The Howard Team's Real Estate Blog http://blog.thehowardteam.net Bryon Howard's Musing about Life as a Calgary Realtor Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Calgary Real Estate Stats - June 1-9, 2010 http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/06/13/calgary-real-estate-stats-june-1-9-2010/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/06/13/calgary-real-estate-stats-june-1-9-2010/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:41:33 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=79 Finally a Sunny Weekend!

Yesterday just as the sun was beginning to shine … the phones started ringing again … as people are ready to get out and shop for real estate.
I’ve never seen such a weather dependent market!
See Calgary Real Estate in the News last week. Things are cooling, home sales fall 20%. http://tinyurl.com/23449zs

METRO STATS UPDATE (June 1 – 9, 2010)

2010 2009
Calgary Metro – Single Family
Sales 357 508
New Listings 963 741
Inventory 5,952 3,765
Sales to New 37% 69%
Sales to Inv 6% 13%
Calgary Metro – Condominium
Sales 155 194
New Listings 401 318
Inventory 2,735 1,905
Sales to New 39% 61%
Sales to Inv 6% 10%
Towns (Outside Calgary)
Sales 102 149
New Listings 329 296
Inventory 3,039 2,623
Sales to New 31% 50%
Sales to Inv 3% 6%
Country Residential – Acreages
Sales 13 16
New Listings 100 100
Inventory 1,183 922
Sales to New 13% 16%
Sales to Inv 1% 2%
Total MLS®
Sales 642 879
New Listings 1,869 1,476
Inventory 13,594 9,215
Sales to New 34% 60%
Sales to Inv 5% 10%
SP >= LP 33 83
Avg. $ Ovr LP 7,012 4,118
Max. $ Ovr LP 50,100 100,150
SP = LP 11 42
% of SP to LP 97.06% 96.70%
Talk to you soon.
Bryon
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]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/28/75/feed/ 206, 315 50 Ave SW Windsor Park, SW Calgary http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/28/206-315-50-ave-sw-windsor-park-sw-calgary/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/28/206-315-50-ave-sw-windsor-park-sw-calgary/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:17 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=70 Just listed a great 1 bedroom condo in Windsor Park.

Since I love being a star in movies … and no one else wants me in their movies … I made my own.

Please take a moment to view … and let me know if you know of anyone who is looking for this type of condo.

206, 315 50 Ave SW Windsor Park, SW Calgary

Thank you.

]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/28/206-315-50-ave-sw-windsor-park-sw-calgary/feed/ Hey Average Joe … “You’ve got to get out and walk.” (Jane Jacobs) http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/19/hey-average-joe-you%e2%80%99ve-got-to-get-out-and-walk-jane-jacobs/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/19/hey-average-joe-you%e2%80%99ve-got-to-get-out-and-walk-jane-jacobs/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:23:40 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=67 Driving down my back alley this evening I saw a guy about my age with a boy a bit younger than my own son. He was going into his back fenced yard.  He lives about 3 doors down on the opposite side. Looks like he lives in that house … I’ve never seen him before. Seems like a nice family.

I think I’m probably pretty average … busy, raising a family, and making a career.
Do I really want to know my neighbours? I know when I take the time and connect with my neighbours, everything seems better in the world.

I had the chance to be in the audience of a great theatre project at St Stephen’s Church downtown. It was a simple production about an older woman working with a teenager to practice lines for an upcoming performance. (Queen Lear by Eugene Stickland). I realized sitting there and being part of this audience, sharing a story, music, and conversation after the show; we all seek a greater connection. Making time to get to arts events is almost always worth it.

With all this, I encourage you to get out … and walk. Meet your back ally neighbour … and make your community great.

Cause if you don’t do it … nobody else will do it.
Make May Great.

Bryon Howard

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ps.  I’m organizing a Jane’s walk near my home in Altadore on Sunday, May 2 at 2pm from Kiwani’s Park on the corner of 16 ST SW and 38 Ave SW. (I’ll slow down for 1.5 hours in hopes of getting to know my neighbours, share my love off our community, and learn more stories from anyone I can recruit on this walk. For an You Tube video invitation of my walk … visit http://tinyurl.com/ykt7bfo
]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/04/19/hey-average-joe-you%e2%80%99ve-got-to-get-out-and-walk-jane-jacobs/feed/ “You’ve got to get out and walk.” http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/03/23/you%e2%80%99ve-got-to-get-out-and-walk%e2%80%9d/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/03/23/you%e2%80%99ve-got-to-get-out-and-walk%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:20:53 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=62 “You’ve got to get out and walk.”
- Jane Jacobs, writer & urban visionary

Spring is here … and I’m organizing a Jane’s walk near my home in Altadore on Sunday, May 2 at 2pm.

We’ll depart from Kiwani’s Park on the corner of 16 ST SW and 38 Ave SW. (Close to “The Moon” convenience store.)  We’ll walk for about 1.5 hours.  Learn more about this walk and many others in Calgary at www.thecalgaryfoundation.org.  There is also one departing from Calhoun Library.

Who’s Jane Jacobs … and Why Walk?

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a fresh, community-based approach to city building. She had no formal training as a planner, and yet her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, introduced ground-breaking ideas about how cities function, evolve and fail that now seem like common sense to generations of architects, planners, politicians and activists.

I’m leading this walk in hopes of getting to know my neighbours, share my love on our community, and learn more stories from anyone I can recruit on this walk!

Hope to see you on my walk on May 2 at 2pm!

For a Youtube video invitation of my walk … visit http://tinyurl.com/ykt7bfo

]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/03/23/you%e2%80%99ve-got-to-get-out-and-walk%e2%80%9d/feed/ Your Will http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/03/17/your-will/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/03/17/your-will/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:01:32 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=53 Here’s a thought I shared with my team, and I wanted to share it here.

Your will

You have the means to get it done. There is no question of that.

If it’s not happening for you, there’s really just one thing missing. Somewhere, somehow, you lack the will to do what it makes.

Yes, of course there are all kinds of obstacles. Certainly it is not easy and there are plenty of completely understandable reasons why you have not gotten it done.

Even so, you know it is possible. And indeed it is possible for you.

Excuses won’t do it. Commitment, and the focused, persistent action to back it up, are what will get you there.

It’s your choice and it’s your life. Right now, your greatest possibilities await your will to make them happen.

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]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/03/17/your-will/feed/ South Calgary Community Family Skate & Movie Night http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/24/south-calgary-community-family-skate-movie-night/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/24/south-calgary-community-family-skate-movie-night/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:53:38 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=45 Not much is for free anymore … but the South Calgary Community Association is bringing back the 1970’s and offering a FREE Community Event, Sat, Feb 27!  Anyone is welcome … but this Community Association serves Altadore, Marda Loop, and Garrison Woods.

Skate and Coca are from 4-5:45.

Hot Dogs (oh boy!) 5:45-6:15

Movie and Popcorn 6:15-8:00

It’s all happening at 3130 16 St SW on Feb 27, 2010.

I can’t wait! See you there!

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]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/24/south-calgary-community-family-skate-movie-night/feed/ Register Quick for Annual Calgary Police Half Marathon http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/24/register-quick-for-annual-calgary-police-half-marathon/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/24/register-quick-for-annual-calgary-police-half-marathon/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:47:49 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=43 As of February 23 there are less than 150 Half Marathon spots remaining for 2010.

30th Annual Calgary Police Half Marathon 8 A.M.
5th Annual Calgary Police 5km Run & Walk 8:30 A.M
Sunday, April 25, 2010,
Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW Dear participant,

Register today at: http://www.eventsonline.ca/events/calgarypolice_half

For more information visit our web site at http://www.calgarypolicehalf.ca to get the latest information.

]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/24/register-quick-for-annual-calgary-police-half-marathon/feed/ Bryon makes top 5 Agent at ReMax House in 2009 http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/22/bryon-makes-top-5-agent-at-remax-house-in-2009/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/22/bryon-makes-top-5-agent-at-remax-house-in-2009/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:26:55 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=41 ]]> http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/22/bryon-makes-top-5-agent-at-remax-house-in-2009/feed/ How do You Create Community? http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/22/how-do-you-create-community/ http://blog.thehowardteam.net/2010/02/22/how-do-you-create-community/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:06:16 +0000 Bryon Howard http://thehowardteam.blogs.redmantech.ca/?p=34 This below article is meant to be used as my editorial in South Calgary Community News - March 2010

Community
I’m sitting in the lobby on the guest computer at the Dalewood Inn, Port McNeill, BC. (The Scanners publisher has given me my last deadline to review this month’s newspaper and submit an editorial.)
My buddy Greg Kolodziejzyk and I just pedaled from Nanaimo over the last three days on the Inside Passage.  We went 24/7 taking 4 hour shifts between pedaling and napping. Greg built this Human Powered Boat in his Garage …. and will take it Solo to Hawaii in July. We were just doing some sea trails to work out any glitches. (Cool project supporting distribution of 3000 free bikes for kids.)

We’ve been off the water for just a few hours, and it was an incredible experience. We saw whales breaching, spy hopping, eagles, countless gulls, auks, seals, huge tidal currents and amazing stars!

Sea Trials - Pedal The Ocean

Sea Trials - Pedal The Ocean

While training for this epic adventure I joined Luke Way (triway.ca) at Tri It Multisports for some bike training/spin sessions. I asked Luke why he was doing these training events.
His simple response, “I love creating community. It’s cool to bring people togeather.”
Luke’s a super fit uber tri-athlete guy - under 30 … creating community. That’s cool.
Within the pages of this month’s South Calgary Community News you can find lots of ways to create and help create our stronger community. Perhaps March is the month you get to the Marda Loop Justice Film Festival Night, join the Wine Appreciation night, attend a civic meeting, give your name to assist with our outdoor rinks, pool, or graffiti program … or way more.
Better yet, perhaps March is the month you decide how you’ll make a bigger effort to know the neighbours on your block. (I need to do this.) I think I might be able to find ways … I could host a ReMax Community Yard Sale (I don’t think so), invite neighbours on a Jane’s Walk (May 1st weekend - organized by The Calgary Foundation as part of its vision of a community with citizens engaged in community building at all levels.)
Be strong … and help make your community strong.

Bryon Howard
-editor-
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