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Monday, November 24, 2008

Good News for Seller's...(kinda)...depends on what price range you are in!

Whoa - is this a sign of changing times?
 
Over the past 14 months I have made several comments in my blogs about the infamous list to sell ratios being low. Too low.
 
The list to sell ratio is a very important figure to watch as it give us an insight to our upcoming markets over the next couple months. A healthy market should be sitting upwards to 60 to 70% historically speaking.
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Consumer Confidence All Time Low....huh? Prove them wrong I say...Talk Positive!

Wow - certainly has been an interesting few weeks in our economy! Interesting to say the least.

The media has done a great job in putting the upmost fear into us Canadians with all the economic turmoil stories - this weeks latest catch phrase seems to be "lowest consumer confidence since 1982" or something to that effect.
 
Well, are you wanting some positive news about our economy? I have some...the...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Survior BootCamp - Whoa

At the beginning of November my wife and I decided to kick start our health and joing Survivor BootCamp.  My intentions were to post up here weekly with my progess - however I felt my whining of pain would annoy you too much ;) 
 
For those of you who are stuck in a rut and simply unable to get the motivatation to get out there and do the hard work, I highly recommend this format. ...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

City Tax Hike - my rant...

Speaking of city taxes again !! Ouch is all I have to say. Posting a couple weeks ago, I wrote about how we in Calgary do have some of the lowest city taxes in metro cities in all of Canada and we don’t really have much to complain about.
 

Well, after spending some time on the topic and learning a little more about what is at hand here, I am a little pissed at how Calgarians are being treated....

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Monday, November 3, 2008

53% of MLS Sales are under $400,000 in Calgary

For condos and townhomes, 59% of the market share when under $300,000. 
 

Here is the October Market snap shot:

Single Family Home (Calgary Metro)    
Month End Inventory   5522
New Listings Added   2322
Sales   820
Average Days on Market (sold)   48
Average Days on Market (active)   54
Average Selling Price (Median)   $390,000
List to Sell  Ratio   42.1 %
List $ to Sell $ Ratio   96.14 %
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