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Calgary Real Estate Blogs for sellers. If you're thinking about selling your Calgary Home, this real estate blog list will help you navigate selling your home and provide the best steps and information to help you explore the best experience in the Calgary real estate market. 

Selling your home is one of the most important steps in your life. This 9 step Calgary home seller system will give you the tools in your belt that you need to maximize your profits, keep control, and ultimately eliminate or reduce the stress that can sometime come with the home selling process in Calgary and surrounding areas. 

1. Knowing why you're selling, but keeping it to yourself, and your REALTOR®

The reasoning behind your decision to sell, will affect everything from setting a price, to deciding how much time and money to invest in getting your home ready for sale. Ask yourself, what's more important to you: the money you walk away with, or the length of time your property is on the market? Different goals can and often will dictate…

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Haysboro is seen by many as one of the better communities in the city, in 2013 Haysboro landed in 4th place overall in Avenue Magazines best communities list, citing the robust spiriting in the community along with mature leafy trees. Haysboro is situated in the south west of Calgary, it's bordered by Heritage Drive to the north and Southland drive to the south, with Mcleod trail on the east and finally 14th street to the west. 

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Haysboro Calgary Housing Market

The District of Haysboro was once owned primarily by former mayor, prominent cabinet minister, and local politician Mr. Harry Hays all the way until 1956, the land at this point was then annexed back to the city of Calgary.

With a large mix of homes and styles, Haysboro is quite…

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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) lays out a plan to make the housing market affordable for all Canadians with a target date of 2030!

Recently the CMHC made some exciting announcements, and today we're putting a particular emphasis and focus on the new changes and upcoming plans to assist buyers emerging into the housing market and to provide an affordable home for all Canadians by 2030. 

The first thing to bear in mind is that these are not set nor solid plans, there could be changes, and there are factors including help from the government as well as the economy that will eventually see out whether this is a highly ambitious goal and it's ability to be achieved. 

Evan Siddal the president of the CMHC corporation was recently…

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Acadia Calgary Real Estate & Homes

Acadia is a highly sought after community in the south of Calgary due to its incredible location and features a diverse selection of options for single family homes, including many options for newly renovated properties with modern designs mixed with older architectural features, and properties that are open canvases allowing you to design your own masterpiece in an area with well built homes that are located close to parks, schools, and other great amenities which we'll be touching on later in this blog!  

The community of Acadia was first annexed by the city of Calgary in 1956 and officially became established in 1960. During this period the city was going through an urbanization program and was therefore…

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The latest Calgary MLS Map has been released - with new communities, and a recent separation of quadrants into more refined areas, the shape of the city of Calgary and how we know it has changed!

Take a look at the new CREB (Calgary Real Estate Board) map and the changes that might change how you define the area and quadrant you live in!


Many buyers and sellers in Calgary are familiar with the old school break down of communities, north east, north west, south east, and south west, but as our city continues to grow and evolve, so does the way we view it! The new 2019 Creb map has eight quadrants to define the city, they are city centre which includes communities like Altadore, Sunalta, Beltline, Sunnyside, Renfrew, the North East quadrant…

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Top Calgary Real Estate Agent Reviews for 2018 Have Been Released!

Calgary Real Estate Press Release - 

10 Top Calgary Real Estate Agents of 2018 Announced by Rate-My-Agent.com
(Calgary, AB, January 25th, 2019) The top 10 Calgary real estate agents for 2018 were
announced last month by Rate-My-Agent.com. The review site compiled and published the list
of top rated Calgary agents based on ratings and reviews received during the past year.


Top Rated Calgary Real Estate Agent Dusko Sremac

The Real Estate Partners with Re/Max first are proud to announce that our very own Dusko Sremac, came in at #7 overall and is presently ranked in the top 10 overall in all of Calgary.


Calgary REALTOR® Dusko Sremac

Unlike other agent ranking sites,…

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It's very common in today's real estate market for many individuals to begin their real estate journey as renters, getting a taste of having their own place, and the responsibilities that come with it. Presently in Canada over 67% of Canadians are home owners, and over 72% in Alberta.

Market Conditions and Trends become a deciding factor 

One of the biggest factors in determining whether or not home ownership is right for you is by first looking at the Calgary housing market and determining (with the help of your REALTOR) whether now is a good time to purchase, or if holding out could pay off. Typically once you're in home ownership, whether you buy/sell when the market is up or down, you'll be buying and selling within that…

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It's that time of year! It's starting to get colder, holidays are coming up, and if you're planning on skipping town and catching some sun, or getting some new views in, here's a few tips for securing your home before you travel!

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Calgary Home Tips

1. Depending on your mailbox situation, you might want t consider holding off any subscriptions such as newspapers or magazines, in order to prevent over-stuffed mail boxes which can signal burglars that nobody is home! 

Exterior Maintenance

2. Whether it's the spring, summer, fall, or winter, your homes exterior may need some ongoing maintenance for longer trips. If you're going to be away for more than a few weeks, we highly recommend connecting with reputable landscaping companies to cover snow…

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Thinking about purchasing a condominium in Calgary?

We just released a blog discussing 10 condominium misconceptions most buyers have! We'll today we're here to talk about two things! 

Calgary Luxury Condos

 Why in a down economy, with a slower housing market, are we still seeing massive amounts of condominium developments going up? Check out this video from our top agent Slav Loban! 


  • 20 Questions YOU NEED TO ASK WHEN BUYING A CONDO!

Are you thinking about buying a condominium? It's important that you take the time to research the community, talk to residents of the building who live there, review the condominium documents and study other data, and work hand in hand with your Real Estate Partner REALTOR® to answer these any…

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Buying a condo in Calgary

Through years of experience in helping condominium buyers, we've noticed a huge trend in some major misconceptions that often come up, while we always educate our clients throughout the process, we hear many stories of buyers who simply aren't informed, and are faced with major shocks and decisions in Condominium ownership. 

We've compiled a list of 10+ misconceptions in owning a condominium. 

1. The Condo Board covers the large expenses and fixes (Not you the owner) 

As an owner of your unit, you are actually part of the ownership and interest in the entire building, you may not hold a role on the board (like the treasurer) however, you do retain ownership in the building. As part of your monthly condominium…

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