292 Harvest Gold Circle NE ~ Calgary Alberta – SOLD

292 Harvest Gold Circle NE

Welcome to this beautiful home that you are sure to fall in love with. There is ceramic tiles and hardwood flooring throughout the main living areas and upper bedrooms of this home. There are two bedrooms up with a third bedroom on the 3rd level of the home. The master bedroom is a very generous size with a walk-in closet. The kitchen is well laid out with a breakfast bar and an island. The living room has 19 ft vaulted ceilings with a gas fireplace that is enhanced by the hardwood flooring. There is also a new hot water tank. This home is on a corner lot with a 2 tiered deck, an oversized garage and the yard is fully landscaped with an abundance of trees. The home is across from a park and green space. This home is perfect for a small family!

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404 1424 22 Ave SW – SOLD

Here is a great renovated condo in Bankview. This condo is a one bedroom and one bathroom with insuite laundry and to top it all of is on the 4th floor… It’s a great opportunity, and the owner is willing to look at a rent to own.

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Alberta – Affordability Is Restored

The affordability in Alberta has restored itself, and the market is filled with multiple offers.  Over the past couple weeks, we have been involved with a number of multiple offers.  Right now is a great time to be selling your home.  We listed 6 places just over 1 week ago and 3 of them are now conditionally sold.  If you are selling your home, you need to be priced well and show well.  These are the biggest factors in making a quick and profitable sale in this marketplace.

Here is what RBC had to say about the Alberta and Calgary market.  Here you can see the Full Report.

Alberta — Affordability Restored

Declining mortgage rates and sinking home prices throughout 2008 and early 2009 worked their magic towards restoring homeownership affordability in Alberta. Following record quarterly declines in the first quarter of this year – ranging from 3.3 to 6.1 percentage points – RBC’s affordability measures for the province were broadly back to their long-term averages.  This has sparked renewed interest from buyers, who have made a welcome return to the market recently.  Sales of existing homes have rebounded smartly this spring from their lowest point at the turn of the year since 1996.  Market conditions have tightened as a result of the effect of
stronger buying interest and more restraint on the part of sellers.  With less supply hitting the market — housing starts have been at a 14-year low since the start of this year — and an economic backdrop that is expected to show increasing signs of recovery, Alberta’s housing market is likely at the point of turning the corner.

Calgary — Recovery in the Making

Calgary is another battleground of the housing downturn that is showing signs of turning the corner.  While its economic backdrop, too, remains tenuous – Calgary’s unemployment rate surged to a 12-year high this spring – the market is benefitting from a huge drop in the cost of homeownership since the middle of 2007.  The combination of lower mortgage rates and home prices has driven down RBC’s affordability measures for the city by 7.6 (condominiums) to 11.9 percentage points (two-storey homes) in the last year alone (ended in the first quarter), which brought levels below long-term averages for most housing types.  Greater affordability contributed to a sharp upswing in sales of existing homes during the spring after collapsing to 14-year lows earlier in the winter.  Although encouraging, renewed activity is still shy of where it was before the housing boom began and has yet to stem the decline in prices.  However, the recent sharp rise in the sales-to-new listings ratio suggests that such a development might not be very far off into the future.

111 Douglas Park Blvd. SE – SOLD

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Welcome to this beautiful home in Douglasdale Estate.  There are a number of quality features and upgrades of this home that you are sure to fall in love with.  To start off with, this is a gorgeous corner lot with potential RV parking, new fencing, a partially covered-two tiered deck, a new 10×10 shed, abundance of rose bushes all located steps from Fish Creek Park. There is an 8 person hot tub that is only 3 years old.  The roof was just redone in March 2009 with a 20 year transferable warranty to the new owners.  There is Central Air Conditioning in this 4 bedroom and 3.5 bathroom home.  On the mail level, you have a front room that is currently used as an office, but can become a living room or dining room very easily.  The kitchen is an open concept that flows nicely into the nook and family room.  All 7 appliances (including 2 double door fridges) will stay with the home.  The basement is fully developed with a bedroom and ensuite that boasts a large steam shower.  Call today to see this home.

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Demolitioning Derelict Homes in Calgary

The Calgary Herald reported today that they may pass a law that homes that are derelict and have a number of complaints from neighbors, can end up being billed for demolition on their homes.

Owners who don’t comply within 14 to 30 days would then be issued a notice of city demolition, for which they would be billed.

Bruce already has his eye on five Calgary properties that have had numerous complaints by area residents for various infractions such as unsightliness, vagrants breaking in to sleep, vandalism and drug use.

“Citizens don’t want to live next to that and shouldn’t have to live next to that,” said Bruce.

“We’re talking about properties owned by numbered companies where the investors don’t even live in the country,” said Bruce. “We can’t ticket them because it doesn’t do anything, but an order can be executed and the cost can be put on the property tax roll.”

Southeast Calgary resident Mary Anderson welcomed news of the new bylaw action targeting rundown homes.

8 Biggest Home Seller Mistakes

Here is a special report that we did up on the biggest mistakes that majority of home sellers make, that you will want to avoid in the future.

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