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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
  Lethbridge Map   Just to give a shortcut to many people who are considering moving to Lethbridge or who are house shopping for real estate in Lethbridge but are having trouble with finding addresses on the terrible Lethbridge map which is provided on Lethbridge mls.ca here is a link to a great PDF map of lethbridge.  This map of Lethbridge enables you to zoom in and out and is quite current on the new streets and subdivisions in the City of Lethbridge.  *this map is provided as a courtesy by the City of Lethbridge.    Click on this little graphic to open the full map as a pdf file.  
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By Kristie Kruger, Kristie Kruger & Associates
(MyLethbridgeRealty.com)
Testimonials for Lethbridge's Eco Agents - Real Estate So good we just had to share it with the world! Hi Ladies, Just wanted to touch base with you and let you know how happy we are in our new home!I meant to do it earlier but we have been so busy. The house is exactly what we had been looking for and the neighbourhood is great. You guys were awesome to work with and every bit of advice was spot on.All the pointers you gave us about staging and all the work you did to market the house paid off when we sold the house in such a short time.People still can't believe we listed Monday and had the offer Wednesday - all conditions removed Friday! I don't know if any of our friends or co-workers have used you for any transactions but if anyone is talking about realtors we tell them you are the...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
lethbridge realtors yellow pages   Just a humorous observation that I wanted to share with my Lethbridge real estate audience.  I was looking over some of my internet website traffic analytics, which is a fancy way of saying the people who came to my site and where they came from and why they came.   In taking a quick look at the numbers I noticed that I had an unusually high number of visitors who arrived due to searching the internet for lethbridge realtors yellow pages.  In fact, compared to the Yellow pages themselves, for this particular search term I received only 16% less traffic than they did!  Now comes the funniest part of it all.   I have always thought that Yellow page advertising was ridiculously overpriced and that the audience who actually reads them is virtually zero fo...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate, Lethbridge Marketing, and Lethbridge SEO   What do these 3 things have in common?  For some people in my industry, nothing at all.  However for myself they are so interconnected that they are virtually one in the same.   The real estate industry relies heavily upon marketing listed properties to the public, marketing mortgage products and services to potential buyers, and marketing internally to industry members.  As a virtual real estate office my business exists entirely online, thus my marketing efforts are also directed entirely online.   Lethbridge SEO is the technique and talent of having those marketing efforts actually reach their targetted audience.  Having marketing online but failing to target and optimize its reach and audience is a wasted effort.  I ...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Where is the best place to live in Canada?  Well if you are not interested in living in the declining economies of the East, the answer is Lethbridge, Alberta.  According to a recent article in Moneysense Magazine, here are their results from recent surveying across Canada.   Ranked 11th out of all cities in Canada, Lethbridge ranks as one of the most affordable, comfortable, and temperate places to call home.    Here is the complete list of ranked cities.   Lethbridge is still an undiscovered gem for investment and relocation.   Overallrank City Prov. Averagehousehold income Householddiscretionary income New cars Unemployment Provincialincome tax Provincialsales tax¹ ▲                 1 Ottawa-Gatineau ON 36 32 22 38 3 5 2 Kingston ON 69 52 111 22 3 5 3 Burlington ON 16 15 26 54 3 5 4 ...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
West Lethbridge Real Estate       Are you looking for information on real estate in West Lethbridge?  This includes the areas of Paradise Canyon, Copperwood, Varsity Village, Indian Battle Heights, Heritage Heights, Ridgewood Estates, Mountain Meadows, Sunset Arcres, Mountain Heights, Riverstone, etc.  These are just some of the great areas available in West Lethbridge for you to shop for your next home or real estate investment.   A great place to start your house search is at my Lethbridge real estate online website.  While this blog is full of great information on mortgages, the market, prices, industry trends, things to watch out for, etc, my other website is great for searching the local Lethbridge MLS system for Lethbridge real estate listings without any pressure or obligation.  ...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge real estate - foreclosures and bank owned homes   While much of the current marketplace in the US is driven by bank owned and foreclosure properties, it is far less common in Canada.  In my marketplace in Lethbridge Alberta, there are rarely more then a couple bank owned or foreclosures ever on the market.  Of course, there are more currently then there has ever been in the past 30 years, but still there are never more than a half dozen of these properties at any one time.   Recently, I have been asked to help monitor and watch over some of these Lethbridge foreclosure properties on behalf of one of the major lenders.  This allows me early access to their list of Lethbridge foreclosures.  It also allows me to try to assist the property owner in avoiding foreclosure or selling...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Four easy steps to a retrofit grant Take advantage of the ecoENERGY Retrofit grant to make your home more energy efficient and help you save money. To qualify, follow these four easy steps: Before you undertake any energy efficiency renovations, hire a Natural Resources Canada certified energy advisor to perform an energy evaluation of your home. The advisor will give you a pre-retrofit evaluation report and an EnerGuide rating label for your home. Select your improvements and implement the recommended energy upgrades, leaving time to ensure your post-retrofit evaluation is completed within 18 months or before March 31, 2011, (whichever comes first and subject to available funding). Call your energy advisor to perform your post-retrofit evaluation, to confirm your new energy rating and ...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge real estate - relocating to Lethbridge Today I received a great call from a client who is looking at retiring to Lethbridge.  Lethbridge actually attracts a large number of retirees, both from the surrounding rural communities but also from across Canada.  The thing that makes Lethbridge real estate attractive is the combination of small town living with big city amenities.  Lethbridge is a comfortable and affordable place to retire.  In addition, the weather in Lethbridge is attractive to many people.  Although we are known for our wind, it keeps us from suffering from long cold Canadian winters.  We also have near the largest number of sunny days of any city in Canada.   Lethbridge real estate offers a wide selection of properties to suit the needs of a variety of retirees....
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate - Market Update   The following information has been collected and transmitted by CMHC regarding statistics for the Lethbridge and area real estate market.  As a Lethbridge real estate professional I try to stay in touch with these trends as they influence the future of our market and local home prices.  If you have any questions, my contact info is below.   Robert May     2010 Q2 Sales: Lethbridge sales decreased by 32 per cent from 302 in June 2009 to 206 units this June. In the second quarter, sales were down by 19 per cent compared to the previous year. On a year-to-date basis, sales declined by 5 per cent from 1,103 in 2009 to 1,053 units by mid-year 2010. A higher level of transactions in the first three months of the year pushed the year-to-date figure up. ...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate - My Local Videos So I was just messing around on Youtube with a couple of videos and managed to find a cool way to make a playlist of your videos, which you can them embed into your blog.   The cool thing about doing this is it only takes up the spot of one video frame, yet you can scroll to the left or right and it scrolls through the videos that I put in the playlist.    Take just a sec and try scrolling through a couple of my Lethbridge real estate and local community videos.
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate - Searching the Internet   An increasing number of people in Lethbridge search the internet for real estate.  The type and variety of searches is still relatively small compared to larger real estate markets, but it is growing.  As a Lethbridge real estate professional it is important to have a presence on the internet so that when these 'Lethbridge real estate' searches happen you can be found. Every month the most popular searches in Lethbridge changes, some of the popular searches this week are:     mls lethbridge    lethbridge homes for sale    real estate in lethbridge    maxwell real estate lethbridge    remax real estate lethbridge    lethbridge acreages    royal lepage lethbridge    remax lethbridge    century 21 lethbridge    lethbridge commercial real es...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge real estate - Lethbridge gardening   There was a time, not so long ago, that buyers actually were looking for property that had a well located and vegetable producing garden.  I recall as a kid, we had a family plot of land that we would all travel to and collectively tend and harvest food from.  It was always an adventure going there.   The adults would work it and collect vegetables from the garden outside of Lethbridge, while the kids would get a chance to play with their cousins.     These days it seems as if Lethbridge gardening is a hobby more than it is a way of feeding your family.  The Lethbridge farmers market still thrives and there are lots of people who are interested in buying local grown produce, but these same people are not nearly as interested in having thei...
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By Kristie Kruger, Kristie Kruger & Associates
(MyLethbridgeRealty.com)
Check out this link, the province is stepping up to help with the all the flooding, get your form filled out for your rebate! Click Here!!  
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Interest Rates - Lethbridge Mortgage Broker I often get asked, "what is the interest rate?" by consumers.  The answer that they typically want to hear is the answer to one of the following questions: What is the lowest interest rate available? What is the 5 year fixed interest rate?     They ask the first question if they are just curious and wondering how cheaply they could finance.  They ask the second question if they are comparing between banks or with their own financing, as the lenders tend to push the 5 year fixed product harder than any other product they sell.   Well Lethbridge, here are the short answers for you. Lowest interest rate that I have available as of today is 1.70% (on approved credit of course) The 5 year fixed interest rate at most of my lenders is arou...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate - First Time Buyers     Lethbridge first time home buyers are much like anywhere else in the country, although I would say that they are slightly more educated and informed about many things.  The following article which I received via email discusses the results of a study of first time home buyers  and the fact that these buyers are doing more and more research and planning before making such a huge decision. Whether you are buying Lethbridge new homes, Lethbridge acreage, Lethbridge condo, or Lethbridge homes for sale, the information that you need to make an informed decision as a Lethbridge real estate buyer is the same. This is great news!  The more that consumers do this, the stronger the real estate market will be.  If all buyers were to seek out a Lethbri...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Mortgage Broker Do you think 'The Bank' wants you to make smart choices when it comes to your mortgage? A mortgage broker works for YOU, and not for the bank.  Contact an educated mortgage broker before you go house shopping, before you refinance, or before you sign ANYTHING the bank mails you.   A licensed mortgage broker, such as Robert May of Verico Canada First Mortgage, can provide you with clear advice and direction on the many options available to you.  He can help to show you how small choices can result in savings of tens of thousands of dollars.  Does 'The Bank' do that for you? NOPE!   Here is an article published by CMHC (Hi Dan!) that details some of the information that a quality licensed Lethbridge mortgage broker can share with you.   How to Choose The Right M...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate I have several websites that help my business succeed online.  This Lethbridge real estate blog is by far my favorite site and I am guilty of using it to promote my Lethbridge real estate listings, my Lethbridge mortgage brokerage business, and also to talk about many things that are of interest to me.   Sometimes I talk about Lethbridge and the community, sometimes about local events, and often about local Lethbridge businesses which I have dealt with.  I enjoy keeping my content a bit diverse and entertaining, but still focused upon things that are Lethbridge based and of interest to people living in the City.   For those who are interested in searching Lethbridge real estate listings, I have a website that is specifically designed for that purpose.  On my other...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate - Most Lethbridge homeowners and Realtors are unaware that there is Gov't money available for homeowners to fix up their houses.  How do I know?  When I was young, I was able to use this money to fix up my first Lethbridge home! Homeowner Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program — Homeowner RRAP Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) offers financial assistance to low-income homeowners for mandatory home repairs that will preserve the quality of affordable housing. The program helps people who live in substandard dwellings and cannot afford to pay for necessary repairs to their home. Who Can Apply? Homeowners may qualify for assistance if your property is eligible and if your total household income is at or below the Income Threshold set by CMHC. Elig...
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By Robert Havana, Alberta Real Estate License Parking
(Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking)
Lethbridge Real Estate - OPEN HOUSES This weekend - Father's Day - SUNDAY   There are more pics and videos on these Lethbridge properties located further down my blog.  Feel free to scroll down and find them.  Here are the most basic of details condensed into one place just so it is easier for you to see where I will be.  I encourage you to come check out these Lethbridge homes, come chat with me about real estate, or come by and lets talk about Lethbridge mortgage financing and see what sort of options are available for you!     OPEN HOUSE 1pm - 2:30pm 2209 - 19 Avenue South   This is an excellent location on this southside home.  Cool front to back split home on a nice treed and fully fenced full sized lot.  The house has all mechanical fully upgraded including windows, high efficienc...
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