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Top 5 Home Design Trends for 2025

Creating Spaces with Soul

As we step into 2025, home design is shifting toward deeper personalization, natural warmth, and quiet luxury. This year’s trends blend function with beauty, focusing on how spaces feel as much as how they look. Whether you're planning a renovation or simply refreshing your interiors, here are five home design trends making waves in 2025.

1. Extended Kitchen Spaces: The New Social Hub

The kitchen continues to evolve from a cooking area into the true heart of the home. In 2025, we're seeing extended kitchen spaces that blend seamlessly with dining and living areas. Open layouts are being reimagined with larger islands, integrated breakfast nooks, and lounge seating, making the kitchen a multi-functional gathering…

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Fall 2024 Brings Lower Interest Rates

Fall Brings Lower Rates & More Listings to Calgary Market.

Many home buyers sat out the usually busy summer market in Calgary, most likely put off by high mortgage rates, inflexible list prices, and slim pickings. However, with the recent mortgage rate cuts, rising new home construction and gains in new listings, we appear to be on a journey to healthier market conditions for Fall 2024.

This trend is expected to continue throughout the remainder of the year with higher-priced properties mostly driving up inventory, as affordable, lower-priced homes continue to be in short supply.

Following stronger-than-expected price gains earlier in the year, the Benchmark Price for a detached home in Calgary was $762,600; an average townhome price was…

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303 Pinemont Gate NE | JUST LISTED!!

303 Pinemont Gate, Calgary T1Y 2R6

$279,900

Be sure to check out this fantastic home in the PINEMONT LANE complex in the popular family community of Pineridge. This fully finished semi-detached bi-level enjoys lovely laminate floors & vaulted beamed ceilings, 2 bedrooms & 1 full bath, great-sized deck & parking stall just steps from your front door. Main floor features a terrific open concept living/dining room with wood-burning fireplace & renovated (2024) kitchen with white appliances & lots of cabinet space. Tastefully updated in 2023, the full bathroom has lovely tile floors & shower/tub combo. The finished lower level - with large windows, has 2 bedrooms, laundry/utility room with white washer & dryer plus under-the-stairs storage. All the…

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Calgary's Most Affordable Communities

Looking for an affordable home in Calgary?

Calgary has several neighborhoods that are generally considered more affordable compared to others. However, please note that the real estate market is dynamic, and affordability can change over time. That being said, here are some neighborhoods in Calgary that are historically known for being relatively affordable:

Ranchlands

Amenities: 12 Acre Community Park with Off-Leash, Ranchlands Community Centre

Average Price Detached Home: $582,597

Situated in Northwest Calgary, Ranchlands is a well established community offering a mix of housing options, including single family homes, duplexes and townhomes. It's location is second to none, being close to Crowfoot Crossing with a host of amenities, as…

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Investors Flock to Buy Calgary Real Estate

Ontario & BC Buyers scooping up investment properties in Calgary.

The days of Alberta losing residents to other provinces are long gone. In the first quarter of 2023, the province saw a net increase of over 31,000 people from other parts of Canada, especially from the provinces of Ontario & BC.

However, people aren't just moving themselves and their loved ones to Alberta — a large percentage of them are moving their money. In the last few years, Calgary has seen a spike in out-of-province homebuyers scooping up investment properties they can rent out, with the motivating factor being comparatively affordable real estate.

Prices in Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria are completely out of reach, not just for homeowners but for investors as well.…

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5 Features That Can Make Your Home Challenging to Sell

Yay!!!! You’ve finally found the home of your dreams. Right?

Before you commit to buying, be sure to consider whether some of your favorite features might be a detriment when it comes time to sell. Some design and architectural elements—such as swimming pools and tile floors—divide home buyers evenly, with half considering them a no-go and the other half absolutely loving them.

While these amenities won’t necessarily be the main factors determining whether or not you buy the home, it’s best to know exactly what you’re getting into. Here’s what to watch out for when buying your dream home, both on the upside and the potential downside.

1. A swimming pool

Living in Alberta where it often feels like Winter for 8 months of the year, don’t…

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1456 Varsity Estates Drive | New Listing!

1456 Varsity Estates Drive NW | $869,900!

You won't want to miss this chance to raise your family in this lovingly maintained bi-level in the sought-after neighbourhood of Varsity, siding onto the Silver Springs golf course & walking distance to off-leash parks & the trails to Bowmont Park. This fully finished 4 bedroom / 3 bath home enjoys vaulted ceilings & exotic Jatoba hardwood floors, cherrywood kitchen with tile floors, 2 fireplaces & huge covered deck with views of the golf course. Vaulted cedar ceilings span the entire main floor, from the beautiful foyer with brick feature wall, open concept living/dining room with its wood-burning fireplace & 2 sets of sliding doors to the deck, & spacious eat-in kitchen with white appliances - including…

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160 Edelweiss Drive NW | New Listing!

NEW Listing!!  160 Edelweiss Drive NW  $1,349,900

Stunning two-story home on the ridge in Edgemont!  Surrounded by simply stunning views of the mountains & Canada Olympic Park is this lovingly maintained estate home, perched on the ridge on one of Edgemont's most highly sought-after streets. Offering a total of 4 bedrooms, 3 car garage & central air, this amazing home enjoys rich hardwood floors & 2 fireplaces, sun-drenched oak kitchen with black appliances, huge deck with awning & extensive improvements including rubber roof, furnaces & hot water tanks.

Step through the front doors & be greeted by the elegant foyer with its grand staircase & wood paneling, which is open to the gracious living room with soaring vaulted ceilings & formal…

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Luxurious Highs in Calgary

Luxury is back. Forget covid and the economic downturn, multi million dollar homes are selling like hot cakes in some parts of the country.

We’ve all heard about the focus on our homes during covid and it appears the luxury market is also basking in that spotlight. A number of recent reports like Royal Le Page’s on Quebec luxury market have found prices and sales of luxury homes have been rising healthily since last year. So just for fun we took a look at what $5m would get you in the Calgary area and who are the lucky potential buyers?

The Concord $5,999,999

Listed by Rowena Chan, Engels and Volkers

It’s one of the priciest pieces of real estate on the market currently in Calgary. A smidge over our $5m budget this penthouse 3…

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Top 10 Twitter Sources for Calgary

If you're looking for up-to-date information on Calgary news, events and reviews, check out these Twitter accounts:

Calgary Herald
@calgaryherald
Updated several times per day with the latest Calgary stories and breaking news.

City of Calgary
@cityofcalgary
News directly from the City of Calgary on roads, City initiatives, City events and City department updates (roads, parks, recreation, etc).

Avenue Magazine
@avenuecalgary
The Twitter feed for Avenue Magazine, profiling Calgary businesses and people with event listings and restaurant/venue reviews.

Tourism Calgary
@tourismcalgary
Everything you want to know about tourism in Calgary: events, facts, statistics and updates from Tourism Calgary.

YYC Food Trucks
@yycfoodtrucks
If you love Calgary's food…

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