Blog Entries Tagged: Bowness Calgary Real Estate | Page #2
Found 54 blog entries tagged as Bowness Calgary Real Estate.

Moving is never a small task—but moving in the height of summer can make it feel like a marathon in the desert. While Calgary’s summer season offers beautiful blue skies and warm prairie breezes, the temperatures can spike quickly, turning your moving day into a sweaty, exhausting event. But with a bit of planning and the right strategy, you can keep cool (literally and figuratively) during your summer move.

First, plan to begin your move early in the day. In Calgary, summer temperatures tend to rise rapidly by midday. Plan to begin your move as early in the morning as possible, ideally before 9 a.m. Not only is it cooler, but traffic is often lighter too—especially if you're moving on a weekday. If you are using movers, they will also appreciate…

169 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

Every month the Calgary Real Estate Board releases a report detailing what has been happening in the real estate market. These reports provide valuable information to sellers, buyers, and investors alike. Real estate requires strategic decision making, so staying informed is crucial to ensure you are making the best moves possible.

Here are the highlights from The The Calgary Real Estate Board's market report for June 2025, which you can read in full by clicking here:

  • "Inventory levels in June continued to rise[reaching] 6,941 units, returning to levels [sic] prior to the surge in population growth" (CREB®).
  • "The unadjusted benchmark price was $586,200 in June, lower than last month and over three per cent lower than last year" (CREB®).
    • …

169 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

Every month the Calgary Real Estate Board releases a report detailing what has been happening in the real estate market. These reports provide valuable information to sellers, buyers, and investors alike. Real estate requires strategic decision making, so staying informed is crucial to ensure you are making the best moves possible.

Here are the highlights from The The Calgary Real Estate Board's market report for May 2025, which you can read in full by clicking here:

  • " Thanks to steep pullbacks in the apartment condominium sector, total residential sales in Calgary eased by 17 per cent compared to May of last year" (CREB®).
  • "With 2.6 months of supply, conditions are still relatively balanced" (CREB®).
  • "Recent inventory gains are…

113 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

With Calgary’s growing population, housing demand, and updated zoning bylaws, many homeowners are looking to turn their basements into legal rental suites—and for good reason. A secondary suite can provide extra monthly income, boost your property value, and help address the city’s affordable housing shortage.

But before you start hanging drywall and picking paint colors, it’s essential to understand what this all entails. Here are some of the details, but as always, be sure to consult a lawyer before you declare yourself a "legal" basement suite landlord!

  1. Know the rules. In Calgary, a secondary suite refers to a self-contained living space within your home, such as a basement, that includes a separate entrance, a full kitchen and…

92 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

Calgary may be a bustling urban center, but it’s also a paradise for nature lovers. From sprawling parks to scenic river pathways, the city offers countless ways to stay connected to the great outdoors—all without sacrificing access to great schools, shops, and city amenities.

Whether you’re into hiking, biking, birdwatching, or just relaxing in green spaces, these Calgary communities strike the perfect balance between city living and nature-filled serenity:

Bowness: Bowness blends urban charm with riverside recreation. This historic northwest community is adjacent to Bowness Park, a local favourite for skating, canoeing, and picnics. This community has outdoor fun for every season!

Canyon Meadows: This southeast community borders Fish Creek…

372 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post


Canada has fully embraced Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both days marked by incredible retail sales. For many Canadians, this long weekend of savings has marked the start (and end) of all Christmas shopping. Many retailers boast incredible sales, free shipping and one-day-only savings events. Want to take advantage of this year's great deals? Here are some tips:

1). Make a list & check it twice: What are you hoping to get during this weekends deals? Make a list and check it twice. Consider everything: gifts, work clothes, food, home goods, etc.. Literally everything will be on sale somewhere. Having a list will help you stay focused and not forget anything. However, be flexible! You never know what great deals could await... 

2). Be Informed: On…

1091 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

With the advent of the digital age comes a series of tech innovations aimed at making life more efficient. From searching for the best pizza place in town to messaging thousands of friends and family at once, the golden era of the internet is here. Love it or hate it, it is not going away anytime soon. 

For homeowners, the advancement of technology has helped them better find service providers for their property, secure their property, keep tabs on their property and easily access important property guidelines and documents. Most agree that these advancements are generally positive, but there is one new app that people are split on: Airbnb.

Airbnb and services like it are designed to enable homeowners to rent out their property, either a single room…

1861 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

This townhome in beautiful Bowness will be your new home-sweet-home. 

This three bedroom  is spotless and fully developed. The previous long-time owner invested in numerous upgrades, such as flooring, additional bathrooms (three in total) and much more. Large windows bring in sunlight no matter what time of day it is. The kitchen is spacious and the living room and family room are cozy and bright. 

The property includes a nice covered patio off of the kitchen that is perfect for the BBQ, a convenient main laundry attached to a two piece bathroom, two large bedrooms upstairs and a fully finished bedroom downstairs. The three levels offer a total of 1300+ square feet of living space.  

Quaint and low maintenance, this  building complex offers a…

1254 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

Remembrance Day is this weekend on November 11th. In honor of this significant day in Canadian history, here is the history behind the poppy: 

In 1915 Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian soldier, wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields." He did so on the battlefront of Ypres, Belgium during the first world war after seeing his dear friend, Alexis Helmer, killed by a German bomb. The poem was a reflection on war, loss, perseverance and the poppies that grew atop the graves of the fallen. Many soldiers recalled the hope these blossoming poppies gave them, that even after death something beautiful could grow. 

In 1918 Moina Michael, inspired my McCrae's poem, vowed to always wear a red poppy in remembrance of those who served in the war. During a…

748 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post

Own a property on the ever popular Bowness Road!

With all the new recently installed bike lanes, trendy restaurants and recently upgraded walk scores, Bowness is quickly becoming one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in the city.

Do not miss out on this redevelopment site! Large 50x120 R-C2 corner lot, a prime location for the City of Calgary's new Main Streets (potential) up-zoning requirements to multi-family. This 1932 Character bungalow is in need of a little tender loving care. This property is not in the flood zone nor did it flood.

Hurry on this one! 

View this Listing || Explore Bowness || Contact Us

Ken Richter is a trusted name in Calgary real estate; his experience is your advantage. Ken and his Home Selling Team are…

746 Views, 0 Comments

Read Full Post