CALGARY – An all-time record has been set this month for the most sales ever for $1-million plus MLS properties in Calgary.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/ky9ce5l
Monthly Archives: May 2014
CMHC losing grip on mortgage-insurance market to private-sector rivals
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., the Crown corporation that has long dominated the country’s mortgage insurance market, is losing market share to its private-sector rivals.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/lqn5gpu
Lamphier: Western Cities Summit expected to broaden Edmonton’s international reputation
EDMONTON – When Miro Cernetig was The Globe and Mail’s Edmonton bureau chief in the early 1990s, Alberta’s capital city was in a rut.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/k92e9sw
Tri- area business community looks forward
Business owners of Spruce Grove and Stony Plain heard that business has a bright future during a powerhouse luncheon hosted at the Stony Plain Golf Course on May 21.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/lea9t4r
CHART: Over Two-Thirds Of Americans Carry Less Than $50 In Cash
The majority of Americans carry a small amount of cash, which BI Intelligence believes could be very good news for mobile peer-to-peer payments apps.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/kmsdh68
Alberta bar and restaurant sales rise almost four per cent
CALGARY – Sales for the food services and drinking places industry in Alberta rose by 3.8 per cent year-over-year to $690.1 million, according to Statistics Canada.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/n9x6od7
Oil patch now facing ‘retirement tsunami’
Canada’s oil patch is about to experience a “retirement tsunami” – a crew change with not enough replacements ready to take over from the departing workforce.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/kp6gva6
IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FINALLY PRESENTING ITSELF?
There is a bizarre dichotomy between financial markets and the economy. According to Gillian Tett of the Financial Times, this stage of a global economic recovery would normally be associated with much more volatile stock markets as interest rates rise and there breeds a divergence of investor opinions on growth expectations. Instead lackluster economic growth reported for the first quarter in both Canada and the US are paired with muted market reactions and record low measures of both volatility and forecasted volatility in the days ahead.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/k8rholt
Developer contests Jackfish Lake reclamation process with Parkland County
Nearly eight months have passed since Jackfish Lake residents woke up to a new skyline: one devoid of the trees and shelter they were used to.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/q5qdx2a
Calgary apartment hunting: A rude awakening
When I told my friends I was moving to Calgary, one of the most common reactions I got (aside from “oooh, Stampede!”) was “Your rent will be so much cheaper.”
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/konncrh