Greatest Boom Ever

Properties for sale are languishing on the market for longer, new figures show, as buyers pull back and sellers hesitate to accept deep discounts amid the property downturn.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mrxkvphe     

Canada’s annual population growth has slowed to its lowest level in more than 80 years due to lower immigration, says Statistics Canada.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yzyts3y3        

A popular indoor soccer facility in northwest Calgary won’t be displaced by a future water infrastructure project, a local soccer organization and the city confirmed Wednesday.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2s4hd3d8  

Across Alberta, there’s a growing sense of frustration. Some people feel governments are not listening, not working together, and not fixing what needs to be fixed. Others feel the systems they rely on are struggling to keep up with a fast-changing world.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4az8y2zm  

Fort McMurray is known for being Alberta’s oil rich region, and new data reveals that wealth continues to trickle down to residents – renters specifically, who are keeping more money in their pockets even after making rent payments.         Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2vaaayxt    

Average asking rents in Airdrie reached $1,966 in August, according to the latest Rentals.ca Rent Report.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mw8hfeta  

Airdrie’s 2023-to-2026 council plan is nearing its end, but several major projects will continue beyond it.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/47szfdva     

City council voted unanimously to decline a public tax refund request made by the Aspen Grove Clinic property owner who believes tax assessments on the property have been too high over the past decade.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/xdncx3c9     

Houses are overvalued by 38 per cent across Australia’s capital cities, new analysis reveals, suggesting prices could have further to fall in the market downturn.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4wctu7cx       

Average asking rents across Canada have been falling for almost two years now, but a new factor is affecting some markets more than others – a fresh round of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2vtmcur6  

Canadian investors own controlling stakes in the country’s oil and gas industry, but analysts say international shareholders could gain a larger foothold as the oilpatch enters a potential wave of growth.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4h58tdsn  

City of Edmonton officials are preparing to move in on illegal lodging houses now that changes to the zoning bylaw has given them teeth.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ntxr87sn     

Cochrane town council has approved a capital budget of nearly $32 million to upgrade and expand the community’s water treatment plant, with most of the project proposed to be financed through borrowing tied to future growth.       Read more: https://tinyurl.com/jh9cf72e     

Okotoks Town Council has approved a land-use redesignation that could pave the way for a new campground in the southeast part of town .        Read more: https://tinyurl.com/56vrnpmd