You are selling your home. There are myriad of papers placed in front of you to sign, and at least as many decisions to discuss and make with your REALTOR®. It can be daunting, but it doesn't have to be.

One of the decisions that you will have to make with your REALTOR® is how to list your home on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) System once you have an offer.

If you have ever sold a house in Alberta you have signed an agreement with a REALTOR® explaining what your working relationship will be. If you have bought a home in Alberta you may have been asked to sign a similar document.

"Effective July 1, 2014, Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) will require industry members who establish a client relationship when trading in residential real estate, property management or when dealing in mortgages to enter into a written service agreement with that client" says Natalie Scollard, communications coordinator with RECA.

Chestermere may soon be expanding their town to include 2,400 acres of residential and business development thanks to a project known as Waterbridge, which could attract more than 46,000 new residents.

"The Town of Chestermere annexed the Waterbridge land in 2009. They annexed the land because it allowed them to control growth adjacent to them, rather than if Calgary annexed it, they would have had no control over how these lands would develop," said Pam MacInnis, associate with Brown & Associates Planning Group.

The City of Calgary was on the forefront of helping people, as they set up the first Snow Angel campaign in North America, ten years ago.

The Snow Angel campaign recognizes good citizens who shovel the walks for people who may not be able to do it themselves.

The Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) National SAM awards have announced the list of finalists.

The awards celebrate excellence in new homes, home renovation, innovative technology and construction, outstanding presentation and marketing across Canada. This year the 23rd CHBA SAM awards will be presented in Whistler, BC at the association's 71st national conference on April 4, 2014.

It's the end of an era. Within the next five years Canada Post is planning on phasing out home delivery, which means an end to the friendly neighbourhood mailman, making door-todoor delivery of mail to urban residents a thing of the past.

Moving away from home delivery, Canada Post will be eliminating 6,000 to 8,000 positions in the next five years, but they are expecting that 15,000 workers will retire or leave the company in that time frame.

The price of a new home in Calgary continues to climb.

The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the price of a new home in the city increased by 6.1 per cent over the last year.

It is going to prove difficult for city council to move away from the annual five per cent property tax increases in its next multi-year budget.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi and councillors will be setting tax rates and service level increases for the next four years in summer and fall 2014. The city's projections show that the fiveper cent tax increases will be needed in 2015 and 2016 to keep up with their costs.

For a year that began with cautious optimism, 2013 is going to end as year of confidence.

Following a year that saw sales in Calgary increase by nearly 15 per cent, the forecast for 2013 called for a slight increase in sales, with MLS®c transactions expected to top 21,650. With just a few days left in the year, this year's sales in Calgary exceeded expectations.