Greatest Boom Ever

Wîhkwêntôwin is the densest neighbourhood in Edmonton, humming with more than 18,000 residents and dozens of businesses.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3e9ft4p2  

The City of Calgary says the number of secondary suites in the city has doubled since 2024, thanks in large part to the creation of the Secondary Suite Incentive Program.         Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n7h32vt     

Stantec Inc. says it is heading into the second half of the year with a record amount of work under contract, built on water systems, hospitals and a growing book of data centre projects.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/58pjj49h     

Slow population growth, high borrowing costs and economic uncertainty are likely to continue weighing on Canada’s housing market for the remainder of 2026, a new report has forecast. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. released its 2026 Housing Market Outlook Mid-Year Update in late July, noting that several market and economic headwinds will dampen demand for housing across 18 major municipalities for the rest of this year.   Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2kjvf6be     

Time is money, it’s often said.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bdjamy4y  

One fine morning, the rest of Canada might wake up, grab a coffee and suddenly realize Alberta’s already separated.           Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ypmfbn9b  

The economic turmoil and global political instability of 2025 didn’t upend the fortunes of Alberta’s biggest companies, or those leading them.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2kjvf6be  

Calgary’s once hot resale real estate market has seen sales and prices flatten over the past year and a half amid declining migration and a boost in supply from new homes construction. A recent study illustrates how these factors are resulting in more resale homes selling below their list price than in previous years.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/pjjtwjsz  

Calgary has seen a drop in home prices over the past two years, and a recent study has found revealed how that’s helping first-time buyers afford a home.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/43c7z72x         

There will soon be 42 more lots to welcome new homeowners to Cayley.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2tyjet3z     

Construction activity in Alberta is expected to rise through to 2035, as sustained growth in non-residential construction activity combines with elevated, although moderating, levels of residential construction.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yz8dz7yc     

After a pause to gather more feedback, the Riverside corridor enhancement is proceeding.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2ebsnte9  

Prospective home buyers seeking loans are still challenged despite lower property prices, as banks run the ruler over living expenses, sticky rates constrain borrowing capacity and settings for investor lending change, mortgage brokers say.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yn9ejw5w     

The intersection at 12 Avenue west of 111 Street reopened on Tuesday after a 10-week closure.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3c76c4wn