Alberta Health Services is issuing a precautionary fire smoke advisory for the Calgary area due to that fire on the Tsuu T’ina Reserve.
Officials say people most affected by the smoke will be those who suffer from asthma or those with existing heart conditions.
Calgary Air Quality Warning Issued
February 8th, 2012Housing Trends: MLS® Housing Price Index coming to Calgary
January 23rd, 2012The MLS® Housing Price Index (HPI) is coming to Calgary in February, as part of a nationwide rollout involving boards in Canada’s largest cities. It’s an exciting new tool that CREB® has developed in cooperation with four other boards and the Canadian Real Estate Association.
The average price in market can vary widely from month to month, depending on volume shifts in various price segments. Reporting the average price can sometimes falsely exaggerate trends, causing confusion with your clients.
The new Housing Price Index (HPI) uses a new standard that takes into consideration such items as lot size, age of building, number of rooms and many more factors. It’s a way of comparing apples to apples, much as the Consumer Price Index uses a standard basket of goods to determine cost of living.
What does this mean for you, the home owner? More comprehensive and more pure data than ever before – data you can use for understanding future price trends and estimating current market values.
What does this mean for the Corley Team? It will be an improvement to the statistics currently available to us, and we will continue to do what we have always done to value properties… by physically comparing comparable properties in person, rather than relying soley on statistics – allowing us to arrive at an honest opinion of value on your property.
The HPI is expected to become available early in February 2012.
Ten tips for selling your home in winter
January 16th, 2012What makes selling a home more stressful? Selling it in the middle of winter.
The lawn is brown, the weather is usually bad and, unlike the longer days of summer, you have less time to show it off during daylight hours.
But not everyone has the luxury of waiting until the traditional spring or summer home-buying season to plant that ‘for sale’ sign. And while it’s true that in most areas you’ll probably have fewer buyers during the winter, you will have less competition from other sellers.
The season makes staging – the concept of showing your house at its best – even more important. But be prepared to put a little effort into it. It is more difficult to make something look really appealing this time of year, but if you do it right, you can really make your house stand out. Read the rest of this entry »
Book a park, pathway or greenspace
December 17th, 2011Many people are aware they can book a park for a fmaily picnic, wedding, or birthday party etc, but you may not know you can book a pathway or greenspace too! Even better- you can now book your spot online!
Its a great weather weekend to get out an enjoy some Christmas light displays!
December 16th, 2011Our fabulous Chinook weather weekend has offered us a fabulous oppoortunity to get outside and enjoy the many Christmas light displays around our city!
Of course there is the always spectacular ZooLights! But here is a list of some other fabulous displays around town.
Lake Chaparrel – This fabulous community association turns the big hill alive with color over the holidays creating a forest of Christmas Trees!
Arbour Lake – The trees surrounding the lake and the community centre all decorated all along- making it a great place to walk with the kids!
Airdrie Festival of Lights – This is probably the largest Christmas light display around and it is totally free! Stop by and enjoy face painting and entertainment in the tent, a train ride, hay ride, or go for a skate on the pond! The pathways are lit up and plenty of parking at both ends make it a fabulous time! (Barbs note: one year they even were giving out camel rides for the kids. YES, camel rides. – It had to be freezing the poor camel!)
Lions’ Festival of Lights – 100% Green. Just one glimpse of the lights from 14 Street NW is just a sampling of how much the festival brings to the community. 100,000 light bulbs and thousands of volunteer manhours all come together to put up the biggest no-entry fee light show in Calgary. And did you know… the 100,000 bulbs on 4,000 strings using 50 kW per hour, only cost $25.00 a day! That is amazing! This is a not to miss show- that you dont have to just do the ‘drive by’. Stop and take a walk through the village and more! This light show sees approximately 53,000 visitors a day!
These are only a few! If you know of a great light display in the city, please respond to this post and share it!
96 Avenue NE Extension to Deerfoot Trail @ Airport Trail
December 16th, 2011This project has been ongoing since 2010 and is scheduled for completion in 2012 including the regional parkland pathways. It will be a six lane extension of 96 Ave NE from Harvest Hills Link east to Deerfoot Trail. It is taking so long due to three bridge structures- one over the CP Railway tracks and two over Nose Creek. For diagrams of the project, click on this link.
John Laurie BV/Shapganappi Trail Intersection Improvement
December 16th, 2011This instersection currently experiences significant a.m. and p.m. peak period congestion that is complicated by the physical arrangement of the northbound/southbound lanes on Shaganappi Trail. Although the intersection is a candidate for interchange construction, it is not part of the current ten year stategic plan. As such, a smaller investment at this time, to improve the intersection will effectively extend the life of hte intersection while providing additional benefits to Calgary drivers. (Barbs note: You know what this means- the future plans of a long needed interchage will be pushed back even further!) The project is currently having supplies delivered to the site and work will commence spring 2012. The Link to the diagram shows Shaganappi Trail widened to three lanes in both directions and both turn lanes will be dual turns and lengthened. You will also see an earlier exit ramp from Northbound Shag to East bound John Laurie.
Brag Time
December 8th, 2011We don’t talk much about our success stories in this space very often, so we thought we would go ahead and do just that!
Following are some of our sales this past fall:
Capitol Hill Attached infill – Sold in first day on market for 99% of asking price. Note: A beautiful new property in an inner city area where there are dozens of new infill’s on the market at any given time.
Sandstone Bungalow – Sold in 12 days for 97% of asking price. Note: This home was on a busy main community street.
Huntington Hills Condo – Sold in 33 days for 97% of asking price. Note: There was significant competition in this complex with several other units on the market to choose from.
Coventry Hills Bi-level – Sold in 55 days on market for 95% of asking price. Note: this home is a two – suited home located in a young family oriented neighborhood and was listed by others for 183 days without a single offer.
Beddington split level – This home sold for just over full asking price after only 18 days on the market. Note: This home had some improvements (but would be not considered significantly renovated) and shows how correct pricing can work to your advantage.
MacEwan 2 storey – Sold in 66 days for 92% of asking price. Note: No significant improvements from original.
Coventry 2 Storey – Sold in 10 days for 99% of asking price. Note: Located on a busy street during school hour drop off and pick up hours.
Cranston Estate Home – Sold in 41 days for 98% of asking price. Note: This home was previously on the market with others for 132 days without an offer.
Country Hills Village Condo – Sold in 22 days for 100% of asking price. Note: Located in a competitive area and an adult only complex – greatly reducing the amount of active buyers able to purchase in such a (adult only) complex.
Hamptons Townhome – Sold in 15 days for 97% of asking price. Note: A quick sale showing how following recommendations to update a small portion of the homes flooring can benefit the Sellers ultimate sale price.
Find out HOW we can help you achieve superior RESULTS. Call now for your free home evaluation and strategy discussion where you will learn how we consistently deliver superior RESULTS for our clients.
Sidewalk snow removal FAQ
December 7th, 2011Snow Routes- If you live or work along one – you better sign up for updates!
December 6th, 2011This winter is the first year of a trial program run by The City in an effort to clear our streets of snow and provide us with safer roads on days we receive significant snowfalls. If you live on a street declared a Snow Route you will see the big blue signs along the street with the large snowflake on them. The City website has a very comprehensive and technologically advanced information system to keep us all updated on declarations of Snow Events, snow route parking, road conditions maps, and more. You can even download an iPhone app providing real-time information on current road conditions to help driviers navigate the winter roads and will allow you to view: Priority 1 routes, Priority 2 routes, traffic cameral locations, as well as plow and sander locations! (To download this app go to the App Store and search for ‘City of Calgary Road Conditions’ ). City residents (whether you live on a snow route or not); may want to sign up to receive updates from The City and get instant up to date information when a Snow Event is declared and removed. You can do so through this link.