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Reliance Real Estate Calgary

Get the best representation and service from a Calgary Real Estate firm without big realty firm issues and delays. John Mayberry is a resident of NW Calgary and can provide better service in your search for a home in NW Calgary neighbourhood.

Reliance Real Estate is a licensed Calgary Real Estate Brokerage.

Lower Priced Calgary Real Estate

If you're a first time homebuyer and looking for lower priced Calgary Real Estate you can discover more about home prices right here at Calgary Home Boys. Why are there such extremes in Calgary home prices? A number of factors drive real estate prices in the city and location is certainly one of them. Those homes near downtown in established neighbourhoods have very high sales prices as do some with unique locations near Glenmore Reservoir, Lake Bonavista or some of the newer exclusive neighbourhoods in the city's northwest zone. Lower priced homes are often in neighbourhoods in the city's southeast, northeast, or central southwest, or central northwest areas. Most Calgary neighbourhoods are nice, however there are a few where you may not want to raise your kids. Fonda, Forest Heights, Marlborough, Whitehorn, Penbrooke, Fairview, Ogden Millican, Millrise, Pineridge, Martindale, Marlborough Park, Erinwoods, and Falconridge all have a median home selling price below 300,000. In Calgary, that is a bargain price.

University Park Real Estate Listings

Finding the right home for you in University Park is a lot easier and economical with a seasoned Calgary real estate agent. There are hundreds of Calgary MLS listings across the Calgary region yet the details of the homes and condos available don't give you a complete picture. In fact, without the judgment and experience of a realtor, you may end up buying a home in University Heights that doesn't suit you and for a lot more money.

University Heights is a small community of 3000 residents in NW Calgary. It is bordered by 24 Avenue N, to the east by University Drive, to the south by 16 Avenue N (Trans-Canada Highway) and to the west by Shaganappi Trail. The average household income is $46,000.

Occupied Private Dwellings by Type of Home
	University Heights		Calgary
	Number	%	Number	%
Total Occupied Dwellings	1285	100%	384,740	100%
Single Detached	410	31.9	222,430	57.8
Semi- Detached	20	1.6	22130	5.8
Row House	0	0	34835	9.1
Apartment	855	66.5	103225	26.8
Other	0	0	2125	0.6
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada

Total Population 2005 to 2009
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
University Heights	2845	2919	2944	2913	2972
Calgary	956,078	991,759	1,019,942	1,042,455	1,065,455
Source: City Calgary Civic Census

John Mayberry of Reliance Real Estate can help you find the gems among available properties in University Park or Mt Pleasant and guide you on what to avoid and what is good value. A full time professional agent has experience with the Calgary real estate and insight into the University Park neighbourhood can help you avoid common buying pitfalls, find homes on the best streets, navigate home inspections and interpret them, help with mortgage financing, and deal with the cumbersome details of real estate transactions.

Neighbourhood Spotlight - Country Hills

Country Hills is a small affluent Calgary community of about 3700 residents. It is one of Calgary's newest neighbourhoods and offers fine newer homes in NW Calgary. Located nearby is the Nose Creek Sports and Recreation Centre which offers 2 skating rinks, 3 gymnasiums, an aquatic complex, climbing wall, a workout area. Country Hills has its own branch of the Calgary Public Library. Country Hills is situated near two golf courses: the Links of Country Hills and The Ridge of Country Hills Golf Club. There are homes that back onto the Country Hills Golf Course. Would you like to learn more about Country Hills Real Estate? Contact John now to have this info sent to you and MLS home listings in Country Hills Calgary.

NW Calgary Real Estate Map

NW Calgary Communities

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Calgary MLS Listings

The Calgary MLS listings are a database of thousands of Calgary Homes and Condos available for sale. The MLS listings make shopping for a a new home much more time efficient however not everything you need to know about a home is listed in the details. Remember that Calgary MLS home details listed essentials of size, number of rooms and room sizes, number of bathrooms, property size, type of heating system, year built, and type of flooring.

If you examine the homes in University Park for sale and find one that seems about right, please contact John about a viewing of any home in University Park. Better still, it might be even more time efficient to contact John and ask for a custom listing of homes that meet your specifications. John can tell you much more about the homes in University Park and other NW Calgary neighbourhoods, what they're selling for, taxes, and other pertinent information you will want to have.

Condos for Sale in Calgary

While the west end of Downtown Calgary is known for its condo buildings, most of the available condos for sale in Calgary are just south of downtown in Connaught, Bankview, Sunalta, and Victoria Park. Average condo price for the Calgary SW zone is over $300,000. Contact us about Downtown condos, Connaught condos, Victoria Park condos, or Bankview condos.

Calgary Housing Forecast

Calgary and Edmonton are expected to be among Canada's strongest performing real estate markets in 2011. One natrional brokerage is forecasting that the average price of a Calgary home will rise 5.4 % in 2011 while Edmonton home prices will grow 3.3 %.

Calgary is racing towards having the city with the most million dollar homes. Last year, 6496 properties were assessed as having a value in excess of $1 million. Sales of high-end homes are up by 25% is some neighbourhoods. According to Richard Cho of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says prices will rise this spring after begin stable for the last few months of 2010. The city's most expensive home was valued at $20,190,000.

2010 Is Gone and 2011 Promises to be the Rebound Year

With the economy heating up, we're already seeing commercial demand growing strong. The demand for downtown office space is strong. Even with the release of the Bow, companies are gobbling up office space. Optimism in the Oil patch buoyed by a strong dollar and high oil prices will undoubtedly spur home buying within the city and surrounding towns.

For year of 2010, total single family home sales in the city of Calgary dropped 16% to 12,095 from 14,440 units. 2010 had the lowest sales of single family homes sales in the last 15 years. Total MLS listings sales for Calgary and area dropped 15% from 2009, from 25,719 then to 2009's 21,789 units. It was the most lacklustre year of sales for MLS® sales for Calgary and area since 2000.