million US since its inception to fund quality of life research, to build the Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Centre and to fund the Dan Marino Foundation Vocational Campus. For more information, contact MMD Realty Fort Lauderdale at 954-835-5500. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Realtors To Make Donations - Calgary Real Estate
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Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Calgary Housing Market Demand Strong For 2012: RE/MAX
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Lowell Martens, of RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View) in Calgary, said any hesitation on the part of some buyers in the city is more than likely a direct reflection of the uncertainty in the European economic situation.
He said commercial real estate construction taking place in Calgary “tells us the long-term feeling out there is very positive for Calgary.”
“We have a very stable market over the next little while. We don’t anticipate any big upswings but at the same time we don’t anticipate any big downswings either. It’s going to be very stable,” he said.
Buyers in the city are cautiously optimistic after more than two years of recession, making their moves while interest rates are at historic lows and housing values are affordable, said the report. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Calgary Housing Market Demand Strong For 2012: RE/MAX - Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Real Estate Council Works To Raise Profile
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Calgary Real Estate News
There’s more to the real estate industry than just listing and selling a home.
But that is, of course, the bottom line and the thing most people know about. Get the house listed, get it sold and move on.
The Realtors Association of Edmonton is the front line, acting as the main point of contact between the industry and consumers.
But the industry goes much deeper than that in this province – to the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA).
Newly installed RECA chair Wayne McAlister says the agency goes about its serious business in obscurity – at least from a consumer perspective. A practising Realtor with Re/Max Landan in Calgary, McAlister and RECA executive director Bob Myroniuk have made it their business to raise the council’s profile. They have started with a series of focus groups aimed at boosting the provincial group’s recognition. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Real Estate Council Works To Raise Profile – Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Luxury Flows Into History At The River
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Calgary Real Estate News
An exhilarating mix of contemporary design and historical context, The River is a stunning collection of 38 exclusive homes on the banks of the Elbow River in Calgary’s trendy inner-city enclave of Mission.
Inspired by the site, The River includes a 15-storey glass tower and 11 three-storey townhomes with rooftop gardens.
The brainchild of the Vancouver-based Ledcor Group of Companies, the project is being developed by 26th Avenue River Investments Inc., an affiliate of Ledcor Group. “We’ve done lots in other cities – the Shangri-la Hotel in Vancouver, The Bow in Calgary – but this is the first residential project in Calgary,” says Ledcor Properties chief operating officer Chris Bourassa.
“It is very exciting.”
The goal is to create a contemporary design that melds with the gracious esthetic of the adjacent neighbourhoods of Elbow Park, Rideau and Mount Royal, he sayss. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Luxury Flows Into History At The River - Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Barracks Gets Some Urban Chic
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Calgary Real Estate News
The Craftsman-style Cadet C2 by Greenboro Homes exhibits urban chic in the heart of Calgary’s newest walkable community — Currie Barracks.
Quartz countertops, a gas range, a 750-square-foot third-floor loft and the option to create a carriage house apartment above the detached double garage are just some of the home’s unique options.
Standard features are high end and include hardwood floors, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.
All Greenboro Homes in Currie Barracks are Mike Holmes approved and the showhome is a platinum-certified BuiltGreen home.
“It’s the only one that we know of in the community and we are very proud of it,” says Simon Lau, area sales manager for Greenboro Homes. Greenboro is a custom home builder and buyers can tweak the design or completely redraft to a custom design. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Barracks Gets Some Urban Chic – Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Alberta Economic Outlook Remains Bright: RBC
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CALGARY — Alberta is once again positioned as one of Canada’s provincial growth leaders, according to the latest RBC Economics Provincial Outlook report released Monday.
The provincial economy is set to grow at a rate of 4.0 per cent this year and 3.9 per cent in 2012.
“Amid the heightened global economic uncertainty, Alberta’s steady progress towards full recovery from the recession is refreshing,” said Craig Wright, senior vice-president and chief economist, RBC, in a statement. “Were it not for the even stronger performance by Saskatchewan, Alberta would recapture the crown of Canada’s fastest growing provincial economy.”
RBC is forecasting economic growth for Canada of 2.3 per cent this year followed by 2.5 per cent in 2012.
Saskatchewan is expected to lead the country both years with growth rates of 4.5 per cent in 2011 and 4.2 per cent in 2012. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Alberta Economic Outlook Remains Bright: RBC – Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Investor: Time To Get Creative With RRSP Lenders
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Calgary Real Estate News
Property investors need to better capitalize on the boom in private money by using “creative loan structuring” to help lenders access their RRSP savings, said one expert in that niche area.
“Many real estate investors are unaware that (individuals) can use RRSPs or any other registered funds in debt-related vehicles, such as mortgages,” said Marcel Greaux, an active real estate and mortgage investor, but also a mortgage agent specializing in private money placement using cash, RRSPs and TFSAs etc.
“For the real estate investor looking to use private money, there is more than enough money available to do deals with a little creativity.”
That creativity may be increasingly called for as commercial banks such as CIBC use year-end reports to signal their move away from this year’s aggressive pursuit of mortgage deals. It means that investor access to deep discounting, especially on the variable rate side has come to an end. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Investor: Time To Get Creative With RRSP Lenders – Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
Calgary Luxury Home Market Booming
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Calgary Real Estate News
CALGARY — Calgary’s luxury home market has seen a spike in demand this year with sales in the upper-end approaching the record levels of 2007.
Brendan Hughes, a realtor with RE/MAX Real Estate (Central) in Calgary, said sales in the upper-end market are a sign of a good economy in the city.
“It’s vibrant and it’s growing. Jobs are being created. People are moving here,” said Hughes.
According to the Calgary Real Estate Board, so far this year from January to November there have been 25 MLS condo sales over $1 million compared with 19 for the same period in 2010. Want to read more in depth on this article? Just click the link below.
Calgary Luxury Home Market Booming - Calgary Real Estate
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About The Chamberlain Group:
Jared and Rebecca Chamberlain are Calgary REALTORS® who are changing how real estate is done in Calgary by utilizing online marketing and advanced tools to sell your house in Calgary faster and for far more money. They would be honored to have the chance to work with you and earn your business. ____________________________________________________
