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Kristen Edmunds Calgary Real Estate 💼 REALTOR® | Associate Broker
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🏡 COMING SOON – ACREAGE NEAR DICKSON, AB | $500,000Anyone looking for a small acreage around the $500K mark? 👀I have a p...
08/21/2026

🏡 COMING SOON – ACREAGE NEAR DICKSON, AB | $500,000

Anyone looking for a small acreage around the $500K mark? 👀

I have a property coming to market near Dickson, Alberta that isn’t on MLS® yet, and I wanted to put it out there in case someone has been waiting for an opportunity like this.

🌾 3.66 acres
🏡 1,140 sq. ft. home
🛏 2 bedrooms on the main floor + additional developed space downstairs
🚗 Double detached garage
🐴 Set up for horses/animals with fencing + automatic waterer
🔥 Wood-burning stove in the home + wood heat in the garage
🌲 Mature acreage with plenty of space and privacy
🏔 Mountain views
✨ Updated kitchen, metal roof, vinyl windows & a well-maintained home

Price: $500,000

This could be a great fit for someone who's been wanting to make the move to acreage living without jumping into the $600K+ price range.

The property is not on MLS® yet, but I'm starting to connect with potential buyers ahead of the public launch.

If this sounds like something you've been looking for — or you know someone who has been trying to find an acreage like this — send me a message and I'd be happy to share more information or arrange a private showing.

Listed by Kristen Edmunds | KIC Realty

08/21/2026

Calgary "market slowdown" headlines are everywhere right now — and people are splitting into two camps about what to do with them.

Team Buy Sooner: softer prices, less bidding-war competition, more negotiating leverage, peak rural inventory. Team Wait It Out: prices could soften further, rates might shift, why move if the market's still moving. Both instincts are legitimate. Neither is universally right — the answer depends on your property type, district, and situation.

The specifics of your decision live under the headline, not on top of it. Which camp are you? Drop BUY SOONER or WAIT IT OUT in the comments and tell me why. DM if you want to talk through your situation. (Full blog post link in comments.)

08/20/2026

A composite of a conversation I've been having on repeat this month. Buyers ready to pause their acreage search — "the market's slowing, let's wait it out." They came in expecting me to agree. I didn't.

Sales were down about 9% — but new listings dropped 15%, so the sales-to-listings ratio held at 57%. Market stayed balanced. The softness was concentrated in city condos, not acreage. And late summer is peak rural inventory — waiting wouldn't get them a better price, it would get them a narrower selection.

Headlines describe the whole market in one number. Your decision lives in the specifics. Comment TIMING for my Buy-Sell Sequence Map. (Full blog post link in comments.)

08/19/2026

Every month the Calgary benchmark price makes headlines — around $569,200 right now. And every month, acreage buyers and sellers anchor to that number. It's the wrong ruler.

The benchmark is built overwhelmingly from city sales and is currently being dragged down by condo oversupply. It tells you almost nothing about acreage. Rural is a separate market — every parcel unique, drivers are land, location, water, outbuildings, zoning. True turn-key acreages are rare and command a premium the citywide average doesn't capture.

Pricing your acreage decision off the benchmark is measuring a horse with a bathroom scale. Comment ACREAGE for my Acreage Buyer's Checklist. (Full blog post link in comments.)

08/18/2026

If you've been thinking about buying an acreage in Rocky View, here's something the city market doesn't teach you: rural inventory has a season. City listings run year-round. Rural listings build through spring, peak in late summer, then thin dramatically through fall and winter.

Right now, you're at the peak. Rural sellers list when the land looks its best — which means late summer is the widest selection window of the year. By November, that narrows. By January, corridor acreage inventory is often a fraction of what's on now.

This isn't about pressure. It's about understanding the rhythm so you can time your search intelligently. Choice is leverage. Comment REALITY for my City to Acreage Reality Check. (Full blog post link in comments.)

08/17/2026

The Calgary "sales slowdown" headlines are missing the most important part. July sales came in around 1,904, down about 9% year-over-year — every headline caught that. But new listings fell even harder, down about 15%. Sales-to-new-listings ratio held at 57%. The market didn't tip to buyers. It stayed balanced.

The softness is mostly condo oversupply (17,000+ apartment units still under construction). Detached and acreage are holding.

For acreage buyers this matters: you're not walking into a fire sale, but you ARE at peak Rocky View inventory season. The opportunity is selection, not price. Read the data, not the headline. Comment CORRIDOR for my Rural Corridor Community Guide. (Full blog post link in comments.)

08/14/2026

Calgary just shifted into a balanced market, and the question every serious buyer is weighing right now: is now the smarter time to buy, or the smarter time to wait? Both sides of that question have a real case.

Buy now: more choice, more time for due diligence, less bidding-war pressure. Wait: prices could soften further, rates could shift, more inventory could arrive. Both are valid — the right answer depends on your property type, your district, and your specific situation.

The one wrong answer is doing nothing while telling yourself you're "waiting for the right time." Which are you — buy or wait? Drop it in the comments and tell me why. DM if you want to talk through your specific situation. (Full blog post link in the comments.)

08/13/2026

Here's a scenario I see almost weekly. A Calgary buyer finds a property they like — good bones, right location, priced reasonably — then sees "Days on Market: 40+" and starts to hesitate. That was a reasonable read in a hot market. It isn't now.

Calgary's days-on-market crept up to about 40 from 37 a year ago. That's what a balanced market looks like. A property sitting 40 days is not automatically a problem — it's a market condition. Sometimes a property sits because it's overpriced. Sometimes it's poor photos. Sometimes it's a good home everyone else scrolled past.

A patient buyer's biggest opportunity is often the property surface-level readers dismissed. Comment BUYER for my 2026 Calgary Buyer Strategy Guide. (Full blog post link in the comments.)

08/12/2026

When you're looking at an acreage, forget the view for a minute. Two numbers actually decide whether the property is worth it or a looming $25K–$60K problem after possession: the well's flow rate and the septic's condition. Not the price. Not the square footage. The systems that make a rural home actually function.

Both need professional testing — not a visual inspection, not the seller's word. Testing coordinated by someone who knows what the results mean for your specific plans and your specific household.

The house sold you the property. These two numbers decide whether you enjoy it or spend the first year fixing it. Comment GUTS for my Guts of the Land Guide. (Full blog post link in the comments.)

08/11/2026

You saw the Calgary "average price" headline this week. Here's the problem: that citywide number tells you almost nothing about what your home is actually doing. July data shows City Centre and the West improved year-over-year. The Northeast dropped almost 6%. Detached is holding. Condos are down. The average blends all of that into one misleading figure.

Three things actually matter for pricing a move: your district, your property type, and your specific parcel. Even within a district, one street can behave differently from the next.

Scary headlines mistime and misprice moves. Comment SELLER for my 2026 Calgary Seller Strategy Guide — how to price to your micro-market, not the headlines. (Full blog post link in the comments.)

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