Greatest Boom Ever

    For anyone thinking about divorcing their mortgage lender at renewal, now is one of the best times ever to do it.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/a2m2v9ne  

  It’s  no secret Queensland is home to some of Australia’s most famous beaches, from the Gold Coast’s sandy shores to the relaxed, tropical feel of Far North Queensland.        Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/4t2cnjbh  

            Since 2023, the city has been  making an effort  to deal with derelict residential  properties, but   hasn’t  had the same luck on the commercial side of things, and  it’s  been creating issues for  neighbouring  businesses.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/9v9wjfer      

      Most Calgary property owners will likely see a small increase in their property taxes this year.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/ew874ykn  

  More homebuyers who have been waiting on the sidelines are expected to emerge as affordability improves in the first half of 2026, according to Royal LePage.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/5p3e5k6v          

Falling prices capped off 2025 in Calgary’s resale real estate market as demand fell from 2024, and supply grew substantially. The latest statistics from the Calgary Real Estate Board revealed the benchmark price of a home fell  nearly five  per cent by Dec. 31, compared with the same month-long period last year, to reach $554,700.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/wy36dnc7  

  The Airdrie Community Infrastructure and Strategic Growth Standing Committee (CISG) approved a recommendation to council to approve a new Rail Policy and give three readings to Bylaw B-36/2025 to amend the City Plan and Bylaw B-37/2025 to amend the Land Use Bylaw implementing the Policy during a Jan. 14 meeting.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/2p5x98y4       

  People who live in the northwest sector of the city have seen a lot of changes to what was known as Northland Village Mall, which was built in 1971 as an enclosed, one-level shopping mall.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/49trs2k2    

The Canadian Real Estate Association says it expects national home sales to rebound leading up to this year’s spring market after activity slowed to wrap up 2025.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/5n7ste5y  

  Population growth in the Calgary census metropolitan area — which includes the City of Calgary, Airdrie, Rocky View County, Cochrane, Chestermere and surrounding communities — remained among the fastest in the country between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, even as population growth slowed across all census metropolitan areas nationwide, according to new estimates released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/bdfapsu6  

      The resale real estate markets in communities surrounding Calgary saw declining prices to end 2025 with two notable exceptions.     Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/3rd3j4hu  

As the Highway 1A/22 interchange project is in its final stages, the Town of Cochrane has shared updates on the remaining work.       Read more:  https://tinyurl.com/5fpnsu23