CALGARY REAL ESTATE PRICES UP DESPITE MORE LISTINGS

According to CREA and an article in the Calgary Herald today prices on a detached bungalow home went up 9.9% while condo prices increased 6.9%.

That's a lot more money to have to pay for a new home now than buying a year ago.

This is despite the increase in Calgary real estate listings hitting the market recently. It looks like property may take longer to sell but sellers are holding out and prices aren't dropping.

RIght now here is lots to choose from but if you are waiting to make an offer you may end up paying more. And a year from now you'll pay more again.

Welist.com no longer available

So it has been 2 days since Welist.com went offline.

If you have a property for sale by owner with Welist.com you are going to be mighty pissed off. Especially seeing as how it happened on the weekend.

Their domain name has expired so either they are out of business or just not very studious when it comes to small little details like that. Of course their entire business is built on the branding of that URL so this could be a catastrophe. Current bidding on snagging that domain is over $1000.

Well, we are still up and running. For all you for sale by owners in Calgary now is the time to visit www.buyahomecalgary.com and list your calgary home for sale.

FOR SALE BY OWNER CALGARY

Attention all FSBO, For Sale by Owner in the Calgary Area:

Sellers in the Calgary real estate market have a new option to sell their property faster. Buyahomecalgary.com now offers home sellers the ability to list their property for sale with photos and description to reach hundreds of targeted buyers everyday.

They can also list open house dates and times and edit and control their listing through their own unique account. Changes they make through the control panel are updated instantly.

Other websites make you wait and sometimes you have to go through the hassle of emailing them your photos or text which results in delays in processing.

If you are a Calgary FSBO then be sure to sign up and sell your house or condo faster!

MOVING TO CALGARY

If you are relocating to Calgary you are probably looking for a home for sale. We have many Calgary real estate listings that aren't available anywhere else.

Our website is one of only 3 listed on the official Calgary Economic Development website under the Calgary Housing and Moving to Calgary headings.

Not only do we offer homes and condos for sale by owner, by realtor and by developer, we also offer a comprehensive list of other websites for your research.

Search our Calgary real estate listings by clicking here.

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Hello everyone.

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HOMEBUYERS - CHECK OUR NEW CALGARY REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Looking to buy a new home in Calgary? New Condo? Recreational Real Estate? Browse our Calgary real estate listings service. A superior interface and search page is designed to be quick and easy to find what you are looking for. Try it!

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About BuyAHomeCalgary.com
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Our site has been around since 2003 listing Calgary Real Estate related websites. Now we are featuring properties for sale.

A superior interface and search page is designed so it's quick and easy to find what buyers are looking for.
BuyAHomeCalgary.com gets almost 8000 visits a month and over 53,000 page views. Our visits have been increasing 25% every 3 months. (P.S. Monthly hits, which many sites use incorrectly to gauge their traffic, are not a relevant metric. If someone tells you how many "hits" their site is getting they are using the wrong terminology and have the wrong information).

BuyAHomeCalgary.com is a pure-play web portal. Almost all of our visitors come from global search engines or bookmarks. How do we get so much traffic? We are very well placed and considered an authority site in Google, MSN, Teoma, All The Web, Yahoo and others for the most common search keywords and phrases particular to the Calgary Real Estate market.

Our 200-300 visitors per day are not random but highly targeted. Because we are a highly focused niche our audience can considered of much higher quality to our advertising partners.

Visit our site to check it out for yourself - www.buyahomecalgary.com

YEE HAW - Calgary Stampede

Yee HAW - that's the sound a donkey makes. YAHOO! - that the sound thousands of people celebrating Calgary's biggest event of the year make.

The Calgary Stampede is here. Starting with the Annual Stampede Parade on Friday morning July 7 and continuing for 10 days, the biggest outdoor show on earth is quite a party. Don't forget to see the agricultural exhibits and of course the rodeo and chuckwagon races - that's the real essence. But, so is a ride on the midway and a corndog!

Happy Stampeding!

Buying New? Avoid Headaches

Just because the housing market in Calgary is totally on fire doesn't mean that you have to accept shoddy construction and/or poor workmanship. A new home should provide a lifetime of enjoyment not just six months.

If buying a new home make sure to do your due dilligence and research the reputation of the companies involved. Ask a homeowner who bought from the same company or perhaps your soon to be new neighbors how their 1- 2 year old home is holding up.

And avoid headaches by knowing what your responsibilities are, the builders and subcontractors.

Here is a chronicle of one Calgarian's problems with a recent new home purchase for your sober reflection.

THINK LIKE AN INVESTOR AND SAVE MONEY

When buying a home you should be thinking more like an investor.

This may be the largest purchase of your life. All buyers should be thinking of return on investment and tax strategies.

Real estate can represent more than 60 per cent of your net worth on retirement and successful real estate investing (even if it is your first home) can offer greater financial freedom.

The biggest factor is Capital Gains - the difference between what you bought and eventually sold your property for. And you want to pay as little tax on that profit as possible. If is your primary residence the profit or capital gain made on your principal residence is tax-free.

It doesn't matter whether you are buying through a Calgary Realtor or a Calgary For Sale By Owner (FSBO) property think more like an investor and save your money.

Here is a great article for more info on this topic from the Realty Times