A brand new house is what the homeowners of 14 houses in the Flats with sinkholes will be offered by the Province.
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Council approves 1,100-home neighbourhood
At its Sept. 3 meeting, City council approved plans for roughly 1,100 residential housing units by Mattamy Homes in the South Windsong neighbourhood.
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Calgary luxury home sales record set
CALGARY — With still more than three months to go this year, Calgary’s luxury housing market has already set a record for most sales in a year.
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Home shoppers, don’t rush to buy just to lock in a cheap mortgage
The idea that low mortgage rates are gone forever sent Canadian home shoppers into a panic this summer. Thousands rushed to use their rock-bottom pre-approved mortgage rates and buy a home, contributing to a 20 to 50 per cent spike in sales last month in Canada’s biggest housing markets.
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US Home Affordability Is Plummeting And It Could Fall A Lot Further
We’ve had a great deal of movement in the NAR US Housing Affordability Index recently. The index is meant to measure homebuyers’ ability to finance house purchases (discussed here back in 2011) and given some recent events, it’s worth taking a look at what the index is telling now.
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Edmonton’s love affair with suburbs can’t endure, researcher warns
EDMONTON – The “scary” amount of suburban growth happening on Edmonton’s outer edges is not sustainable, warns an urban planning expert who authored a new national study that defines what suburbs are and how many Canadians live in them.
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Waning investor demand opens door for first-time US home buyers
Wall Street’s billion-dollar bargain hunt for homes in depressed markets across the United States appears to have plateaued, potentially helping to cool the steep run-up in home prices and bring first-time buyers back into the market.
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Red Deer home sales ahead of 2012 pace
Home sales in Red Deer continue to track ahead of last year’s pace, with the gap widening in August.
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Broadcast Hill
Named for the iconic 459 foot CFCN tower that has stood atop Southwest Calgary since 1961, Broadcast Hill – otherwise know as Coach Hill Patterson Heights – was first annexed by the city in the late 1970s. Known for the historic brick home that served as residence to wrestling’s Hart family, the community also takes its name from the home’s prior occupant, Judge Henry Stuart Patterson.
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High River flood victims to get fast-tracked inspections
Flood victims in the hardest-hit part of High River heard from provincial officials on Tuesday that inspectors will soon determine whether specific properties should be fixed or demolished.
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