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		<title>Your Condo&#8217;s Property Tax Assessment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting in early January the City of Calgary mailed out the 2008 Property Tax Assessments. In almost all communities of the city the average value of properties as estimated on July 1, 2007 went up over the July 1, 2006 value. It seems this year, more than in previous years, home and condo owners are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Year in Numbers at a Glance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearing the end of 2007, it has been a healthy and robust year for condominium sales in the city on the MLS system. Nearly 8000 condos have been sold on the MLS this year. Add to this number the thousands of condominiums sold by developers privately, and Calgarians continue to embrace condo ownership. This decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Condo Corporation by the Numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are looking to purchase a condominium it is important to make any offer subject to your review and approval of the condominium corporations documents. Part of those documents will include the year end financial statements along with the most current unaudited monthly balance sheet. If you are not an accountant by trade, what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardbergeron.com/articles/a-condo-corporation-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<title>You and Your Condo Fee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you own a condo you pay condo fees. It’s a necessary part of condominium life, given that common property expenses, management and reserve fund contributions need to be jointly paid by all owners. But not many of us are fully acquainted with some of the nuances behind the fee. Most owners assume that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water, Water Everywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been yet another wet and rainy June in Calgary. We have all been impacted by the amount of water Mother Nature has thrown our way this past month. For Southern Alberta, too much water is not a typical problem. Our semi-arid climate can leave us prone to droughts as we experience several years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Has Sprung!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is a busy season for most of us. We shed off the short days and long nights of winter and embrace the longer daylight hours that accompany spring. With these extra hours of daylight we fill up the time quickly. The road construction season is in full swing and home and garden centres have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardbergeron.com/articles/spring-has-sprung/</link>
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		<title>Reserve Funds, Deferred Maintenance and Special Assessments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The excitement you have been feeling the past few weeks as you have been shopping for your new condo has turned to apprehension. Why? Now that you have an offer on a unit you have to review the “Condominium Documents” and you are expected to somehow know what they all mean. How do you know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardbergeron.com/articles/reserve-funds-deferred-maintenance-and-special-assessments/</link>
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		<title>Investment Condos and You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you have heard of the residential rental crunch the city of Calgary is experiencing this year. According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Calgary’s vacancy rate is below 0.5%. The situation has been so extreme the U of C’s student union put out a call for Calgarian’s to consider housing a student for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardbergeron.com/articles/investment-condos-and-you/</link>
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		<title>The Future Of Calgary’s Skyline: Green!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine flying over the downtown core and below you is a checkerboard of green gardens and oasis’. Sound improbable in our highly populated inner city? Calgary has a surprising amount of wasted open space. In the densely packed downtown core including the areas of Eau Claire, West Downtown and the Beltline, prime real estate space [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardbergeron.com/articles/the-future-of-calgary%e2%80%99s-skyline-green/</link>
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		<title>Condos: Helping to Save the Planet!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Condo living means many things for many people. Simplified maintenance, more personal time, ease of part-time residency, co-operative management of shared common property, increased safety, affordability and many more, as varied as the people who own and live in condos. One important aspect of condo living that will be gaining greater attention is the positive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardbergeron.com/articles/condos-helping-to-save-the-planet/</link>
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