Greatest Boom Ever

Australia’s property upswing is no longer just a story about Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. The most striking momentum in 2025 is coming from further north: the Northern Territory is rapidly positioning itself as the country’s next real estate hotspot.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yub65dvb    

Premier Danielle Smith’s government wants Calgary city hall’s bike lane numbers — now.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2vxzd9vc  

Groups representing businesses in Calgary call the newly-approved city budget is disappointing and costly.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mu9z77zh  

Alberta’s most valuable resource is no longer buried underground; it’s waiting to be built in the minds and memories of its visitors.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bddf7fen  

Well, that didn’t take long.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ubyruexd  

The Red Deer region’s unemployment rate experienced a minor increase last month.     Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bb8tyr6b  

The city’s new development and infrastructure committee met for its first meeting of the new term Thursday.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3pzxja6m  

It has been a year of growth for Medicine Hat Regional Airport, thanks in no small part to Prairie Rose Public Schools.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/57b6bjvj  

During the first public Municipal Planning Commission meeting following the election, members approved rezoning and development permits changing specific parcels along Southlands Drive into medium density residential to allow development of semi-detached duplexes with included basement suites.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y44kteay  

More than 70 parents and guardians of students who attend Webster Niblock School heard Thursday from Medicine Hat Public School Division staff, as two local elementaries are scheduled for closure.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/b9w276pn  

Edmonton is poised for another record year of new  homes  activity.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/2hn5ua9f  

Home prices in Edmonton are seeing a slight dip as the winter cools the market down, but one kind of property is still seeing prices go up.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/mrxwhp5f  

Rental prices continued their months-long slide downward in Calgary in November, though not uniformly across the city for all unit types, a new report has found. Online rental marketplace  Liv.rent  published its monthly update on average rental prices in the city, finding that rents for  furnished  and unfurnished one-bedroom suites fell more than 10 per cent year over year.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/mrxbrh63  

Calgary’s streak of record new homes activity is likely to continue this  year  with the latest data showing  starts are  close to surpassing 2024 already.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/bdjsuejc