Simple Keys to Getting Great Tenants
Successfully investing in residential real estate usually involves having tenants that you can count on. Although The Alberta Landlord Tenant Act - http://www.landlordandtenant.org has been put in...
View ArticleAre renters in Calgary stigmatized?
Yesterday’s post on the challenges facing the affordable rental housing market in Canada sparked a number of interesting comments, which you can read below. One of the more interesting, however, came...
View Article'Calgary has the smallest rental universe of any major city in Canada'
Renting an apartment in Calgary got slightly easier in 2014, but also more expensive, says a federal agency. Calgary’s apartment vacancy rate rose 40 per cent this year — but still only reached 1.4 per...
View ArticleAlberta residential landlords ready to fight any consideration of rent controls
Alberta’s residential landlords oppose any move by the new majority NDP government to impose rent controls in the province. In a Herald interview last fall, Rachel Notley, an NDP MLA at the time and...
View ArticleMainstreet Equity Corp. continues to see strong revenue growth
Calgary-based Mainstreet Equity Corp. announced Wednesday its 19th consecutive quarter of year-over-year double-digit growth in pre-tax funds from operations and net operating income and the company is...
View Article'This past year's been a disaster,' landlord says as city's vacancy rate climbs
Landlord Michael Stringer used to have potential tenants fighting over his southwest Calgary condo. He’d have to remove online ads within an hour of posting them, lest he be bombarded with emails. But...
View ArticleRental market remains tight as uncertainty gives pause to prospective homebuyers
By Robert Tuttle and Katia Dmitrieva Kurt Kerschner, a 46-year-old electrical engineer from Austria, was ready to buy his first home after moving to Calgary with his family in the fall. With the...
View ArticleCalgary's population on the rise while affordable rental housing declines
A new study done by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy indicates while Calgary’s population has been rising, there has been a steep decline in affordable rental units. Ron Kneebone of...
View ArticleContinued sluggishness in economy benefiting Calgary’s rental market, study...
Renters beware. Finding a new rental in the city is becoming more challenging, and that’s largely due to the ongoing struggles of the provincial economy. A recent quarterly report by Urban Analytics...
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