Calgary asking rents are down 4.5% year-over-year — tied with Vancouver for the steepest decline among major markets — and lease-up competition among rental operators is intensifying.
August 21, 2026 · 1 min read
National resale activity is stabilizing, but CREA says the Prairies' sellers' markets are cooling — Alberta builders and sellers will have to compete for buyers again.
August 21, 2026 · 1 min read
Ottawa and Alberta will put roughly $1 billion into housing-enabling water and wastewater infrastructure, with the first project list due November 30 — developers and municipalities should be positioning their servicing-constrained lands now.
August 19, 2026 · 1 min read
Only about 1% of Alberta's U.S.-bound exports are on the 50% tariff list, versus 14% for B.C. — which makes Alberta's value-added producers unusually well placed to win the shelf space and contracts others…
August 19, 2026 · 1 min read
Edmonton's August calendar stacked the Alberta Indigenous Games, Folk Fest, Heritage Festival, an AC/DC stadium show and Fringe into a few weeks. It is a reminder that event-driven demand is now a year-round asset…
August 18, 2026 · 1 min read
After a five-month gap that had Avalanche Canada warning of possible service cuts in Alberta, the province says its funding will continue. Backcountry, ski and guiding operators can plan winter programming with public safety…
August 18, 2026 · 1 min read
July's international arrivals data shows U.S. and overseas demand rising into Alberta's peak season while Canadians remain slow to return to U.S. travel — a window for operators to lock in shoulder-season direct bookings.
August 17, 2026 · 1 min read
A steady dollar and five months of rising manufacturing sales give Alberta exporters a stable base to price from — but the deadline this week could move both quickly.
August 17, 2026 · 1 min read
Calgary's Secondary Suite Incentive Program is winding down after helping create roughly 7,000 legal suites and doubling the city's registry to 26,000. With secondary suites now a permitted use, suite construction is set to…
August 17, 2026 · 1 min read
Alberta drove Canada's June rebound in single-family building permits and added to multi-unit gains, a sign the province's pipeline is holding up better than the national picture. Builders and land developers should treat the…
August 17, 2026 · 1 min read