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Buying a home in Calgary

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Calgary home buying blueprint

OUR GUIDE TO HELPING BUYERS ENSURE YOUR PURCHASE GOES SMOOTH, BEFORE AND AFTER YOU TAKE POSSESSION! 

It's very important for buyers to know tips, tricks, and to obtain proper consultation before they make the biggest purchase in their life. Unexpected financial moves, or life changes, can result in hurting, or potentially stopping you from making that home purchase! 

1. Don't Apply for new Credit Cards! 

Maybe you're walking through the mall, airport, or you're making a deposit at the bank, and a sales representative starts selling you on the latest, greatest, credit card on the market, WITH 20,000 bonus points and one year of annual fees waived, PLUS a guaranteed approval of…

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Calgary Moving Checklist

Buying a home in Calgary and surrounding areas is exciting! But it can also be overwhelming to think about the mountain of tasks ahead to making your move happen. We've put together a moving checklist to help you break it down week by week and make the tasks flow easy!

As you think about your move into your new place, we'd recommend that you plan out beforehand (especially if you're hiring movers) to look at your new floor plan and create a moving plan to help have items boxed accordingly, it's also recommended that you obtain a few quotes, create budgets, and track your expenses for the move and put them in a specific 'moving' folder.

 7-8 weeks before moving

• Contact moving companies and van lines to obtain estimates, there are…

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Essential Tips for Calgary Home Buyers

Essential tips for home buyers

We'll dig a little further into these tips and provide our readers a bit more information on these five essentials for Calgary home buyers. 

1. Get pre-approved first
Before you start touring homes, know what you can afford. A mortgage pre-approval sets your budget, strengthens your position, and prevents chasing homes outside your range. We connect you with trusted mortgage partners who can secure competitive rates and terms—whether you’re a first-time buyer, investor, or moving up. It’s a quick step that makes everything else smoother.

2. Get a home inspection
A qualified inspector can catch issues before they become expensive problems. We connect you with trusted Calgary inspectors who provide detailed reports…

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Is Calgary Real Estate affordable?

Calgary carries a high dependency on the oil and gas sector, this accounts for roughly 70% of businesses based in Calgary, this can mean high volatility and risk of bust-boom cycles that come and go with a natural resource like oil. Recently Calgary has been recovering from highs in 2012 due to Oil prices taking a nose dive. Residents in Calgary on average earn more than other cities in Canada with an average weekly take home pay of about $1150 per week, this compared to Toronto and Vancouver being $1015 and $950 respectively.

Calgary is considered one of the top business hubs in Canada and the top of Western Canada with over 100 head offices, our city is recognized as a global leader in Energy and Engineering. Calgary usually sees a GDP growth of…

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Selling Your Home in Calgary Without Permits

It's time to sell your home, you've done some major renovations and your house has work done that doesn't have a permit. Can this affect your value, what's the purpose of permits, and what should you do now that you're ready to sell, and are there remedies to address this?

Lets start off with addressing the biggest question:

Are permits important? 

The short answer is that YES permits are very important, they protect buyers, sellers, and occupants from living in places with potentially unsafe conditions. Permits are setup and designed to ensure that any construction or renovation work done on your home is done in a safe (to code) manner. When permits aren't present, and work isn't checked, you could run into changes of a home that could have…

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