Marjorie and Doug McKay Chestermere Alberta 403-207-1776

The Developer, Isle of Man has just released 10 building lots onto mls. These lots have architectural controls but you can choose your lot and then choose your builder, or sub-contract yourself. These lots are about 50 feet wide x 108 feet, depending on the lot you choose. See the lots highlighted in green.

You can also choose your realtor on these lots. Listed by CIR Realty, these lots are on MLS so you can choose the realtor that you are comfortable with to help you.

We have been helping people buy and sell homes in Chestermere for 16 years and we are in the top 5% of agents in Calgary and area. We live right to the West of these lots. We can work with you as your buyer's agent to help you secure the terms and conditions that you need to make these lots the spot for your new home.

Chestermere Lake is 5 miles from the Calgary City limit. It is 20 minutes from the airport and about 25 minutes to downtown Calgary. It is a town of 12,000 and we have great access to schools, shopping and recreation. The town is centred around a 750 acre lake that you can waterski, sail, fish and enjoy. The town has a very active recreation centre, library, and many groups and clubs you can join. Visit our website for more information on Chestermere Real Estate and the Chestermere Lifestyle. www.chestermererealestate.com

RE/MAX supports Yard Sale For The Cure on May 30. You can clean up your clutter and support the fight against cancer at the same time. When you participate in Yard Sale For The Cure you decide the percentage of your sales that you want to contribute. You decide whether you want your dollars to go to research, treatment, prevention or survivorship in your community. You can also make a donation to your local treatment centre should you choose to do so. 100% of all donations are directed to the recipient charities. Online donations get an automatic charitable receipt through email.

How do you get started. Visit www.yardsaleforthecure.com and register for $20 you will receive a host kit which will have a Garage Sale for the Cure sign, a baseball cap with the yard sale for the cure logo, balloons, promotion signs and an information package. (you can register up to May 27th and still receive your kit on time.)

If You Can't Host A Yard Sale You Can Shop on May 30^th, 2009.

We can't all have yard sales; someone has to come out and shop! Please encourage your friends, family & neighbours to shop at Yard Sale for the Cure sales across the country.

Visit this link on Google Earth to find a garage sale near you. Map it. Shop it.

So the Calgary Real Estate Board has changed the rules. Article 19 is out and agents are going to have to be more careful than ever who they give their time to.

Now it does not matter how many time an agent shows a buyer a home. If the buyer decides to write with someone else the agent that writes the offer will get all of the commission. Before the agent that introduced the home was entitled to some commission, if they had not abandoned the client. I can understand that the old way caused problems in that it was hard to prove, and there were always disputes. It did make our profession look bad always squabbling about commission.

Will this force us all to have Buyers Agency Contracts signed? They tried that before, and they could not get the Realtors behind it. Perhaps this rule will change that.

A Buyer's Agency contract is in everyone's best interest. It spells out the responsibilities and rights of both the agent and the buyer, just like the listing contract does.

What will happen when buyer's want the listing agent to drop everything and show them their listing? How will they take it when they are told that if they want to view properties they will have to hire their own agent?

It works in other locations, I am sure it will work here. We will just have to get used to not giving away our time. Buyers will have to take the time to choose an agent, get qualified, determine their needs and then start looking at property with their own agent. Truly a much more professional approach.

In 17 years this is the latest that the ice has been completely off of the Lake. Last year it was off May 2, so May 4th is not that much later. The earliest the ice has been off was April 11th. The lake level will be at full operating level by the weekend. So all the waterskiiers, sailors can get ready to enjoy Chestermere.