www.smartcalgaryhomes.com

Take a look at its many features including direct access toGoogle Streetview, time your commute with Google Directions and of course you book direct showings or inquire about properties.

If you are looking for an update on neighborhood statistics including solds, current and new listings then take advantage of Market Snapshot.  It will keep you updated every 30 days on what has been happening in your specific neighborhood.  http://www.smartcalgaryhomes.com/market-snapshot.php

I hope you enjoy!

Lina

	Single Family	Condo
Total	49	4
Active	2	1
Pending	2	1
Sold	2	2
Terminated	2	0
Expired	0	0

McKenzie Lake Sold Statistics for the week of January 29, 2010 to February 4, 2010 

	Single Family	Condo
High Sold Price	$699,000	$426,500
Low Sold Price	$449,000	$230,000
Average Sold Price	$574,000	$328,250
Average DOM	16	10

If you would like any more information on the McKenzie Lake Market or on the Calgary Real Estate Market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

Cheers,

Lina

Here is a recap of the McKenzie Lake market from the past 2 weeks!

Total Active Listings for McKenzie Lake is 65 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for January 23 - February 2

A Summary of Sold Listings McKenzie Lake January 23 - February 2

Single Family Sales Stats

McKenzie Lake Listings January 23 - February 2

For more information on McKenzie Lake or the Calgary Real Estate market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner anytime at (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

- Inventory for Calgary is expected to match the high inventory of 2008 however sales are expected to increase by 10% for single family homes

- The condo market has a more glum picture with inventory on the rise from 2008 and an expected 5% decrease in sales from 2008.  Please keep in mind that the target market of condos that is likely to be hit the hardest will be high rise and low rise condos due to the surplus of inventory from projects nearing completion in the downtown core. 

- Population growth of Calgary is to decrease from 2008’s increase of almost 23,000 to around 19,000 - 21,000.  Of those approximately 13,500 will be from migration to Calgary.

- Calgary’s unemployment rate ended in December at 3.8% and economists estimate it will rise to 4.5% in 2009 which translates to approximately 3,000 - 5,000 jobs lost in a workforce of approximately 700,000.  However, in contrast the number of people working in Calgary is expected to grow.  This is because when you combine migration to Calgary, jobs created, jobs lost the number of jobs in Calgary is actually expected to increase slightly.

- Another interesting note is that there is still expected to be a labour crunch in some industries.  Calgary has a very high labour participation rate meaning that there is a high percentage of the population that wants to or is part of the workforce.  When you combine a high participation rate with a low unemployment rate (Calgary still maintains one of the lowest in North America) then job growth becomes limited by population growth.

Now for your McKenzie Lake update . . .

The past week for McKenzie Lake has been a slow one with only one property that now has a pending sale, no sales and 8 new listings.  McKenzie Lake’s inventory has risen a total of 6 listings.

Total Active Listings for McKenzie Lake is 64 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for January 15 - January 23

**There were no sold listings between January 15 - January 23**

McKenzie Lake Listings December 16 - January 6

For more information on McKenzie Lake or the Calgary Real Estate market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner anytime at (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

The number of listings in McKenzie Lake has risen by 4 listings total and we have had a total of 3 sales in the past week.  2 Condos and 1 house sold and interestingly enough the house that did sell sold over list price!

Total Active Listings for McKenzie Lake is 58 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for January 6 - January 15

A Summary of Sold Listings McKenzie Lake January 6 - January 15

Single Family Sales Stats

Condo Sales Stats

McKenzie Lake Listings December 16 - January 6

For more information on McKenzie Lake or the Calgary Real Estate market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner anytime at (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

As I mentioned in my previous post listing numbers were starting to come down the end of December and we are now at a total of 5,791 listings for both condo’s and houses for all of Calgary.  To put it in perspective in June of 2008 we were sitting around 10,800 listings and in November we were at 7,500 so we are slowly beginning to see inventory in Calgary come to more reasonable levels.  It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks as the new year kicks in and people start moving in the real estate market so stay tuned on where listings start heading.

Now for McKenzie Lake in the past 3 weeks we have come down a total of 10 listings when taking into account sales, pending sales, expired listings and new listings.  There was some strong activity over the past 3 weeks with a total of 11% of all listings selling which when compared to 4% a month ago is a good gain and also it is above the Calgary total of 6% of listings to sell in the same time period.

Total Active Listings for McKenzie Lake is 54 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for December 16 - January 6

A Summary of Sold Listings McKenzie Lake December  16 - January 6

1 condo sold for $250,000 which was 96% of list price in 73 days. 

McKenzie Lake Listings December 16 - January 6

For more information on McKenzie Lake or the Calgary Real Estate market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner anytime at (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

In McKenzie Lake we had one sale in the past week it was an interesting sale sold the first day that it was on the market.  It is a definite testament to pricing aggressively to move your property.  It was listed at $428,000 and sold for $400,000.  There are 2 pending sales this week.

Here is the weeks recap:

Total Listings for McKenzie Lake is 64 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for December 9 - 16

A Summary of Sold Listings McKenzie Lake December  9 - 16

McKenzie Lake Listings December 9 - 16

For more information on McKenzie Lake or the Calgary Real Estate market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner anytime at (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

Here is the weeks recap:

Total Listings for McKenzie Lake is 62 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for December 2 - 9

A Summary of Sold Listings McKenzie Lake December 2 - 9

McKenzie Lake Listings December 2 - 9

For more information on McKenzie Lake or the Calgary Real Estate market please contact your McKenzie Lake Realtor, Lina Horner anytime at (403) 923-7237 or at homes@linahorner.com

Total Listings for McKenzie Lake is 63 including both single family houses and condos. 

Here is a breakdown of activity for November 24 - December 2.

A Summary of Sold Listings McKenzie Lake November 24 - December 2

The number of listings in McKenzie Lake has been reduced by 7 listings from the same time last week due to both sales, pending sales and expired listings.  Our high sold price was dramatically lower but the pending sales are higher priced homes.  It is positive sign for McKenzie Lake that we have had 4 sales in the past 2 weeks with 2 pending sales. 

If you would like any further details on McKenzie Lake’s Housing Market please contact me anytime at (403) 923-7237 or homes@linahorner.com.  Thank you.