May 2010

Joe Samson & Associates

261 West Creek Springs, Chestermere

$424,900 - Off the market...

Excellent opportunity to own a beautiful house in an exciting lake community of Chestermere. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac, this home has around 2,500 sq.ft. developed living space for your family to enjoy. You will love the pathways along the lake and creeks of this friendly neighbourhood. The master is up one flight over the garage to give some privacy, but still near the two main floor bedrooms. The main floor has a vaulted ceiling & lots of room with a formal dining and living room as well as a family room. The walkout basement is bright with full of sunshine and includes a large open rumpus room, a bedroom, spacious laundry room and a third bathroom plus a cozy fireplace. The…

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Joe Samson & Associates

$334,900 - Off the market...

BEST PRICED house in the area! An excellent opportunity to own a beautiful house in an exciting community of Silverado. PERFECT home for the first time buyer or empty nester. Lot's of NATURAL LIGHT, spacious living room with south exposure. The kitchen and noon combination offers a great space to entertain. Kitchen is upgraded with dark stained MAPLE CABINETS, black appliances, plenty of cupboards & counter space. Lot's of room in the back yard to park or to build an oversized garage. The unspoiled basement is ready for your ideas. Many great amenities nearby such as Walmart, YMCA, Safeway, Starbucks, and also close to C- Train. Spend quality time in your own backyard or take a long walk in the countryside on those quiet…

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Joe Samson & Associates

Statistics released by the Calgary Real Estate Board indicates that the Calgary housing market continues a balanced pace in April of 2010.

Sales of single family homes in Calgary have increased by a 5 per cent over the same time a year ago in April. Condominium transactions have been outpacing single family homes with an increase of 10 per cent compared to twelve months ago in the Calgary real estate market.

Diane Scott, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board has said that - “Continued economic optimism, improved choice and price stability are all contributing to a healthy and balanced housing market in Calgary. Calgary’s housing market is set to simmer, not sizzle in 2010. We can be grateful that we are not facing any real danger of a housing bubble…

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Joe Samson & Associates

With the way that Canadians are spending at present, you would never know that we have been having—and will be having repercussions from—a recession for years to come. While Americans are having to learn new frugal habits, Canadians seem to be back to their old spending habits. However, we would benefit from continuing a more cautious method of spending so that we can better make it through the economic recovery that needs to take place. While it is true that our recession has been a lot less severe than the one that the Americans have been experiencing, our recession has still been affecting most Canadians in some way.

It seems that when the recession first hit, Canadians exercised cautionary spending for a mere few months but very quickly returned to…

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