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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.fredferguson.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Fred Ferguson</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/default.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)</generator><item><title>Apartment For Sale in Shawnee Slopes/Evergreen Estates</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/2010/05/16/4b92dd33418b4ec2ade07171087175e6.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4da202aa-59f4-432d-bb30-dac234a4bfbb:675434</guid><dc:creator>Fred Ferguson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/comments/675434.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/commentrss.aspx?PostID=675434</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p align="center" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Condos/Calgary/Shawnee_SlopesEvergreen_Estates/Agent/Listing_16456575.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/f11c/4ef0/6eed/63b807738299505d3a9e/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Front Entrance of the Building" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="cutline"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;High End Living - Low End Price!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;786 sq. ft., 2 bath, 1 bdrm apartment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.fredferguson.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #C3427535" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$247,500&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Shawnee Slopes/Evergreen Estates, Calgary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; RARE OPPORTUNIY HIGH END LUXURY LIVING beside Shaw-Nee Golf Course for Low End Pricing! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last unit like this one sold 05/31/2007 for $288,888. The options &amp;amp; features list is long. The most important items are Super Quiet Exclusive Location, exquisite landscaping, well managed complex, Heated Underground Parking for Residents and Visitors, In-House Car Wash, Guest Suites, Fitness Centres, Meeting-Party Room-Libraries, and much more. The interior finishing of the building is high end and in immaculate condition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Space Wise Open Design unit has a Fireplace and is totally SWEET! It comes with all the appliances included in the price. The French door leads to a semi-secluded patio which faces west towards the golf course. You get a secure heated underground parking stall here plus an equally secure storage locker for all your extra stuff with this offering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Act fast or wait for years for another one to come along. Call me to see this place, if you LIKE IT I&amp;rsquo;ll Help You BUY IT! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Condos/Calgary/Shawnee_SlopesEvergreen_Estates/Agent/Listing_16456575.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fredferguson.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=675434" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category></item><item><title>Price Reduced on 416-1717 60 Street SE in Redcarpet/Mountview</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/2010/05/10/5377bfb8d12c403d860ffc7c01fd251a.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4da202aa-59f4-432d-bb30-dac234a4bfbb:672632</guid><dc:creator>Fred Ferguson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/comments/672632.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/commentrss.aspx?PostID=672632</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Redcarpet/Mountview, Calgary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Announcing a price reduction &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on 416-1717 60 Street SE, a 1,280 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm apartment &amp;quot;Top Drawer - Top Floor&amp;quot;. Now&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.fredferguson.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #C3419660" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$225,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- Lowest $/SQ FT Anywhere!. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Homes/Calgary/RedcarpetMountview/Agent/Listing_14015101.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fredferguson.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=672632" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category></item><item><title>The 2010 Real Estate Market... So Far</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/2010/05/08/the-2010-real-estate-market-so-far.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 01:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4da202aa-59f4-432d-bb30-dac234a4bfbb:672138</guid><dc:creator>Fred Ferguson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/comments/672138.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/commentrss.aspx?PostID=672138</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s taken awhile to sort out where we&amp;rsquo;re headed but I can see a trend occurring now and decided to write about it.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;In 2008 - 31,259 Single Family Homes were listed in the MLS system and 13,445 (43 %) of them sold. In the condominium market 14,148 condos were listed with 5,661 (40%) of them selling. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;In 2009 the stats improved. Of 22,459 Single Family Home listings, - 14,440 (64.3%) sold, and of the10,323 condos that were listed, 6,328 (61.3%) of those sold. 2010 so far has seen 10,042 Single Family Home listings with 4,538 (45%) sales, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;4,771 condo listings with &lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;2,159 (45%) sales.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt; &lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So far, 2010 is like 2008 as far as real estate goes when we were hoping for a better year than 2009. CMHC and the mortgage lenders have made changes in policies which have knocked a lot of people out of the buyer pool who would have previously qualified to buy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;With fewer buyers available, sellers are going to have to be realistic with regards to the list price in the beginning of the listing if they hope to get their properties to sell. I predict the idea of starting high and coming down later will have the sellers ending up with a lower than normal selling price after languishing for a long time on the market or not selling at all!.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My advice to the buyers is if you can qualify now to buy, do so while you can still get a mortgage. Learn from the buyers who procrastinated over the last year and no longer qualify to buy... they&amp;rsquo;re probably kicking themselves but what&amp;rsquo;s done is done!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fredferguson.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=672138" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Apartment For Sale in Redcarpet/Mountview</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/2010/04/16/c2d0ccfa8e1c4a52aaa0be9b69cfed7a.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4da202aa-59f4-432d-bb30-dac234a4bfbb:658902</guid><dc:creator>Fred Ferguson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/comments/658902.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/commentrss.aspx?PostID=658902</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p align="center" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Homes/Calgary/RedcarpetMountview/Agent/Listing_14699225.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/d438/5664/f13d/1cafda6bd0d2ae3a7284/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="3000 Building Front Shot" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;396 sq. ft., 1 bath, 1 bdrm apartment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://fredferguson1.point2agent.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;- 133500&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Redcarpet/Mountview, Calgary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Secure Heated Underground Parking&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; So you are single, maybe a renter, you prefer a small Carbon footprint and seek the simple life. Maybe you&amp;rsquo;re a world traveler or long haul trucker needing a permanent address with a place to crash. You may be from out of town looking for the cheapest way to stay in Calgary for your work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the &lt;strong&gt;Lowest Priced, Space-Wise, Studio + Den + Ensuite Laundry + Storage Locker available&lt;/strong&gt;! All appliances are included making this SWEET! Elliston Park 3000 is the BEST building in the area; safe, secure, and well managed with a good Reserve Fund. The low condo fees include everything but phone and cable so it&amp;#39;s SUPER CHEAP to live here! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You will enjoy a comfortable lifestyle at a very economical price. The location to downtown is QUICK by car or Public Transit - the bus shelter is just outside the door. Elliston Lake/Park is across the road. At this price you&amp;#39;re going to have to HURRY. &lt;strong&gt;Call ME - Fred Ferguson 403-669-5442 -&amp;nbsp;to see it, If you LIKE IT... I&amp;#39;ll help you BUY IT!!! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Homes/Calgary/RedcarpetMountview/Agent/Listing_14699225.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fredferguson.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=658902" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category></item><item><title>2 Story For Sale in Harvest Hills</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/2010/03/09/35d4b9a442f94d95a78a57f40eddf62c.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4da202aa-59f4-432d-bb30-dac234a4bfbb:633247</guid><dc:creator>Fred Ferguson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/comments/633247.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/commentrss.aspx?PostID=633247</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p align="center" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Homes/Calgary/Harvest_Hills/Agent/Listing_12674659.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/9eeb/e2f1/706b/ea523f004e57072de3ab/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Front Elevation" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;1,640 sq. ft., 4 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.fredferguson.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #C3414700" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$399,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Harvest Hills, Calgary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; This good sized 4BR, 2 Storey home, developed on three levels and is totally Feng Shui influenced with a tower and turret feel and double cathedral ceilings. unlike anything I&amp;rsquo;ve seen before. The large foyer on the main floor has an adjoining visiting area, a formal dining room in the middle, and kitchen with nook, and family room with a cozy fireplace at the back. The uniqueness of the main floor continues upstairs - the master bedroom has a &amp;quot;Crows Nest&amp;quot; retreat with a panoramic view of the airport and rolling hills. There&amp;rsquo;s a large arch upstairs overlooking the family room below. Heading down to the lowest level you find a fully developed walk-out basement finished in a way that could make an ideal in-law residence if you have need for it. As far as location goes you are in a quiet spot that is also close to everything - schools, shopping, transportation, sports fields, golf and a lake! This is a very cool place and an excellent buy, so hurry and call me to see it. If you like it, I&amp;rsquo;ll help you Buy It! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Homes/Calgary/Harvest_Hills/Agent/Listing_12674659.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fredferguson.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=633247" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category></item><item><title>Single Story For Sale in Westgate</title><link>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/2010/02/16/6770f008b4f5402cb7fcb9725bbe10cb.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">4da202aa-59f4-432d-bb30-dac234a4bfbb:619002</guid><dc:creator>Fred Ferguson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/comments/619002.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/commentrss.aspx?PostID=619002</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;1,022 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm single story &amp;quot;Bi-Level&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.fredferguson.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="width:34px;position:absolute;height:20px;" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$385,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;- Best Price in Westgate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Westgate, Calgary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fredferguson.com/Calgary/Alberta/Homes/Calgary/Westgate/Agent/Listing_11664532.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fredferguson.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=619002" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.fredferguson.com/blogs/fred_ferguson/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category></item></channel></rss>