Iron Horse Park Airdrie, Alberta in Jeopardy - 09/30/10 11:22 PM

 
Iron Horse Park in Airdrie, Alberta just north of Calgary, may be required to re-locate in 2016 when its lease up on the real estate it leases from the city of Airdrie.
 
While the City of Airdrie is going to need the parks site for other city expansion in 6 years, Airdrie administration is trying to give Iron Horse Park as much notice as possible.   Unfortunately, officials from Iron Horse Park Airdrie believe that due to all the infrastructure that has been built into the site, it would be extremely difficult to move to another location. It is a … (1 comments)

SAFTEY SENSE - 09/30/10 12:46 AM
HOME INVENTORY PROTECTION
Make a detailed list of all your household possessions, and keep the list somewhere safe. Such a list will prove invaluable if you ever need to file an insurance claim.
Don’t wait until you have damaged, lost, or stolen property to assemble all the details. The stress and anxiety of the moment will make it difficult for you to remember all of your belongings.
Here are tips to help you compose your list: Go through your house, room by room, including the garage, basement, attic and off premises storage unit. Write down the contents of each room including … (3 comments)

To Buy or to Rent ... that is the question! - 09/28/10 03:05 PM
Some people believe that interest rates could only go up from here since we are witnessing historically low fixed rates and that short-term rates are already climbing.  Waht if rates do march up while buyers sit on the fence waiting for prices to decrease?  That gamble could increase their monthly costs!
SCENARIO: 5-year mortgaeg rates rise from 3.69% (as at Sept 24, 2010) to 4.49%, a rate prevalent just five months ago, and house prices soften.  This is not a forecast - just an illustration.
                                                           2010                                           2011
HOUSE PRICE                                                 $325,000                                   $299,000Down Payment                                              $  16,998                                   $   14,950Interest Rate                                                     3.69%                                         4.49%Monthly Payment*                                        … (4 comments)

Airdrie InterCity Express on Hold - 09/23/10 10:11 AM
The city of Airdrie is rolling out it's enhanced bus service October 1, 2010, those enhancements will include new buses and peak morning and afternoon schedules.  Unfortunately the Airdrie InterCity express (ICE) is temporarily on hold after a flaw in the new articulated buses was discovered.
 
These new buses with diesel engines use a Urea additive to mix with the diesel fuel to reduce exhaust emissions.  It has been determined that  the caps on the Urea tanks are leaking vapors into the buses where they are crystalizing.  While the caps are really a small art of the busses systems the … (0 comments)

Airdrie Land Annexation Information Night - 09/17/10 12:24 AM
Locals, surrounding  Airdrie and area filed into the Town and Country Centre
 last week to hear about the City of Airdrie's annexation plans.  This meeting was designed to keep Airdrie residents and those in the MD of Rocky View that may be affected by expansion plans apprised of the annexation.
Taxation changes seemed to be top of mind by those attending, however, it appears that acreage owners need not  fear as there shouldn't be any change in the taxes unless the land usage changes.  
This annexation is necessary for the growth of Airdrie, to support ad grow it's now  39,000 residents and plan … (0 comments)

Get to your Files, Data and Images anywhere - 09/12/10 01:44 PM
Have you ever saved a file on the server at the office or on your hard drive at the office and when you got home wished you had that file, data or image with you.  Here's the solution use Dropbox, it's a FREE service on the Internet that provides you with 2 GB of storage and shows on your computer as a file folder.  Anything you put in that folder automatically syncs to Dropbox, with 128 bit encryption, so it is very secure.  they also do regular back ups so you can't lose that very important file.   How can all this be FREE, easy … (6 comments)

Airdrie YTD Sales Statistics - 09/11/10 04:13 PM
This has been an interesting year so far with plenty of opportunities for Seller and Buyer alike.    We have been fortunate in Alberta to have weathered the Housing Statrts storm and come out not only above most of the rest of Canada for Housiong Starts but even beat last years starts.  
Resale homes have felt the cruch a bit from 2006 when homes were selling for well above list price in very short time frames. However, with approximately 5.5 months worth of inventory on the Airdrie market we are still in relatively good shape.  The careful buyer can find some real … (2 comments)

2010 AIRDRIE FESTIVAL - 09/10/10 04:48 PM
 
Airdrie Fest 2010 The City of Airdrie is proud to present the first annual Airdrie Fest, a community festival showcasing Airdrie community organizations and businesses. Due to the overwhelming success of the "Airdrie Community Showcase" (designed for Not-for-Profit groups to do fall registrations), Airdrie Fest was created to build on these successes and incorporate even more of the Airdrie community. As the community grows there is a need for community to meet and celebrate everything Airdrie offers. This year we will be including the business sector to come celebrate in a festival atmosphere on this one day event. There will … (0 comments)

Big-name Real Estate Brands consider rival listings site - 09/06/10 12:54 AM
In a recent article in The Globe and Mail it was reported that; "Canadians looking for homes are used to visiting the industry-funded Realtor.ca to browse listings. But the brokerages feel the site lacks the advanced information features about specific neighbourhoods that are needed to deal with a slew of anticipated rivals, all of whom are investing heavily in technology to lure home buyers – and advertisers – away from the MLS."
Mr. Don Lawby, President of Century 21 Canada was noted as saying, “Many of our companies have iconic brands that have been built over the years”.  These companies include such prominent names as Century 21, … (3 comments)

 

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