Fifth consecutive month of double-digit trend

Calgary, Dec. 2, 2013 –

City residential sales totaled 1,730 units in November, a 19 per cent increase in sales volume over the previous year.

Calgary continues to be a city on the rise.

Driven by impressive net-migration numbers and record employment growth, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is forecasting increases for nearly every category of Calgary's housing market.

The leaves have fallen, but Calgary's real estate market continued to heat up in October.

Residential sales activity in the city totaled 1,953 units last month. That is still lower than levels seen during the mid-2000s, but it's an 18 per cent rise over 2012 and pushing year-to-date volume increases to just over 10 per cent.

Calgary, Nov. 1, 2013 –

Residential sales activity totaled 1,953 units in October, an 18 per cent rise over 2012 and pushing year-to-date volume increases to just over 10 per cent.

However, on a year-to-date basis, city wide sales remain far below transactions levels recorded throughout 2005 – 2007.

Searching for an affordable option to enter the housing market, more Calgarians are turning to Calgary's apartment condominium market.

By the end of the third quarter, there were 3,147 condominium apartment sales in Calgary, a 14 per cent rise over the previous year.

The towns around Calgary are often admired for their relaxed pace and laidback lifestyle, but for those in buying or selling a home in Airdrie, Cochrane and Okotoks, the last three months have been anything but.

A result of gains in the single-family homes sector, the three communities all recorded the highest third-quarter sales activity on record.

Calgary, Oct. 1, 2013 – City of Calgary residential sales totaled 1,923 units in September, 19 per cent higher than last year and 14 per cent higher than long-term averages for the month.

While sales activity over the past three months has been above long-term trends, it was less so in September than in July and August.

The temperatures around Calgary might be getting chillier, but the numbers coming out of the city's real estate industry are anything but.

Emphasized by recent numbers that show population growth in Alberta is nearly triple the Canadian average, MLS® sales in the city were up by nearly 20 per cent from a year ago.