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July 17, 2013 | CREBNow
Wide Open Spaces
Pre-flood home sales activity in communities surrounding Calgary saw an increase of 4.6 per cent over the first half of the year, but CREB® cautions the cleanup and rebuilding post-flood will have an as-yet unknown impact on those communities.
"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."
"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."
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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.
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May 03, 2013 | Cody Stuart
Fly Away Home
Home to the country's first solar community, the town of Okotoks houses another innovative idea within its borders.
Sitting just 20 minutes from Calgary's city limits, Air Ranch is Canada's first private air park community, boasting a fully certified airport complete with a 3,100 foot runway set on 13 hectares of green space that runs through the 97 hectare development.
Sitting just 20 minutes from Calgary's city limits, Air Ranch is Canada's first private air park community, boasting a fully certified airport complete with a 3,100 foot runway set on 13 hectares of green space that runs through the 97 hectare development.
