On Friday, September 27 the CREB® Charitable Foundation organized volunteers from the Charitable Foundation Board, CREB®, Kahane Law and other organizations to begin demolishing the backyard play area.

By the time the volunteer group left, after four hours of hard work, we had managed to get the crew about 2 hours ahead of schedule.

Speaking at CREB®'s recent Broker Forum Lunch, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi stressed the need for change to the way the city handles secondary suites and suburban subsidies.

With the upcoming election set to take place Oct. 21., Mayor Nenshi renewed his call for citywide acceptance of secondary suites.

The towns around Calgary are often admired for their relaxed pace and laidback lifestyle, but for those in buying or selling a home in Airdrie, Cochrane and Okotoks, the last three months have been anything but.

A result of gains in the single-family homes sector, the three communities all recorded the highest third-quarter sales activity on record.

It's ironic that despite its strong prominence and familiarity, the southwest community of Marda Loop isn't technically a community at all.

A quick scan of the city's latest census shows no sign of the area commonly referred to as Marda Loop, which is actually a Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ).