Tag - Real Estate

Spring is typically the time of year that the Real Estate market starts to pick up the pace and it’s during this time that many Realtors shine...

At about this time in 2007 the economic environment here in Alberta was still running at a frantic pace. Unfortunately, it was also at a pace that was shortly...

With a less than 2% vacancy rate for rental units, it’s only a matter of time before the various political parties bring up rent control. After all...

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article talking about Return on Investment or ROI and talked about how it applies to Real Estate investments. Now ROI can actually...

Just when you start to have a grasp on how to determine what is happening with property values (using median and average prices as a starting point), along...

Return on Investment or ROI, what a great subject for the beginning of the year. So what is ROI? Well, simply put, if you invest $100 and make $100 on that...

To nobody’s surprise, the Bank of Canada decided to keep its key interest rate on hold at 1 percent yet again in its latest announcement released in mid...

If you have been keeping track, there were a significant number of good news stories floating around about the Real Estate markets in our province and most...

Slumlords, just the sound of it makes you think of broken down tenements in places like New York City. You know, the types of buildings we see in movies with...

I just received a copy of the CMHC’s Rental Market Report for the Calgary Region and all I can see in it is good news! Unfortunately, it has no details...