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July 17, 2013 | CREBNow
Putting You and Yours On Display
Buying large-scale art can be expensive. Since I know most of my clients invest in family portraits, I try to convince them to display them prominently. The trick is to get family portraits done in such a way that kids won't cringe with embarrassment, especially as they grow older. I have seen some really fun family portrait sessions online lately. One of my favorites was the family dressed as zombies in their mid-renovation home. They were able to make a real mess and not worry about it.
July 17, 2013 | CREBNow
Life After the Flood
"It looked like a storm went through," she said of seeing her home for the first time after the flood. "It ripped the cabinets off the walls, it took my island and put it vertical, the beds were upside down — I don't know how that happened, they must of floated and flipped over or something.
July 17, 2013 | CREBNow
Wide Open Spaces
"While not all towns follow the same pricing trends, on aggregate the surrounding areas have been recording year-over-year price gains in excess of six per cent," said Ann-Marie Lurie, CREB®'s chief economist. "This in part is a result of the tighter supply levels in the city market spilling over into the surrounding areas."
July 16, 2013 | CREBNow
Market Conditions Tighten in Many Surrounding Area
The floods in southern Alberta will have an impact on the total towns sales and activity figures in the next quarter and beyond. Before it was devastated by the high waters, High River accounted for nearly seven per cent of the sales and listings activity represented in the surrounding area figures.
July 11, 2013 | CREBNow
Pop The Question: Christian Orme
Christian Orme is the Corporate Marketing & Sponsorship Specialist with Homes By Avi. For the 18th year Homes by Avi designed the Stampede Lotteries and Rotary South Dream Home. The Dream Home was fortunate to not sustain any damage due to the flooding of Stampede Park. Orme answers our questions about the design of this years Dream Home and shares the amazement of its survival through the flooding.
