中国海洋石油有限公司(CNOOC Ltd. ADS, CEO, 简称：中国海洋石油)周六证实，加拿大政府批准了该公司以151亿美元收购Nexen Inc (NXY)的交易。

这样，中国海洋石油就为完成此项收购交易扫除了一个主要障碍。这项交易将成为中资企业规模最大的海外收购交易，也是迄今为止海外国有企业进军北美能源行业最令人瞩目的一笔收购交易。

中海油董事长王宜林在公告中表示，中海油收购Nexen的提议获得了加拿大工业部的批准，公司对此十分高兴。加拿大工业部认可了中海油收购Nexen的提议将给卡尔加里、阿尔伯达乃至整个加拿大带来长期经济利益。

中海油将把其北美和中美业务的总部设在卡尔加里。该公司还将保留Nexen现有的管理团队和员工。

公告称，中海油还将投入可观资金，作为促进加拿大石油和天然气资源开发的一个长期承诺。

香港--中国海洋石油有限公司(CNOOC Ltd. ADS, CEO, 简称：中国海洋石油)周六证实，加拿大政府批准了该公司以151亿美元收购Nexen Inc (NXY)的交易。

至此，中国海洋石油为完成此项收购交易扫除了一个主要障碍。这项交易将成为中资企业规模最大的海外收购交易，也是迄今为止海外国有企业进军北美能源行业最令人瞩目的一笔收购交易。

中海油董事长王宜林在公告中表示，公司对加拿大工业部批准此项收购提议感到高兴。中海油收购Nexen的交易将给卡尔加里、阿尔伯达乃至整个加拿大带来长期经济利益。

中海油将把其北美和中美业务的总部设在卡尔加里。该公司还将保留Nexen现有的管理团队和员工。

公告称，中海油还将投入可观资金，作为促进加拿大石油和天然气资源开发的一个长期承诺。

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卡尔加里二手房市场保持平衡态势
---挂牌房源持续降低，但是继续增长的售出房源使得市场保持均衡发展

Calgary, 十二月三日, 2012 – 从年初至今，民宅销售增长了15%，比去年同期涨8%. 

销售连续8个月两位数字增长，使得市场上的在售房源降低，也源于新挂牌房源量没有相对跟上。然而，售出/流通房源比率显示房地产市场保持均衡发展态势。

由于市场上流通房源量不足，买家特别急切看到新挂牌房源，同时买家对于认同房屋价值的房屋出手迅速。尽管如此，我们并没有看到像以往市场过热时期的疯狂状态。现在的买家更加精明了，他们谨慎权衡各种方案，同时也再三自问：这套房子我家能住多少年？因为他们意识到短线房价大涨好像不太可能。

从年初至今的15%的涨幅使得市场更趋于长线发展水平。历经11个月，新挂牌量已经降至6%，流通房源17%的降幅。每个月的新挂牌房源量始终很低，导致市场基准价从年初至今涨幅5%。

独立屋市场本月售出1,006套，比去年同期涨5%。一般来说，冬季成交量、新挂牌、市场流通房源量都处于较低水平。目前库存流通房源降至2,586套，成交量也低于十月水平，使得市场保持均衡。同时独立屋市场基准价保持$433,600，和十月份一样，比去年同期涨8.5%。

历经11个月，共管公寓市场、排屋市场与2011年相比销售涨幅分别为11%及17%。共管公寓市场2012年总体来说保持均衡发展态势，历经2011年不停往低调整后，现在终于有了小幅价格增长。

11月份共管公寓市场基准价为$248,000,排屋为$282,800，涨幅均为4%。从年初至今涨幅分别为2%及3%。

尽管全国对于消费者负债率、其它经济发展的担忧不断提高，但是卡尔加里的房地产市场始终不肯息事宁人。这主要源于本市移民人口不断提高，薪资、就业率不断提升有关。

价格增长比预期的还要高，尤其是独立屋市场。但是买家还是敏感的，要么他们得把钱花到周边配套设施齐全的设区房子上，要么干脆退一步去公寓市场买套先说。

卡尔加里的房地产市场是改善不少，但是并没有到了接下来要么会大涨、要么会大跌的境地。就业率的缓慢增长、信贷政策的调整、以及石油行业发展动向的挑战都可能放缓需求、抑制大涨，又加上新挂牌量的降低、买家需求的调整，都促使房地场市场保持均衡发展。

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Josh Skapin
Calgary Herald

In all forms of the Battle of Alberta, I fully admit to being a biased Calgarian. Whether it be the sports rivalry or nuances like who has better restaurants or more polite drivers, I’ll turn to the Stampede City 10 times out of 10.

So, it wasn’t a head-scratcher when I saw recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. statistics point to a higher average price for single-family homes in Calgary than in our northern counterpart.
What’s worth noting is the widening gap between Alberta’s two biggest cities. In 2009, a few years into the economic downturn, the price difference seemed like pennies.

In fact, if a newcomer to Alberta was on the fence about which city to pick, the cost of a new home likely wouldn’t have made the difference. CMHC says the average price of a single-family home in the Calgary census metropolitan area in 2009 was $547,769. In the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area, it was $543,243.

Census Metropolitan Area counts neighbouring communities such as Airdrie for Calgary and Sherwood Park for Edmonton.

One year later, the two sides take a bigger step in the opposite direction – where Calgary’s average cost of a single-family home hits $514,466, three hours up the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway, it tumbles to $490,128. That trend continues and is even more pronounced with CMHC’s estimated closing averages for the two cities in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

If things continue the way CMHC expects, the average cost of a single-family home in Calgary this year will finish at $570,000, while Edmonton’s will be $516,000. CMHC estimates 2013’s prices will be $583,000 in Calgary and only $525,000 in Edmonton. That’s a difference of almost 12 per cent.
CMHC economist Lai Sing Louie says there are a few explanations for the divide. One of the measures CMHC looks at is the new house price index released through Statistics Canada, which tracks the same size of house surrounded by similar amenities in two different periods. That index shows the price of a home in Edmonton is 90.8 per cent of the price it was in 2007, prior to when the economy soured. Calgary is 97.7 per cent of its 2007 price.

“It’s significantly higher,” says Louie. “Calgary has come back more so than Edmonton has since the economic downturn.”

Calgary buyers are also reaching deeper into their pockets for homes than people living in Edmonton. Louie says, despite flat price growth, he’s seen a shift in Calgary buyers putting pen to paper on higher priced homes than people living in Edmonton, adding “that shifted the average higher in Calgary relative to Edmonton.”

“Calgarians like to move-up buy,” says Louie. “If you look around, there are lots of more expensive homes being bought by people in Calgary.” As an example, Louie says just look to the trend in the inner-city where builders are knocking down older homes to put up more modern houses surrounded by central amenities. “That’s happening throughout the inner-city,” he adds.

Economic analyst for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association- Alberta Richard Goatcher says you’ll typically see a higher price tag in Calgary because “incomes are higher and buyers can, on average, carry more mortgage debt and therefore can pay more.” Goatcher suggests land supply may also be an influence.

“In Edmonton, the market is fairly balanced with a good supply in all quadrants,” he says. “Calgary, I believe, has a less-generous supply of new single-detached lots which maybe put more upward pressure on price.”

OTTAWA — Canada’s economy has hit stall speed with few areas of strong support, setting back any talk of interest rates hikes in the new year and likely restarting calls for more government stimulus.

The economy slumped to 0.6 per cent in the third quarter — below even the gloomy 0.8 consensus and about one third what the Bank of Canada had predicted as recently as the summer — as trouble loomed on the export side, housing and business investment.

In addition, Statistics Canada revised downward the second quarter one notch to 1.7 per cent and September, the last month, was flat, meaning the handoff to the current fourth quarter was weak.
If anything, the details of the report were even bleaker than the bottom-line numbers, given that inventory build-up added to growth, and that consumers — already saddled with record debt levels — contributed 3.8 percentage points.

“Certainly we are seeing strong headwinds. There’s not many cylinders firing at all except for the consumer and we don’t know how long the consumer can continue to carry the load,” said Peter Buchanan, a senior economist with CIBC.

Desjardins Capital Markets economist Jimmy Jean noted that without the inventory build-up of as yet unshipped goods, Canada’s third quarter economy would have fallen into a hole.

There was no talk yet of a technical recession — defined as two consecutive three-month periods of contraction — but Jean said the outlook for the last quarter of 2012 are not good. Given the weak handoff from September, he said the economy would need to work hard to eke out a one per cent advance.

The big shock in the third quarter report was that business investment, which the central bank has been counting on to support the economy, fell two per cent per cent annualized, and residential construction dived 4.4 per cent.

Economists lay the steep housing drop on Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s decision to tighten mortgage rules on July 9, which has taken the steam out of Canada’s previously hot real estate market.

Jean said he believes the decision was still the correct one, although the economy is paying a price now.

“Yes it is affecting the economy and it’s creating a drag, but on a long-term perspective it’s still the better outcome than facing a pure housing market crash and not having done anything about it,” he said.

Economists said the economy’s performance takes any chance of interest rate hikes off the table, likely until 2014.

The federal government is likely to come under pressure to bump up spending, or at least slow down its austerity program, but that is also unlikely barring a far worse outcome in the fourth quarter or early part of 2013.

In a letter to opposition MPs issued Thursday, the finance minister said he was in no mood to receive suggestions that he should increase spending or raise taxes.

“I will continue to stand against costly, new spending initiatives that would increase the size of government and throw Canada off track for balanced budgets,” he said.

The minister was in Victoria on Friday for a round of pre-budget consultations and will almost certainly be asked whether his position has softened.

As expected, net trade also weighed heavily on the economy in the third quarter as exports plunged 7.8 per cent on weak global demand and soft commodity prices.

CALGARY — Alberta’s economy continues to lead the pack across a range of indicators and solid growth will persist in 2013, supported by robust oilsands investment, says Scotiabank’s Global Forecast.

The bank is forecasting the province will lead Canadian economic growth with 3.4 per cent this year followed by 3.0 per cent in 2013.

Employment growth of 3.1 per cent this year and 1.7 per cent in 2013 will also be the best in the country, according to the report.

Warren Jestin, senior vice-president and chief economist with Scotiabank, is in Calgary this week presenting his outlook on the economy.

On Tuesday, Jestin will be discussing the economy at an economic outlook put on by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. Then on Wednesday, he will be making a presentation on the economy at the annual Calgary Real Estate Forum.

“Well certainly there should be more smiles in Alberta than almost any other place in the country,” said Jestin on Monday.

“Much of that is driven by the ongoing infrastructural projects. We’ve now got demographics that are very, very favourable here.”

“Infrastructural investments remain strong and in fact I think Alberta’s growth may well be supply constrained. You just don’t have the skills or the infrastructure in order to push it ahead as fas as it otherwise would be. For this year, next year and probably into 2014 the odds are very, very strong that Alberta will lead the pack by a very substantial margin.”

Despite some global issues, economic growth in places like China, is good news for Alberta and “amazingly supportive for the commodities sector,” added Jestin.

While Alberta’s economy continues to be a shining light, concerns remain about the global situation which continues to underperform, said the Scotiabank report.

“First, recessionary conditions in the eurozone persist, reinforced by intensifying fiscal austerity and rising unemployment. Weakness is becoming more evident in the larger economies ... Second, U.S. business activity is being undermined by the intensifying problems around the world ... Third, the sharper-than-expected slowdowns in the faster-growing emerging economies of China, India and Brazil have yet to bottom out,” said the report.

“And fourth, even countries with better underlying fundamentals such as Canada, Australia, South Korea, and many of the core members of the eurozone, are being side-swiped by the fallout from reduced global demand.”

Meanwhile, the Conference Board of Canada said Monday that Canada’s domestic economy has softened and its major trade partners are too weak to pick up the slack, limiting growth in GDP to less than two per cent this year.

Canada’s real GDP growth will slow to 1.8 per cent this year, while growth of 2.3 per cent is forecast in 2013, said the board’s Canadian Outlook, Autumn 2012. If a further European sovereign debt crisis can be avoided, or at least contained — and if the U.S. begins to address its fiscal deficit seriously – Canada’s economy is expected to achieve growth of 2.6 per cent in 2014, it said.

“The influence of a grim global environment, coupled with a heavy dose of fiscal restraint, will result in Canada’s economy muddling along through the rest of this year and into 2013,” said Pedro Antunes, Director, National and Provincial Forecast.

“The swift post-recession rebound that occurred in 2010 and 2011, driven by a strong domestic economy, has mostly expired through the first half of this year. Recurring crises stemming from the eurozone, along with some false starts from the U.S. economy, have eroded consumer confidence and slowed business investment and job creation.”

                                                                                                                                                                     by Scotiabank

2012年11月20日消息，寻求151亿美元收购Nexen计划获批准的中海油，已接受加拿大政府提出的管理和雇佣方面的条件。

加拿大政府谈判人员接受了很多阿尔伯塔省省长雷德福(Alison Redford)上月所提要求，包括承诺至少50%的Nexen董事会席位和管理职位由加拿大人占据。一位消息人士称，仍有一些商业问题正在协商中，如资本支出要求的范围和中海油国有企业地位相关的一些其它事宜。

Nexen股价上周飙升7%，为中海油7月提出收购要约以来最大周度涨幅，这显示投资者对协议获得加拿大政府批准愈发乐观。

加拿大国家银行金融集团石油和天然气分析师Kyle Preston称，加拿大总理和联邦内阁部长近期的声明提供了积极的暗示，即中海油收购Nexen的交易很快将被批准，马来西亚国有能源公司收购Progress的计划也如此。

Preston接受电话采访时称：“我认为交易接近获得批准。政府正在考虑中海油和Nexen、Progress和Petronas两个收购交易，我认为看上去政府将同时做出两个决定，并列出新交易框架的内容。

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Killarney is one of Calgary’s oldest sub-divisions. Since its establishment in 1910, the face of Killarney has changed dramatically especially in the past decade, where the area has experienced a major revitalization through the construction of new inner city infill homes. Found less than 10 minutes west from the downtown Calgary core, the area has quickly become a highly sought after inner city community in Calgary for urban professionals frequent to the downtown area.

(One active listing price is $429,900 with R-C2 lot, a good potential BUT on a busy road)

Those looking for new and modern infill homes, Killarney is a good place to start searching as many of the pre and post war bungalow style homes remaining in the community are being completely redeveloped or renovated by developers and home owners alike. Here are some of the most recent sales statistics for single family homes in the area.

All Single Family Homes in Killarney – 90 Day Sales

- Active Listings -

• 36 Active Listings

• Average home size – 1,959 square feet

• Average listing price – $736,199

• Average listing price per square foot – $378.27

- Sold Listings -

• 14 sold listings

• Average home size – 1,910 square feet

• Average listing price – $716,563

• Average listing price per square foot – $374.91

• Average sale price – $701,457

• Average sale price per square foot – $367.27

• Sale price to listing price ratio – 97%

• Average time spend on the real estate market – 35 days

Many clients say that Arbour Lake is really hot right now! This may be because Arbour Lake is a lake community with excellent transportation links, a large community shopping center, and nearby library, fitness, and entertainment facilities. Many residents can even enjoy distant views of the Rocky Mountains from their homes.

Housing prices are quite high—one-bedroom condos with underground parking are around $200,000, while in southern communities like Somerset, Evergreen, and Bridlewood, you can find similar properties for around $170,000. Additionally, a detached house with a backyard, double garage, and finished basement costs around $380,000, whereas in many other communities, that price could get you a front-attached double garage home.

With a backyard view like this, a 2,900 square foot home with a walkout basement is selling for $993,000—almost a million.

Detached:

51 properties were sold from August to October, 35 of them are Single Family Houses.

There was a 502 Square Meters lot sold at $305,000.

The average sold price for 2 story house without garage or with single detached garage was $354,167.

The average sold price for 2 story house with double attached garage was $494,852. 

Condominium:

15 condominiums were sold from August to October. 

The average sold price for one-bedroom-apartment is $207,500 with underground parking.

The average sold price for two-bedroom-apartments is $265,167.

Town house:

The only town house was sold at $275,000. It has 3 bedrooms without attached garage.

Congratulations to our fellow residents in West Hills! The LRT is finally about to open. Here is the CBC News report:

The west leg of the LRT will be open for business in Calgary on Dec. 10.

The city says this date meets the original start of service promised back in 2009.

“We want to provide all Calgarians with the opportunity to make Calgary Transit their preferred transportation option and this project is a major step towards that goal,” said general manager of transportation Mac Logan.

Officials estimate more than 30,000 people will be using the new LRT run, which includes six new LRT stations along more than eight kilometres of track.

Construction on the project began in February 2010.

Completing the project involved major roadway upgrades, construction of a new interchange and moving a high school.

“This project required a great deal of expertise and co-ordination — its success speaks volumes about the hard work and dedication of everyone involved,” said Logan.

Altadore is a high-end community near downtown that is very popular among Westerners. It is just a few minutes' drive from the city center, with many homes offering stunning views of downtown. The pleasant surroundings may be part of what attracts buyers to this area.

Detached Homes for Sale:

• 34 homes on the market

• Average size: 2,231 sq. ft.

• Average listing price: $1,065,432

• Average price per sq. ft.: $471.20

Detached Homes Sold:

• 31 homes sold

• Average size: 2,166 sq. ft.

• Average listing price: $939,115

• Average listing price per sq. ft.: $424.88

• Average selling price: $916,572

• Average selling price per sq. ft.: $414.79

• Average list-to-sale price ratio: 97%

• Average days on market: 53 days