Your weekly update of the Calgary MLS® Sales Stats

Calgary MLS® Market Stats for Jan 01 thru Jan 23/07

 

Calgary Market Stats

Single Family 2007 2006 Average Selling Price $412,809 $320,122 Median Selling Price $367,000 $285,222 New Listings 2,051 1,514 Sales 1,162 1,188 Sales to New Listing Ratio 57% 78% Sales to Active Listing Ratio 42% … Read Full Post

Calgary Building Permits Set Record

Jan 16, 2007: Calgary building permits issued in 2006 for residential & commercial projects totalled $4.76-Billion, smashing the previous year's record and more than doubling Calgary's 2002 total. Calgary's surge in construction outpaced all other cities in the country, beating permits in Toronto by more than $1-Billion.

Toronto OK'd $3.7-Billion in permits last year, followed by Edmonton at $2.3-Billion and Vancouver at $2.03-Billion.

Calgary issued residential permits for just under 16,000 units worth $2.38-Billion, with another $2.38-Billion for commercial development. This does not include the new Encana office project, estimated to be worth $1-Billion.

Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier said the city of Calgary…

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Britannia Home Burns to Ground

Jan 12, 2007 - A luxury home in SW Calgary's upscale Britannia neighbourhood burnt to the ground shortly after 4pm Friday afternoon. Coincidentally, I was a mere block away dropping my daughter off at home when the house erupted into flames.

The property, on Madison Ave SW, was a total loss, with damage estimated to be close to $3 million. Former Calgary Mayor Al Duerr says he came home after work today to find fire crews surrounding his and his neighbour's homes. Duerr's home suffered some damage.

No one was hurt in the blaze, and investigators are still looking into the cause.

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 Your weekly update of the Calgary MLS® Sales Stats

Calgary MLS® Market Stats for Jan 01 thru Jan 09/07

 

Calgary Market Stats Single Family 2007 2006 Average Selling Price $392,927 $299,694 Median Selling Price $358,000 $272,000 New Listings 764 521 Sales 340 262 Sales to New Listing Ratio 45% 50% Sales to Active Listing Ratio 12% n/a … Read Full Post

Calgary Mortgage Rates

Term Bank Rates Preferred Rates 6 Month 6.20% 5.75% 1 Year 6.40% 4.99% 2 Year 6.40% 4.99% 3 Year 6.40% 5.10% 4 Year 6.40% 5.10% 5 Year 6.45% 5.04% 7 Year 6.80% 5.43% 10 Year 7.05% 5.60% … Read Full Post

Jan 11, 2007:  Figures released by CREB (the Calgary Real Estate Board) late last week show Calgary MLS® Listings have fallen to less than a 2 month supply following a record December (2015 sales December 2006).

Active listings on the Calgary market stood at 3,634 on January 2nd, a 48% decrease from the high of 7,000 listings recorded 3 months ago (Oct 01/06).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Security analysts from Symantec Corp. and VeriSign Inc.'s iDefense Intelligence say they have discovered a flaw in Adobe Systems Inc.'s Acrobat Reader software that allows hackers into computers hosting PDF files through trusted web links.

Exploits are carried out through a flaw that exists in a plug-in that enables Acrobat users to view PDF files within Web browsers (IE 6.0 Web browser and earlier versions, and Mozilla's Firefox browser).

In a example given by the analysts, hackers set up a a hostile Web site that links to another site's PDF file. Included in the link is malicious JavaScript code that will run on the unsuspecting user's computer once the link is clicked. The rouge script is initiated on the host server once the link is clicked.

One…

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Your weekly update of the Calgary MLS® Sales Stats

Calgary MLS Market Stats: Dec 27/06 thru Jan02/07 Single Family 2006 2005 Average Selling Price $373,369 $296,890 Median Selling Price $350,000 $268,000 New Listings 250 148 Sales 189 167 Sales to New Listing Ratio 76% 113% Sales to Active Listing Ratio 7% n/a …

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