Single-family homes for under $400,000 drying up in Calgary

Move over Toronto and Vancouver, Calgary’s condominium sector is red hot. The oilpatch set a new record for condominium resale activity for the month of August with a 14% increase in sales from a year ago. Townhouse sales were even stronger with a 20% jump from a year ago. Meanwhile, single-family home sales declined during […]

Pot houses never shake the ‘stigma’ of their grow-op pasts

By Jason van Rassel CALGARY — Realtors are pushing for air quality standards to fill a regulatory vacuum involving former marijuana grow-ops put up for sale. How to protect the health — and the investment — of homebuyers is just one of the issues delegates from the real-estate industry, civic authorities and law enforcement, will […]