Alberta real estate guides
Practical answers on buying, selling, mortgages and municipal rules across Calgary, Airdrie, Chestermere, Okotoks and Cochrane. Every guide names its author and lists the sources it was written from.
Selling
Capital gains tax when you sell your home, and why most sellers owe nothing
If the home you sold was your principal residence for every year you owned it, the gain is not taxed. That covers most sellers. The exemption is not automatic though, and four situations quietly take it away.
Real estate commission in Alberta: what the rules actually require
There is no standard commission rate in Alberta, and that is not an opinion. The Real Estate Act Rules govern how commission is agreed, disclosed and paid, and never say what it should be. Here is what they do require, and what the money actually buys.