Greatest Boom Ever

Initial asking prices are falling and homes are sitting for longer as the housing market cools across Australia.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2s6hacaz          

Stephen Avenue was packed with thousands of cheering fans watching the World Cup Final between Argentina and Spain Sunday.           Read more: https://tinyurl.com/7k9yzkat     

Dozens of homes are sitting empty in the town of High Level, Alta., as residents relocate, often without new renters or buyers taking their place.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/7npxypzy     

St. Albert’s housing market is still smoking hot this summer in part due to “bully offers” from B.C., say local analysts.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ysnr7jtb  

Queenslanders can save thousands of dollars a year on transport by buying in one of the state’s few ‘shopping centre suburbs’ – and new data has found they’ll splurge to get in.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/65mhmy2b  

St. Albert entrepreneurs are bullish about business and predicting a profitable year ahead, says the city’s latest business survey.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3xn3mmr5     

St. Albert council has approved the second and third reading of its record $88-million borrowing bylaw for the Northeast Servicing Project.         Read more: https://tinyurl.com/22a28fhx     

During the first 10 years of Liberal government — the Trudeau years — business investment per worker in Canada fell 18.8 per cent from $20,310 in 2014 to $16,493 in 2024 (inflation adjusted), according to the Fraser Institute.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3ua3m2jp       

St. Albert entrepreneurs are bullish about business and predicting a profitable year ahead, says the city’s latest business survey.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3xn3mmr5  

A specially-designed family home is up for grabs in Bayview, offering sprawling marina views in an elevated home not sold since it was built.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ksvva        

It’s one of Alberta’s fastest growing communities, and it sits on Edmonton’s doorstep.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y5jzf8ws     

After work was paused during the 2026 Calgary Stampede, construction is ramping up again in Calgary’s Culture and Entertainment District.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2prcz8wh  

The City of Edmonton is moving to inspect an infill property in Grovenor, financed to be affordable housing, which Postmedia identified as an Airbnb earlier this month.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yt8xjhpu     

A couple who saved $150,000 for their first home almost gave up in the face of hidden costs that would have set them back at least half a year.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5cy6f2nr