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Calgary Real Estate Board Housing Statistics - August 2020

August home sales consistent, but COVID-19 impacts continueCity of Calgary, September 1, 2020 – Referenced from the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB)Total residential sales in August were relatively stable compared to last year with year-over-year gains in the detached and r...
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Build a Better Bedroom

We have recently added a new section in our monthly newsletter called DOMAIN focusing on all things inside or outside the home…  Our homes have never been more central to our lives.  We have all been looking anew at where we are spending our time.  Let us kn...
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Interview with John Hripko, Realtor, Royal LePage Benchmark

A short interview on the Calgary real estate with John Hripko, Realtor, Royal Lepage Benchmark and Citysearch.Citysearch - Can you give us some insights into how you see the Calgary real estate market evolving this Fall?John Hripko - There are several uncertainties as we enter th...
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Understanding Basic Condominium & Home Warranty

Alberta’s New Home Buyer Protection Act, which was effective February 2014, requires that new homes have home warranty insurance coverage to ensure that homebuyers receive mandated protections which provides accountability and peace of mind. All home warranty insurance prod...
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CREATE A HOME AND LIFE YOU LOVE

Clutter. No one likes it or wants it. And if you find it doesn’t bother you and it’s easy to ‘look past it’ that can mean it’s become such a mental stressor that your brain has blocked it out as a coping mechanism. Deep stuff, I know. Marie Kondo has...
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Calgary’s tax shift shafts renters with property tax burden

As property tax bills hit mailboxes across Calgary last week, homeowners and landlords got an unpleasant surprise. In what the City calls a “tax shift”, residential properties saw a spike in their property tax bills as the City rebalances the business and residen...
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CRRA Members Report Nearly 2 Million Dollars In Tenant Damage for 2019!

By Jordan DeBarros The Calgary Residential Rental Association would like to thank our members for recently completing a survey regarding tenant damage! We are grateful to the 165 members who took the time to complete our tenant damage survey and we truly appreciate their fee...
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Property Damage Versus Wear & Tear

Screening tenants is important however not an absolute guarantee that a tenant will not damage your property; good screening manages and minimizes financial risk.  Our experience is to check the overall ‘rentability’ of a tenant prospect and that includes employm...