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unwanted guests Highlighting Calgary’s haunted housing Cody Stuart
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The site of many a ghost story, visitors to Heritage Park’s Prince House have reported hearing mysterious noises, seeing lights on floors with no electricity and even a woman changing a baby in one of the upstairs rooms of the house.
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SINGLE FAMILY
MLS® AVERAGE DAYS ON MARKET* SEP ‘11 – SEP ‘13
58
60
52 52 48
49
48 40
41
51
CREB® STAFF
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43 42 43
38 37 36
37 37 37
37 34 31 31
SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12 MAR12 APR12 MAY12 JUN12 JUL12 AUG12 SEP12 OCT12 NOV12 DEC12 JAN13 FEB13 MAR13 APR13 MAY13 JUN13 JUL13 AUG13 SEP13
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*All statistics based on monthly data compiled by CREB® via MLS® activity.
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Third quarter non-residential construction highest since start of recession lberta’s commercial building activity in the third quarter of 2013 reached its highest level since the start of the 2009-10 recession, with Calgary construction once again leading the way. According to Statistics Canada, nonresidential construction in Calgary hit $1.02 billion during the third quarter; nearly double that of Edmonton where $575 million was spent.
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he list of amenities in a typical house purchase doesn’t normally contain much out of the ordinary. But every now and then, homes come with something a little more strange. Having been in the real estate business for more than 25 years, CREB® president Becky Walters has witnessed countless transactions between buyers and sellers. One instance stands out as distinctly different. Walters said the occupants of this particular home were convinced they had a ghost as a roommate. “You know full well that any house that’s been around for more than 30 or 40 years has likely had someone die in it,” said Walters. In this case, “It was a native male in turn-of-the-century 1900s ceremonial dress that scared the daylights out of the basement tenants, who were quite sure that this man was standing at the top of the stairs,” said Walters. Walters was skeptical, but the spook was confirmed by the home’s owner. Having seen the ghost himself, he viewed the apparition as a friend rather than a frightening foe. “The owner of the house wouldn’t believe them normally, except that he’d seen it himself going down the stairs,” said Walters. “So he’d open the basement and… here’s this large native man standing in period dress at the top of the stairs – not in a threatening way or anything.” Eventually Walters said the owner and tenants came to accept the uninvited guest as just another feature of the home.
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