Tag Archives: Real Estate market outlook

Are Changes Coming to the MLS?

I originally wrote about some possible pending changes coming to the current MLS system for my Chestermere Anchor Real Estate column back in December and suddenly other folks are starting to get on the bandwagon. I am including it below, … Continue reading

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Calgary Ranks as 23rd Most Affordable City in Canada

The Winnipeg based Frontier Centre released it’s report on housing affordability recently and proclaimed Calgary was ranked 23rd out of the 28 cities in their affordability index. The number one cities for affordability were Windsor and Thunder Bay. Can anyone … Continue reading

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Foreclosures in the US Continue to Rise in 2010

In previous articles, I have mentioned it is too early to jump into the US housing market unless you have a very long term plan. This latest article in Business Week seems to concur with my thoughts. 2009 was a … Continue reading

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Calgary Ranked Top Real Estate Investment City in Alberta for 2010 by REIN

I just received my copy of REIN’s Top Investment Towns in Alberta for 2010 and Calgary has been tagged as the Top Town in the province over the next 3-5 years. How exciting! Except that I am selling some of … Continue reading

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Don Campbell on BNN Talks About The Canadian Housing Market for 2010

As a REIN member and an investor I am a big fan of Don Campbell and here is a clip for an excellent interview Don just had regarding Real Estate and what is coming up for 2010. Looks like BNN … Continue reading

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Do You Need to Revisit The Big Picture?

As we are on the back end of what has been termed the worst economic situation since the Great Depression, do we need to re-establish the Big Picture of what is happening in the world? Sure it’s fun lamenting about … Continue reading

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Stats From October 21st

Sorry for the delay on these, but here are the stats for single family and condo sales and new listings from October 21st. Calgary Metro – Single Family Sales Oct. 1-21st, 2009 Year 2009                             2008 Sales                        877                               537 New Listings      … Continue reading

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If It’s Thursday It Must Be Blog Post Day!

If it’s Thursday it must be blog post day! I just wanted to touch on what’s happening with the Real Estate market right now. We are continuing to see a trend where the gap between number of sales and number … Continue reading

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Where Is The Economy Heading?

I’m trying to post more consistently on Thursday’s these days as it is usually a quieter time for me. Also, if you haven’t noticed, I am starting to include an audio version of the posts. You can find it at … Continue reading

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News Release From Remax – Fourth Quarter Set For Further Growth?

[podcast]https://www.investors.housez.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/News-Release-From-Remax-Oct-0709.mp3[/podcast] Just the other day I received an email from a colleague with REMAX’s Western Canada’s news release from September. I guess I’m not on their mailing list if I am getting it passed on to me, I wonder who … Continue reading

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