SOLD 西北区 Edgemont city view，walkout南向地下室 $589,900

                                                      C3561036   196 EDGELAND RD NW

Imagine your home located in a quiet neighborhood looking out over one of Edgemont's natural valleys with a view to downtown. This bright open home comes with many upscale features such as grand entry, spiral stair case, vaulted ceiling, huge bedrooms, ensuite bathroom with Jacuzzi and spacious walk-in closet, new energy efficient hot water tank, two 90+energy efficient furnaces and cedar shake roof. Large and bright main floor has laundry room, formal dining room, living room, separate eating nook in kitchen, family room, wood burning fireplace, kitchen with island and built in appliances. The full-size Walkout basement is wide open and ready for your creative design. Private backyard on larger than average lot with good drainage and with plenty of gardening possibilities for the green thumb in the family. The community offers relaxing lifestyle, abundant green space and top class designated schools with parks, shopping & transit are only moments away! Don't miss this great opportunity!

Okotoks among best places to live

Money Sense Magazine has completed their annual review and rankings for Canada’s Best Places to Live 2013. They looked at all data possible to determine who had the best overall quality of life. Such factors as income, employment, price of housing, weather, crime rates, access to medical treatment (doctors) and cultural activities were some of the criteria examined.

Okotoks ranked 36th Best Place to live in Canada out of 200 communities and 18th in Canada on the Best Small Cities (population below 100,000) to live list out of 139 communities nationwide.

卡尔加里房源供给紧缩，使得买家到周边城镇购买

卡尔加里房地产局公布第一季度Okotoks、Cochrane两个周边小镇销售比去年同期有明显增长，分别为18%及6%。而Okotoks的新挂牌量降低15%。（趋势和卡尔加里市内查不多，也是新房源明显降低）。

A shortage of single family listings in Calgary is helping home sales in surrounding communities.
The Calgary Real Estate Board reports in the first quarter of the year sales in Okotoks and Cochrane were up considerably compared to the same period a year ago.

“Relatively strong demand has reduced the amount of time properties are on the market,” says CREB President Becky Walters. “However, overall inventory levels remain healthy, contributing to balanced conditions for buyers and sellers.”

Sales were up 18 per cent in Okotoks and six per cent in Cochrane.

“The improvement in sales activity in Okotoks is due to inventory levels being slightly elevated, unlike some of the other surrounding areas,” says Ann-Marie Lurie, CREB’s Chief Economist. “This provides consumers with choice even though there has been a 15 per cent decline in new listings.”
“If dwindling supplies for single family homes persist within Calgary city limits, it should support growth in outer lying communities,” says Lurie. “However, as resale listings fall, consumers may turn to new homes, and such a move could limit sales growth for resale products.”