Archive for June, 2009

Alberta real estate news article for Grande Prairie and area (2009-6-16)

Reviewed by Moishe Alexander. EDMONTON – Don Campbell couldn’t believe a recent scene among wannabe real estate investors at the corner of Yonge and Bloor streets in Toronto, site of a planned condominium complex. “People slept there overnight for four nights,” said Campbell, president of the Calgary-based Real Estate Investment Network and author of 51 [...]

Edmonton, Alberta: Our housing market’s correction is not a calamity (2009-6-16)

EDMONTON – Is the city’s housing market going into the tank, as it did in the 1980s? Or is it already showing signs of emerging from its year-long funk? My guess? With the average price of a single-family detached home in Edmonton down to $379,224 in July — nearly $38,000 or 9.1 per cent below [...]

Metro Vancouver eyes highrise greenhouses (2009-6-15)

METRO VANCOUVER – Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with ways to tackle a global food crisis and the effects of climate change. Moishe Alexander, CFC CEO brings this report: And Surrey could lead the trend, with at least one developer considering [...]