Average price of home to increase 6.1 per cent this year: Royal LePage

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Josh Dehaas, CTVNews.ca Published Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:05AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:29AM EDT Home prices in Toronto and Vancouver are on pace to increase nearly 10 per cent in 2015 while Calgary’s are falling less than expected, meaning the nationwide average price should grow 6.1 per cent this year, according to a new forecast from … Read More

Take a longer view on residential resale market, says CREB

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Brian Burton Published on: June 26, 2015 | Last Updated: June 26, 2015 9:46 AM MDT Compared to what? It may be the most important question as housing markets in and around Calgary react to energy-industry retrenchment. Whether you’re in Calgary, Cochrane, Okotoks or Airdrie, sales of existing homes and construction starts on new homes are down sharply from 2014, … Read More

Downtown Calgary condo sales picked up in second quarter of 2015

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Josh Skapin Published on: July 3, 2015 | Last Updated: July 3, 2015 3:22 PM MDT New construction on apartment-style condos in downtown Calgary dipped over the first five months of 2015 compared to the same time last year, says a federal agency. Shovels turned for 195 condos on sites in the downtown core between Jan. 1 and the end … Read More

Report forecasts price gains for Calgary’s housing market

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Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald Published on: June 23, 2015 | Last Updated: June 23, 2015 10:44 AM MDT After five straight months of declines in year-over-year average prices, Calgary’s housing market may be on the verge of a slight turnaround. In a report released Tuesday, the Conference Board of Canada said the short-term expectation for year-over-year MLS prices in the … Read More

Calgary homes prices drop while other cities increase, says study

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By Staff The Canadian Press CALGARY – A new study says home prices climbed in all major Canadian cities in May except Calgary, which suffered its biggest one-month drop at least a decade and a half. The study, the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index, found that Calgary home prices dropped 3.3 per cent from April. That was the … Read More