Vern McClelland's (mccl) Blog

100 in Review   Two years ago I sat down with Deanna Reschny, sales manager for the Lloydminster Source, and Robyn Newstead, accredited buyer's agent with the McClelland Group, in a local coffee shop to talk about the concept of writing a weekly commentary on Western Canadian real estate.  It wou...

Press Release - For Immediate Release Lloydminster, AB - November 18, 2008   New service allows for online bids on Midwest real estate from anywhere in the world!  Canada's first online real estate auction site supported by professional advice from real estate brokerages, www.bid4realestate.ca , ...

Canada's Newest Real Estate Tools    Last week we discussed the many ways in which real estate is bought, sold or leased including the Multiple Listing Service, exclusive listings, for sale by owner, trades, and live auction. The Internet and personal computers has become increasingly pervasive i...

Going Going Gone    There are many ways in which real estate can be bought, sold or leased.  By far the most popular today is using the assistance of a professional Realtor to place the property on the Multiple Listing Service.  Real estate brokerages created this system in order to share informa...

Now is the Time    We may not be able to do anything about the financial problems of our neighbours to the south, their angst over who will be leading them the next four years, the difficult war that has drained trillions of dollars from their economy, but we can dispassionately examine what is h...

In the Zone    We often get questions from landowners considering subdividing their property, primarily for resale at a higher value.  It can be an attractive proposition as the sum of the parts is often significantly greater than the whole.  What land owners often don't anticipate is the amount ...