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Calgary City Guide | Calgary Real Estate

Calgary is a diverse and expansive city built on a quadrant system with easy access to the mountains and river valleys. Calgary’s appeal goes beyond oil, gas and cowboy hats. This city has something for everyone.

Lying at the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, and at the meeting point of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in south-central Alberta, Calgary is the largest city in Alberta with over 1 million residents and growing.

Calgary has seen much economic success and is growing quickly. Alberta’s economy, driven by its massive oil reserves, is seeing its biggest boom in the province’s history. As a result, Calgary is experiencing an enormous boost in real estate, employment, and general population wealth. Alberta tends to have a more…

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CIR Realty | Calgary Real Estate | Our Brokerage

CIR REALTY is Calgary’s largest independent agency with over 700 REALTORS® and Staff spread over four Calgary; and over ten Alberta satellite offices. As a member of Leading Real
Estate Companies of the World™, CIR REALTY is proud to also be one of the 600 affiliate firms in the world-wide organization that holds the number one position in terms of sales or volume
in more of the top markets than any other national association. Leading Real Estate Companies of the World is a network of independent real estate brokerages spanning 70 countries and including more than 130,000 real estate professionals who, collectively, sell more property than any of the large national brands. Compared to our competition, we operate as one company vs. franchised across the…

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The True Cost of Selling Your Home Without a Real Estate Agent

The True Cost of Selling Your Home Without a Professional Real Estate Agent

Everybody wants to save a little money, especially when selling your most valuable asset. So when Angela was ready to sell her home a few years ago, she figured she could try to sell it herself — without using a real estate agent. After all, her property was in a hot real estate market, and most of her network shops online - and she thought: "How hard could this be?"

Angela, a busy single mother of two, had become overwhelmed juggling her daily responsibilities in addition to owning her own home. She was waiting for the market to warm up, and when she felt like when it became a “hot market”, she decided that it was time to sell.

In hopes of saving some money, Angela…

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Things to do for Valentines Day in Calgary

Valentine's Day is a great day to celebrate a romantic day with your love and show appreciation for them.

Treat Your Sweetheart: Valentine’s Day Brunch

Lots of places in Calgary will offer a great Valentine's Brunch. Remember which restaurant your sweetie loves to go to and call for a reservation. Duh! 

Our go-to places for brunch:

• Vero Bistro Moderne Calgary - www.VeroBistro.ca‎ 
• Brasserie Kensington: http://www.brasseriekensington.com/
• Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant: https://www.bvrrestaurant.com/
• Cravings Market Restaurant: http://cravingsmarketrestaurant.com/

Night at the Zoo - In the Heat of the Night

https://www.calgaryzoo.com/events

Check out the zoo if they are offering something fun for valentines. For…

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Wealth Management

Financial Challenges that Women Typically Face in regards to their wealth:

On average, women live longer than men
•In 1970, men could expect to live to age 69 and women to age 76
•In 2016, the average Canadian can expect to live even longer –up to age 79 for men and age 83 for women*
•Longer lifespans means women will need to fund longer retirements, protect their savings from inflation for longer and can potentially pay more for ongoing health care

Women are more likely to become widowed than men
•Typically widows face a 7% reduction in their median income in the first two years after widowhood*
•Being single can mean proportionally higher living expenses and additional responsibility to manage the family’s wealth

Women tend to leave the…

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Write a letter and win a $1.7 million dollar home.

Smart marketing from this home owner looking to sell her very large home in Millarville in the most creative way

Wagner's $1.7-million property in Millarville could be yours — for a small entry fee and some creative pencraft. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/millarville-million-dollar-home-contest-1.4985249?fbclid=IwAR2AWI9Up0vmclKSgZx5T0QtoL52-0dNqWDqDg04agG-0_cy3rWJoRoLeD8 

“This house — every single element of it is myself, my emotions, our designs, our comfort for us,” she said. “Every single craftsmanship and artistry that we had, we put into this. But it was all just to make it into a comfortable home, and to reflect our culture, because I wanted elements from where I come from, the Caucasus.”

If you are…

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Hospitals and Urgent Care Centres in Calgary

There are 5 main general hospitals in the City of Calgary that serve over 1.25 million residents. And over 2 million people in Calgary, Southern and Central Alberta, Eastern British Columbia, and Southern Saskatchewan.

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2019 Affirmations Goals

We are big believers that mindset and setting goals are the key to success in life.

Here are some things that we practice daily and can help you achieve your success:

• Be Grateful and Thankful More -- When people help you or do things for you show your gratitude, verbalize it!   Drop accusations and threats that won't build your success, and will cause major rifts in your relationships and reputation.  People don't want to work with those who constantly demonstrate those behaviours. Focus on positive behaviours and gratitude, these draw people to you rather than repel people away.
• Make time for those who mean the most to you -- don't give up time to be with those that mean the most to you. Schedule it in.
• Help your clients beyond…

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Luxstone Airdrie Festival of Lights

https://airdriefestivaloflights.com/ Airdrie Festival of Lights happens in the community of Luxstone. In the Nose Creek Park. Luxstone is home of Nose Creek Park in Airdrie! Annually Nose Creek Park is the location for the Airdrie Festival of Lights. The Airdrie Festival of Lights is a free festival that has always been committed to providing an affordable, family friendly Christmas Festival of Lights experience for the people of Airdrie and Southern Alberta, which is suitable for all ages! is open. In 1996, the Airdrie Festival of Lights Society (AFOLS) began with a group of local residents committed to putting Airdrie on the map.  That group grew over the years to become the Airdrie Festival of Lights Society, which…

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2018 Calgary Real Estate Q4 Market Review

As anticipated from past historical data of the typical winter months in real estate, it has been slow for the month of December. The real estate market in the city of Calgary has been slower for the entire city in general, but houses priced right, and in the right location will still fly off the shelf like hot cakes.

Overall, the Calgary Real Estate average prices has been dropping month over month since the beginning of 2018 because of a few economic factors.

Here are some reasons why the Real Estate Inventory has been slowing:

1. The consumer confidence seems to be at an all-time low.

2. The challenges in the Alberta Energy sector and record low Gas prices

3. Rising Bank of Canada interest rates appear to be hampering new buyers…

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