Calgary Rental Market Report - Spring 2008

> could it be that Calgary is finally stabalizing....????

Hi Mark,

It's strange times we live in in Alberta right now (and maybe across Canada too). The price of commodities such as oil and natural gas are very high, and yet much uncertainty on the horizon. I used to work in manufacturing in Ontario, and so the implications of the rapid rise of the Canadian dollar and the effects of high gasoline prices on the auto sector are not lost on this Albertan, and perhaps I am not alone, which is why the Alberta market is tempering and full of uncertainty right now, along with the rest of Canada.

Normally, when asked to predict the future, I tell myself and my clients "I am not a fortune teller", just to be clear to them and myself how uncertain predicting future market trends can be. But that seems like an understatement in these times.  I wonder how "These days, I don't have a friggin' clue" would sound to a client? ;o)

- Andrew Kyle