Bank of Canada remains overnight rate target at 1%

Happy Monday!

We had a birthday celebration weekend!

2 Birthday parties, 1 baby shower and my Emma's 6th birthday party!

How did she turn 6 so quickly?  Time sure flies!

Emma had a weekend birthday celebration that started with a Birthday dinner at Olive Gardent on Friday night and ended with 12 little kids birthday party at home and a sushi dinner out....

The weather is nice out, I hope you get a chance to go out and enjoy before the cold weather comes again tomorrow!

Last week flew by quickly for me with many new enquiries with many eager buyers on the market! 

This week's article:
Bank of Canada remains overnight rate target to 1%
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2013/01/press-releases/fad-press-release-2013-01-23/
The key note on this article: The Bank now expects the economy to reach full capacity in the second half of 2014, later than anticipated in the October MPR.
Core inflation has softened by more than the Bank had expected.

Enjoy and have a great week ahead!
Stay warm tomorrow as the weather is expected to change any moment now!

Calgary Luxury Home Market Sales Growth

It was a busy weekend for our family.

My parents celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversay and we had a house full people to celebrate with....It was a lot of fun!

I wish them many more years of happiness to come!!

We also had out of town visitors and it was fun to catch up and visit the Calgary Tower...

I attended the Annual CREB Forecast Breakfast and Conference. It was a great day of learning!
Here's what they forecast for 2013!
http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2013/01/creb-forecasts-moderate-sales-price-growth-for-calgary-housing/

However, I am seeing that the real estate market is picking up with strong activities.

Get in the action now while the interest rate is low!

Check out this week's acticle:  Calgary's Luxury Home Market Sales Growth Best in Canada
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/real-estate/Calgary+luxury+home+market+sales+growth+best+Canada/7806588/story.html

Calgary House Price Forecast to Increase 2.5% this year
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Calgary+house+prices+forecast+increase+this+year+Royal+LePage/7788912/story.html

Enjoy this beautiful day outside!
Have a great week!

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2013!  Can you feel the excitement yet??

I hope you all had a great holiday and are ready to welcome 2013!

Our family took off for 1 week on a Carribean cruise.  Unfortuately, we were all sick and had the worst vacation ever!!! Emma cried and said, 'Mom, everybody is having fun, except for us!' I was sad to hear that!  We managed to let the kids played on the beach when we were in Ft Lauderdale for 1 day.  It was quite a windy day, here's a picture of Anna wearing 6 layers of clothes and a scarf so she could build her 'sand castle'.

We got home just in time to celebrate Christmas and New Years.  Santa Claus was good to us, he really enjoyed the milk and cookie we left for him!  I stayed up late just to take a picture of him....

Here's a positive outlook for 2013....'Canada Job Surge...' Canada's economy created far more jobs than expected.  Read on and find out.....
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/04/canada-job-surge-what-the-economists-say/

Calgary's market continue to be strong.
'Number of Million Dollars Home hit record high in Calgary'
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Number+million+dollar+homes+hits+record+high/7777910/story.html

Have a great week and enjoy it while it's warm out!  Snow in the forcast for later in the week!

Calgary Housing market bucks National slowdown!

December is a month full of performances for us!

It began with Emma's Nutcracker performance.  She was the Lead Seraphim and she did a great job!  Here's a picture of her backstage!
The same day we attended Anna's music concert!  We are so proud of her, she was the best little reindeer.  Anna is a shy little girl, she always ensured that I participated in the activities with her; but this time, she did it all by herself on the stage!!!

Last night was Emma's 1st of the two school Christmas concerts.  Here's a cute little elf picture of her!!  We have tickets to watch tonight and we can't wait to see it!

My assistant, family and I are busy sending out this year's Christmas mailout!  I hope you like my 'new gift'!  I will leave it as a surprise....

This winter, real estate markets continue to be strong, as I have been busy with many perspective buyers. Here's an article that reconfirms that message!  Please call if you have any mortgage related questions.
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/12/03/calgary-housing-market-bucks-national-slowdown/?__lsa=718e-3390

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!!!  I hope you have enjoyed my blog.  Be sure to follow me on Twitter and Facebook! 

Calgary Ranks 55th most affordable housing in Canada!

It's last day of November and we are ready for Christmas!


 Our Christmas tree went up last weekend and the kids are very excited!
We put our tree in the front window of our home and my daughter, Emma, was very concerned that the chimney is not close enough to the tree and Santa would not be able to drop off the gifts for her!!!
I had to giggle when I heard that...it is such a fun time when they still believe in Santa Claus!

We are so proud of Emma today!  She was the "Student of the Month" for her class at her school!  I could see the excitement in her eyes as she stood up front with her certificate!

The real estate market continues to be hot!  This is my 2nd busiest week on record this year!  Interest rates remains low and many are taking advantage of it.

Call me today so you can get preapproved for your dream home!

This week's article:  Calgary ranks 55th most affordable housing in Canada!
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/real-estate/Windsor+most+affordable+housing+market+Canada/7621013/story.html\

Enjoy your weekend!

5 reaons Canada's household debt panic is overblown!

Hope that you had a great Halloween!!

We had 66 kids come by our house and the girls came home with a bucket full of candy!!!
I have already eaten a few of them...not a good thing!

We also made cookies for Emma's school - check it out!  they look pretty good for somebody who does not bake often!

I am glad that October is finally over!  It was a very stressful month.  It began with various hosptial visits for different members of the family and last week was the worst!

My 2 year old Anna was in the Children's hosptial for 5 days.  She began with swollen eyes and lack of appetite over the weekend.  Last Monday she had a little bit of fever.  Tuesday we went to visit the doctor and the fever continued. Wednesday she did not want to eat or drink, fever continued and swollen glands.  Our family doctor recommended to take her to the Children's Hospital.  There we stayed overnight in ER and were admitted in the morning.  She was hooked up to an IV during her stay.  It wasn't until Friday afternoon, the doctors determinded that she had the 'EBV'.  It's common for people to catch this virus at some some point in there lives, but less commom for toddlers to catch this virus.  She hardly ate or drank anything until Friday night.  She slowly recovered over the weekend and we were able to come home!  It was a painful experience for all of us.  I am glad that she is slowly getting back to normal.  However, she's now used to having popsicles 3 times a day and watching 'The Wiggles' ALL day long!

Here is this week's article:
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/10/30/five-reasons-canadas-household-debt-panic-is-overblown-david-rosenbergs-5-reasons-canadas-household-debt-panic-is-overblown/

Don't forget time change for this weekend!  Yay!  One more hour of sleep.

Have a great weekend ahead!

Solid Economic Growth forecast for AB in 2013

It's that time of the year again, SNOW is finally here.  We managed to change all our tires just in time for the snow fall.  We were fortunate enough to get in without an appointment....thanks to Kal Tires on 32 Street.

We had a fun and busy weekend!

I am not a mom that bakes, yet this weekend, we made cupcakes for Halloween and decorated them. 

Here's a picture of one of the finished products....

Thanks to our friends, we had tickets to the Honens International Piano Competition. It turned out to be a fun evening.

Our Halloween fun continued with pumpkin carving on Sunday and celebrated a good friend's birthday in the evening.

Winter is usually a slow time of the real estate market, if you are thinking of buying a home, this maybe a good time to get into the market.  Contact me today to get you pre-approved! Interest rate is still low, what are you waiting for?

This week's acticle: 
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Solid+economic+growth+forecast+Alberta+into+2013/7426066/story.html

Enjoy this snowy week!