16 Things That Will Improve your Acreage Saleability In my 19 years experience selling real estate, with a high percentage of that time promoting acreages, whether the acreages are close to Calgary or further out in the eg. the Millarville area, lower priced or very expensive, newer or older, there are several key things one should always give serious attention to if planning to sell that will significantly improve your saleability. If you do not have extra to spend on some of these things you ... Full Article...

Just fininshed first newsletter for 2012. Newsletter includes year in review for 2011 as well as our predictions for 2012 and several tips to help you prepare for a potential sale this year. Royal LePage is predicting a potential 3.5% increase in values in 2012. Look for the newsletter on our site or Email us for a copy at info@chaulkrealestate.com

A very recent Calgary Herald article on my $16M dollar, 460 acre listing elicited very good response from the Calgary business community. Just goes to show despite all the latest social networking methods of communication and exposure, the written word in more detailed article form versus short blips on a screen, still work in many circles.

MD acreage market is currently very slow with a very high inventory of properties and a seemingly small buyer pool. We can't continue to blame the weather for low traffic so it seems the buyers are not there to a significant level so far this year. Based on this pricing is very critical to compete as well as top presentation requirement and comphrehensive marketing.

As we start another year of real estate many sellers are wondering why their property did not sell in 2010. For that matter many agents may be wondering the same thing. Be assured if a property is not selling it is very likely the main reason is that it is priced too high. Many people are still resisting facing this issue, but regardless of all the rationalization that goes on, until this key factor is addressed, this year will be no different from 2010 in this business. The sellers who are pri ... Full Article...

Despite a tougher year for the real estate market in Calagry our team has ended the year being one of the best ever for Real Estate volume listed and sold. We have sold over $24,000,000 in real estate value volume throuhgout the MD Foothills for country properties, Calgary city and Okotoks areas. With our branding redone, systems in top notch condition, improved marketing methods and materials, more focused advertising methods and improved client reporting systems and networking we are preparin ... Full Article...

We would like to thank all of you who signed up for VIP access over the weekend. We will be announcing the winners tomorrow. We are continuing to tweak and update this website to include lots of new information, links and items of interest to our clients and public. We will shortly post a summary of the latest news from the Calgary Real Estate Board on market trend.