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Calgary real estate - A guide

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When looking for Calgary real estate, consider things that makes one neighbourhood more charming for you than others. Crime seems to correlate somewhat with the overall attractiveness of an area.

If this relationship can be quantified, that would be interesting to see. What else makes a neighbourood desirable? Convenience? Physical beauty with good air quality and a clean environment? Conscious upkeep? All of these to some degree. The appeal of a single piece of Calgary real estate, for instance, can be reflected in its price, and this would depend partially on all of the above as well as the size, features and condition of all buildings and the lot. This webpage examines a few factors in more detail.

Why is inner city living desirable

Older Calgary real estate, usually located closer to the centre of the city, has become increasingly popular over the last several decades. People like the charm, nostalgia, warmth, majestic trees and character of the Calgary inner city homes in these neighbourhoods, provided they are in decent shape. When they're not, incoming residents can enjoy these established communities through the purchase of in-fill homes, equipped with all the modern conviences one would expect in a suburban home.

Not surprisingly, these homes normally command a price premium. It's a lifestyle choice. For that you get the nice shops, parks and a locale that has stood the test of time.

Calgary transportation

The next thing to evaluate is commuting time. The tendancy is for more distant suburban Calgary real estate to have lower Calgary crime statistics but at some point, the greater travel distances and times to other points in the city become more trouble than they're worth.

In Calgary especially, this problem is exacerbated when using public transportation, where many one way travel times can easily stretch to an hour or more.

It's something we don't immediately think about when choosing places to live or to work. Of course it would be nice to have Calgary real estate in a community that is not too distant from work, but is nice, clean and well-kept. These attributes PROBABLY correlate negatively with crime rate (meaning many low crime areas are often nicely maintained as well).

More about Calgary crime rates

The increased travel distance is balanced with these other things, including affordability, as Calgary real estate in new, further-out areas tends to be a little cheaper.

But living anywhere in the city is not cheap. However that is a decision made in order to pursue your choice of career in many cases. It's all part of an overall lifestyle choice. Some people like the quieter suburban Calgary real estate or a rural lifestyle and are willing to drive further each day to enjoy that benefit. And this pick becomes more common once the family has children. Calgary real estate with good safety, schools, parks, and clean air becomes even more important at that point.

So what are the downsides? Stress. Its effects on health and relationships, blood pressure (induced by the pressures of rush-hour driving), emotional effects such as depression all can result from too long of a daily commute from your distant Calgary real estate or outside of the Calgary city limits. Then there are the expenses and environmental effects resulting from excessive driving - air pollution, greenhouse gas contributions, congestion and urban sprawl.

Making distant Calgary real estate work for you

What can you do to cope? First of all, live with it and appreciate the benefits of your trade-off and that you have been able to make a choice at all. Secondly, work part-time or tele-commute at least some of the time, thereby reducing the time and cost pressures (which can include fares, fuel, tolls and/or parking).

One thing some people do is use the travel time to take audio-courses using portable electronics devices such as the car CD player or iPod. Entire publishing companies such as Nightingale-Conant exist to produce these things and they provide effective use of the time for many.

Commuters can also benefit from being organized and prepared, setting out clothes and meals the night before to reduce the morning rat-race, and spending more quality morning time with the family helps. And so does using company-supplied fitness and washing facilities to minimize tension on the job. Carpooling helps with stress and expenses, without sacrificing too much time, and so can the Calgary C-Train in some cases.

If congestion is a problem, consider starting work an hour or two earlier (or later) to avoid the rush if you can. One more thing; live close to work. The table following the map below includes a travel index, where travel times from downtown Calgary (Centre Street Bridge) to the Calgary real estate in each neighbourhood is compared and ranked on a scale from one to 100.

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Calgary property assessment

Consider these value items when examining the price of Calgary real estate, in addition to the building and lot size size, amenities and condition. A larger property, all else being equal, should cost more. Same goes for one in better shape.

Bearing these facts in mind, the map and table below provide data to help you examine the effects of Calgary crime and distance from downtown on the prices of Calgary real estate. Please check the link on each neighbourhood name for more details about the area.

How were these values calculated? The Crime Index was taken by counting all these types of crime: Assaults, Break-ins, Vehicle thefts, Vehicle Break-ins, and Homicides (with a heavier weighting), then dividing the total by the population of each area to get crime rates per population and ranking all 178 residential neighbourhood crime rates considered, on a scale from 1 to 100, with 100 having the lowest crime rate.

The commute time to City Centre was compared for each community as well, by taking both the driving and transit time (on a Sunday afternoon) to the Centre Street Bridge in northern downtown into consideration. Then these values were ranked from 1 to 100 with the smaller numbers indicating the shortest times.

Price index takes price per unit sold in late 2009 for each neighbourhood, ranked again from 1 to 100 (100 being the most expensive). The value index places a higher value on neighbourhoods with the cheaper Calgary real estate, low crime and short commutes, once again ranked from 1 to 100. In this case, 100 is the best combination of all the criteria considered here.

See how they compare, and keep in mind that units may have higher prices because of their size, grandeur and location-related features such as waterfront property or awesome views. These numbers are most appropriate for comparing Calgary real estate in neighbourhoods in relatively close proximity to each other.

Map of Calgary real estate

Here is a bit more about this real estate map. Red Lines show these main roads that separate Calgary real estate into communities.

A - Deerfoot Trail, CANAMEX QE2 Highway 2 North and South
B - Glenmore Trail, joining Highway 560 East and Highway 8 West
C - Crowchild Trail, Highway 1A West - it takes you to the far northwest Calgary real estate and then Cochrane
D - 16th Avenue, Trans-Canada Highway #1 East and West
E - Marquis of Lorne Trail, Highway 22x East and West
F - MacLeod Trail, Highway 2a South
G - International Avenue (17th Ave East), Highway 1A East
H - Country Hills Boulevard, Highway 564 East
I - Stoney Trail, Highway 201 East, North and West, with future south extension shown as a red-dashed line.
J - Sarcee Trail, North and South
K - 14 Street W, North and South
L - Centre Street, central
M - Barlow Trail, North and South
O - John Laurie Blvd West, McKnight Blvd East
P - Memorial Drive East, Parkdale Blvd Central, Bowness Road West
Q1 - Anderson Road West
Q2 - Canyon Meadows Drive East and West
R - Bow Trail West,
S - Central Corridor: 9th Avenue eastbound, 6th Avenue westbound
T - Blackfoot Trail South

Cyan Blue lines and Areas show these water features.

GR - Glenmore Reservoir
U - Bow River
V - Elbow River
W - Fish Creek
X - East Irrigation Canal
Y - West Nose Creek
Z - Nose Creek

Black and green lines show these rail lines:

C-Train - Calgary C-Train LRT system are solid green lines, with future track extensions show as dashed green lines.
CNR Canadian National Railway - Dashed Black Line
CPR Canadian Pacific Railway - Dashed Black Line

The Black Plane and ICAO symbol YYZ represent the Calgary International Airport.
The Grey area in the southwest is the Tsuu T'ina #145 Reserve. This is not Calgary real estate; this property is adjacent to the Calgary City Limit.

The two biggest parks in town are:

NHP - Nose Hill Park in the north
FC - Fish Creek Provincial Park in the south

Here is the legend for the black numbers with yellow backgrounds.

Map	Area	Population	Crime Index	Commute Index	Price Index	Value Index
1	Garrison Woods	1400	100	59	No Calgary Real Estate Sales Data	No Sales Data
2	Country Hills Village	2200	55	67	No Sales Data	No Sales Data
3	Red Carpet	1700	41	53	No Sales Data	No Sales Data
4	Skyview Ranch	100	16	65	No Sales Data	No Sales Data
5	Greenview	2000	61	49	8	100
6	Valley Ridge	5000	80	76	34	81
7	Rocky Ridge	6900	84	82	34	74
8	Discovery Ridge	4300	88	83	50	69
9	Queensland	5000	70	79	13	65
10	Sandstone Valley	6500	69	76	21	64
11	Crescent Heights	6100	36	1	29	61
12	Strathcona Park	7200	73	74	36	58
13	Country Hills	3700	63	73	16	57
14	Coventry Hills	15700	64	70	18	57
15	Patterson	4100	79	80	45	56
16	North Haven	2300	61	54	26	54
17	North Haven Upper	700	61	59	26	53
18	Beddington Heights	12000	57	74	13	53
19	Rosemont	1200	58	36	40	51
20	Huntington Hills	13600	53	55	14	51
21	Rutland Park	2300	61	59	30	50
22	Tuscany Calgary	18300	69	75	30	50
23	Westgate	3200	61	68	24	49
24	Cambrian heights	2100	54	44	29	49
25	Lakeview	5500	73	60	49	47
26	Glendale	2800	61	68	27	47
27	Sunnyside	3700	51	26	39	47
28	Citadel	10200	69	80	23	47
29	Silver Springs	9200	64	68	24	46
30	Evergreen	18100	75	98	26	45
31	MacEwan Glen	5200	61	70	21	45
32	Parkland	3800	73	80	36	43
33	Deer Run	5500	68	84	25	43
34	West hillhurst	5700	59	44	46	42
35	Cougar Ridge	5200	70	80	32	41
36	Rosedale	1600	59	23	71	39
37	Dalhousie	9100	58	65	26	39
38	Spruce Cliff	3500	54	54	27	38
39	Renfrew	5700	41	28	28	38
40	Charleswood	3500	54	50	34	36
41	Edgemont	16500	65	73	34	36
42	Hidden Valley	11800	61	82	19	36
43	Hamptons	8100	70	80	43	35
44	Collingwood	2300	55	48	43	35
45	Capitol Hill	4200	44	24	34	35
46	Coach Hill	3200	60	81	27	34
47	University Heights	3000	61	45	57	34
48	Mount Pleasant	4800	40	26	40	34
49	Scenic Acres	9100	61	69	29	34
50	Thorncliffe	8800	45	55	19	34
51	Somerset	8500	65	96	22	33
52	Royal Oak	10400	66	81	34	33
53	Springbank Hill	7900	69	81	46	32
54	West Springs	6700	68	81	39	32
55	Auburn Bay	3500	65	82	29	32
56	Crestmont	1400	62	72	37	32
57	Elboya	1700	58	52	52	31
58	Christie Park	2200	66	76	49	31
59	Richmond/Knobhill	4000	51	54	36	31
60	Signal Hill	13900	63	79	40	31
61	Shaganappi	1600	46	51	31	31
62	Riverbend	10100	54	66	21	31
63	Chinook Park	1700	61	68	43	30
64	Varsity	12200	55	54	40	30
65	Scarboro	900	53	54	38	29
66	Cedarbrae	6400	55	81	14	29
67	New Brighton	5100	59	84	22	29
68	Bonavista Downs	1000	55	78	21	29
69	Evanston	4600	66	100	24	29
70	Winston Heights/Mountview	3600	44	46	32	29
71	Harvest Hills	7400	51	72	21	29
72	Bayview	600	70	75	56	28
73	Aspen Woods	2800	69	74	58	28
74	Palliser	3200	58	76	32	28
75	Glamorgan	6400	53	66	26	28
76	Canyon meadows	8000	55	81	21	28
77	Millrise	6700	55	87	18	28
78	Douglasdale/glen	11700	55	69	25	28
79	Monterey Park	10500	52	56	17	28
80	Banff Trail	3800	40	30	32	27
81	Ranchlands	7700	52	76	21	27
82	Fairview	3600	43	66	15	26
83	Bridgeland/Riverside	5200	35	37	28	26
84	Calgary Rundle	11300	45	46	13	26
85	Sundance	11000	63	94	29	25
86	Rideau Park	600	61	55	64	24
87	Shawnee Slopes	1500	61	90	37	24
88	Lincoln Park	2600	49	59	36	24
89	Maple Ridge	2000	53	71	29	24
90	Deer Ridge	4000	49	76	15	24
91	Taradale	14500	53	65	16	24
92	Windsor park	3900	47	59	34	23
93	Erlton	1200	38	49	25	23
94	Ramsay	2000	38	36	30	23
95	McKenzie Towne	14100	52	81	20	23
96	Sherwood/Symons Valley	1600	62	84	35	23
97	Panorama Hills	16400	55	78	31	23
98	Brentwood	6100	46	55	29	23
99	Mayland Heights	5900	37	32	17	23
100	Calgary SaddleRidge	12600	53	70	17	23
101	Abbeydale	6000	43	57	4	23
102	Upper Mount Royal	2600	65	51	79	22
103	Coral Springs	6000	54	66	23	22
104	Woodbine	9600	57	92	26	21
105	Glenbrook	6900	45	65	24	21
106	Braeside	6000	48	78	20	21
107	Britannia	700	64	64	78	21
108	Inglewood	3300	36	45	30	21
109	Chaparral	10500	61	97	32	21
110	Midnapore	7100	51	86	20	21
111	Martindale Calgary	12400	48	74	10	21
112	Killarney/Glengarry	6600	44	61	34	20
113	Haysboro	6400	45	75	22	20
114	Kingsland	4400	40	62	22	20
115	McKenzie Lake	14500	55	83	30	20
116	Cranston	9100	54	89	27	20
117	Parkdale	2200	46	48	50	20
118	Arbour Lake	10700	55	80	35	20
119	Erin Woods	7000	42	53	9	20
120	Southwood	6100	42	75	18	19
121	Bridlewood	3500	54	100	19	19
122	Sunalta	3400	37	46	29	19
123	Lake Bonavista	10800	58	77	45	19
124	Copperfield	5600	52	90	22	19
125	Kincora	3400	54	84	30	19
126	Highwood	2200	38	56	28	19
127	Hawkwood	10200	47	71	26	19
128	Penbrook Meadows	8200	36	57	1	19
129	Parkhill	1600	40	55	38	18
130	St. Andrews Heights	1600	44	45	49	18
131	Highland park	3600	39	62	28	18
132	Silverado	2600	54	97	25	17
133	Shawnessy	9400	48	90	18	17
134	Ogden	8700	34	67	10	17
135	Forest Heights	6200	32	46	4	17
136	Dover	10300	31	47	2	17
137	Roxboro	400	67	51	100	16
138	Scarboro/Sunalta West	400	39	60	39	16
139	Woodlands	6400	45	84	24	16
140	Diamond Cove	800	47	73	31	16
141	Hillhurst	6100	38	30	52	16
142	Applewood park	6400	41	57	16	16
143	Whitehorn	11800	35	54	8	16
144	Oakridge	5800	49	83	34	15
145	Mission	4200	31	44	34	15
146	Tuxedo Park	4600	28	55	28	15
147	Albert Park /Radisson Heights	6000	27	35	10	15
148	Elbow Park	3400	60	68	87	14
149	Altadore	8700	44	63	47	14
150	Lower Mount Royal	3200	38	53	53	14
151	RossCarrock	3200	34	61	31	14
152	Calgary Marlborough Park	8600	33	51	9	14
153	Pineridge Calgary	9800	32	50	6	14
154	South Calgary	3600	38	58	43	13
155	Wildwood	2600	38	58	35	13
156	North Glenmore Park	2400	41	58	39	13
157	Bowness	10900	37	72	28	13
158	Temple Calgary	11000	39	59	20	13
159	Castleridge	6100	34	64	6	13
160	Falconridge	10300	33	63	3	13
161	Pump Hill	1600	56	77	62	12
162	Bankview	5200	30	51	33	12
163	Willow Park	5300	41	72	38	12
164	Acadia Calgary	10600	33	71	19	12
165	Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill	2900	36	32	64	12
166	Vista Heights	2200	26	40	14	12
167	Marlborough Calgary	8200	27	48	11	12
168	Forest Lawn	7700	24	41	4	12
169	Kelvin Grove	2300	46	71	54	11
170	Cliff Bungalow	1800	32	48	45	11
171	BelAire	400	52	65	80	11
172	Mayfair	400	44	64	54	11
173	Montgomery	3800	26	55	25	11
174	Beltline (including South Downtown, Connaught and Victoria Park)	18300	29	36	60	10
175	Southview	2100	22	44	13	8
176	Manchester	600	7	53	18	6
177	Eagle Ridge	300	33	65	75	4
178	Meadowlark Park	500	1	61	31	2

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