Most people read Calgary’s 9% condo price drop as a weak market.
$300K condo. $750K detached. The family keeps choosing the $750K one. Here’s why that isn’t irrational. Most people read Calgary’s 9% condo price drop as a weak market. It’s not. It’s a product problem. Line up the three options a family is actually choosing between: → Apartment condo — benchmark ~$300K. But it’s a one..
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Seattle Construction Restart After World Cup Pause
A construction pause doesn’t kill your schedule. A simultaneous restart does. The SDOT moratorium has frozen most street-level work in high-traffic zones since June 8. Equipment cleared. Sites paused. Schedules on hold for a month. On July 7, everyone restarts in the same window. Here’s why that’s the dangerous moment — not the pause itself:..
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Texas Housing Market 2026: Austin vs Dallas, Decoded
Everyone keeps calling the 2026 Texas market a slowdown. The data says it’s a product problem. “Prices are down.” “Inventory keeps building.” “Homes sit for months.” A slowdown? Demand didn’t leave. Sales are UP year over year in both metros. What changed is the buyer — and most operators haven’t changed the product. Look at..
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King County Condo Market 2026: Why Weak Pro Formas Break
Most condo and townhouse pro formas in King County were built for a market that no longer exists. Seattle just posted the biggest home-price drop in the country, with inventory surging. But the county-wide headline hides what actually matters for builders. The market changed. The pro formas didn’t. Here’s what the NWMLS March data actually..
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Construction Budget Overruns Start Before the Site
A budget doesn’t break in the field. It breaks in the three weeks before the field. When a budget blows up, everyone points at the site. The crew. The contractor. But the overrun gets reported on site. It was decided weeks earlier. Here’s where it actually breaks: → The estimate was generic, not built for..
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Alberta P3 Infrastructure Financing: What European Developers Need to Know
Alberta is deploying $8.3 billion in infrastructure over 3 years. The financing model just changed. Most developers haven’t noticed yet. The story changed. The conversation didn’t. Here’s what the June 23rd announcement actually shows: → Alberta is no longer betting on traditional public funding → They’re building a mixed financing structure — redistributing risk across..
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Alberta’s $244B Construction Pipeline: Are You Positioned to Capture It?
Alberta’s project pipeline jumped $49B in a matter of weeks. Most companies won’t see a dollar of it. That’s not a trend. That’s a signal. And most companies are not positioned to capture it. Here’s what the data actually shows: → The pipeline grew from $196B to $244B in weeks — but execution capacity didn’t..
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Alberta Feasibility Studies: The +15% Problem Most Developers Are Ignoring
Material costs up 15% in 2026. Most Alberta feasibility studies never saw it coming — because they only modeled one scenario. That’s not a data problem. It’s a methodology problem. Here’s what the numbers actually show: → CMHC projects national housing starts declining through 2028 — multi-family taking the hardest hit → Altus Group’s 2026..
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Alberta Construction 2026: What 4.8% Unemployment and a 39.7% Drop in Housing Starts Really Mean
Alberta construction unemployment: 4.8%. Housing starts: down 39.7%. Same market. Same month. Every developer and builder planning a 2026 project should sit with this: — Construction unemployment: 4.8% (May 2026) — crews are still fully absorbed — Investment in building construction: $3.7B, up 24.6% year over year — Housing starts (April 2026): 3,192 units —..
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Alberta Real Estate 2026: Why Product Mix Beats Market Volume
Two developers. Same month. One in Toronto, one in Calgary. Same slowdown signal. Completely different risk profile. While Ontario and B.C. are dealing with stalled pre-sales, high-rise projects on hold, and developer margins under serious pressure — Alberta is having a different conversation. Here’s what the data actually shows: → Stronger demographic growth than most..
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Eros Belotti 01.
Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 15 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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