While condo booms in Toronto and Vancouver are winding down, other cities are arriving fashionably late to the party.
New number may dismiss the idea that the country’s condo market is in dire straits, revealing sales of new condos in Calgary have reached their highest level in six years.
A report released by AltusGroup shows ...
Mike Holmes | Dec 17, 2012 8:00 AM ET
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You would think that after 10 years of me showing case after case of bad contractors that there wouldn’t be so many of them out there. But there are. And they’re still taking homeowners’ money and running.
People are always telling me, “Mike, why don’t you go aft ...
Kelvin Browne | Aug 29, 2012 8:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 27, 2012 12:57 PM ETI like wine cellars even more than I like wine, which is saying something. I used to have one in the basement of an 1870s stone house. This fantasy cellar had the ancient stone walls of the home’s original foundation, new rough-hewn granite ...
Abigail Pugh, Special to National Post | Jul 24, 2012 1:00 PM ET | Last Updated: Jul 23, 2012 4:28 PM ET
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The architect’s job is to meet needs both etherial (‘I want to feel as though I’m waking up in a treehouse’) and pragmatic (‘I want to cut my heating bills in half’). And his or her dark duty, key to doing th ...
Frank Fourchalk, Special to National Post | Jul 26, 2012 3:39 PM ET | Last Updated: Jul 27, 2012 11:49 AM ET
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Condo-security expert Frank Fourchalk shares his tips weekly. “Just because you live in a high- rise doesn’t mean you don’t need a safe room. This fortified room doubles as a safe holding area in the even ...
http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/1225303--5-ways-to-rein-in-your-insurance-costs
Did you know that having the right number of properly installed smoke detectors can lower premiums on your home insurance? Here are 5 ways to rein in your insurance costs.
I re-connected with Greg Williamson, the founder of Canada Mortgage Direct and 180 Degree Coaching. Check him out at GregWilliamson.ca. Timing is everything! Greg's latest blog sends a powerful message, thought you would enjoy.
Are you Fine? from Greg Williamson on Vimeo.
...Here are some random views of Cochrane in September...
COCHRANE SEPTEMBER PICS
The launch of Steve Jagger and Shane Gibson's book on Social Media, Sociable! is out. I have previewed, and loved, the first chapter and have just ordered the full copy. I encourage you to preview the first chapter here. I'm sure you will be compelled to read further as I did. Steve Jagger of Ubertor.com , Reachd.com and outsourcingthingsdone.com fame has had a profound impact on my business ...
Nice to see a positive news story about the Calgary Real Estate market today on CFCN.
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/clip234378#clip234378
Very interesting ruling in BC regarding a Home Inspection. This will no doubt change things for consumers, Realtors and Home Inspectors.
November 11, 2009
Home inspector must pay $192,000
By CBC News
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a home inspector to pay nearly $200,000 in compensation to a North Vancouver couple for a faulty home inspection he performed.
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordere ...
Here are the latest articles from the Local and National Papers on the ruling from the Federal Competition Bureau against the Canadian Real Estate Association.
New Article on the 4th. Again the focus is on Realtor Commission which is again off the mark. If discount brokerages could survive, there would be lots of them. There is nothing preventing a discounter from working in the current syst ...
Here is a really neat article from the New York Times on what you can buy in some U.S markets for $250,000... Not in Manhattan of course!!
CLICK HERE FOR THE NY TIMES STORY PDF VERSION What You Can Buy
Record MLS sale in Calgary and it just happens to be the home for former Flames great Mike Vernon..
