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Real Estate Prices in Fort McMurray Suffer Huge Drop

Real Estate Prices in Fort McMurray Suffer Huge Drop


Steady Decline Of Oil Prices Take Toll On Oil Sands Dependent Economy In Fort McMurray, Canada


FORT MCMURRAY, CANADA - APRIL 29: An empty migrant workers camp, on April 29th, 2015, north of Fort McMurray, Canada. Fort McMurray is currently coping with an economic downturn as a result of low oil prices and most of the layoffs have been impacting the transient workforce. Canada's oil and gas industry is expected to lose 37% of its revenues in 2015. (Photo : Ian Willms/Getty Images)

Calgary office vacancy rates to peak at 17.7% next year: CBRE

Calgary office vacancy rates to peak at 17.7% next year: CBRE





U.S.-based CBRE says Calgary's office space vacancy rate will peak next year, and new construction spending will then begin to rebound as more clarity about oil supply allows investors to act with more certainty.

Office vacancy rates in Calgary will peak at almost 18 per cent by the third quarter of 2016, according to an annual forecast from a U.S.-based real estate investment firm.
The overall vacancy rate for office space in Calgary is 17.5 per cent this year, compared to 13.1 per cent in 2014. Next year, CBRE predicts it will reach 17.7 per cent.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-real-estate-forecast-cbre-1.3333383

Le marché immobilier à l'avantage des acheteurs dans la région de Québec

Le marché immobilier à l'avantage des acheteurs dans la région de Québec



Élisabeth Koulouris, chef analyste à la SCHL



Les conditions du marché de l'habitation continueront de favoriser les acheteurs dans la région de Québec au cours des deux prochaines années, selon les données de la Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (SCHL).
Dans son analyse publiée mardi, la SCHL prévoit qu'en 2016 et 2017, le prix moyen des habitations dans la région augmentera plutôt faiblement, soit de 1 % par année, mentionne Élisabeth Koulouris, chef analyste à la SCHL.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2015/11/24/005-marche-vente-habitation-region-quebec-analyse-schl.shtml

Even Fort McMurray’s real estate agents are leaving the oilsands town in droves



Even Fort McMurray’s real estate agents are leaving the oilsands town in droves

Phil Soper, chief executive of Royal LePage Real Estate Services, said some agents at his company have left Fort McMurray because market conditions are so poor in the town known for its proximity to Alberta's oilsands.


It’s not just housing sales and prices that are falling fast in Fort McMurray, the ranks of realtors in the northern Alberta city seem to be plummeting too. The defections come as realtor levels across the country have grown to new records, speaking to a growing trend of agents migrating to greener pastures and increasing competition in some of the country’s hottest markets. To compete for business in up-and-coming districts, some long-time franchises are setting up new branches, something one local agent jokingly referred to as “branchises.”



http://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/mortgages-real-estate/realtor-levels-reach-record-levels-nationally-but-for-mcmurray-numbers-falling

Vancouver says the value of the sales was $1.9 billion, up 33.6 per cent from the year-ago period.

Vancouver says the value of the sales was $1.9 billion, up 33.6 per cent from the year-ago period.





Lower Mainland sales of commercial property are about as hot as the market for homes.
An industry group reports the commercial sector hit a five-year sales high of 550 in the July-to-September quarter, up 16.8 per cent from a year earlier. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the value of the sales was $1.9 billion, up 33.6 per cent from the year-ago period.



http://www.news1130.com/2015/11/26/quarter-lower-mainland-commercial-real-estate/

Dozens of Alberta real estate agents fined for improper condo measurements

Dozens of Alberta real estate agents fined for improper condo measurements



Real estate agents sometimes include parking stalls in their description of a condo's square footage.

Almost three dozen Alberta real estate agents have been fined in the past two years for misrepresenting the size of condominiums in real estate listings, representing a small fraction of complaints made to the provincial regulator.