First of all, let me bring to your attention how is apartment real estate market doing in Calgary. 

There is high demand for apartments priced between $200 K to $300 K as this could used for rental and investment property for home buyers. 

Higher the pricing lower demand in Calgary real estate market. Also note since it is buyer's market home buyers have too many choices right now. We could observe in Calgary city construction of new apartments all over the city which means we have too much supply.  

If you are planning to downsize apartment is a good choice. There are no commitments to clear snow as condo fees covers most of the issues of condo maintenance.  

It is also important when you buy condo what condo fees covers.  Please go through condo documents and do professional review of condo documents.

Higher condo fees do not mean you gets higher benefits. Some of the older condo have no funds accumulated and there could be also re-assessment being done and hence need to be careful of that. 

One of my clients recently reported even new condo in Sage Hill, Calgary just 5 years old has made assessment and now home owners having battle with builder and condo board.  It is sad but true.

Hence home buyers beware.

Okotoks

• Sales activity in the first two months of 2019 represents a decline of 30 units over last year. New listings in the market also eased compared to last year, but there were still far more new listings than sales activity. This is causing inventories to rise and months of supply to remain elevated at ten months.
• Persistent oversupply has continued to weigh on benchmark prices with detached home prices at $411,500 in February. This is 1.3 per cent lower than last month and 4.6 per cent lower than the same period last year.

Cochrane

• Year-to-date residential sales in Cochrane remained comparable to last years levels, mostly due to gains in detached sales.
• Although new listings levels in the first two months were comparable to the same period in 2018, there were gains in inventory levels. Overall months of supply levels remained just below seven months.
• Oversupply in the market has caused year-to-date prices to decline compared to last year. On a year-over-year basis, the February detached benchmark price of $413,300 was 1.3 per cent lower than 2018 price levels

Airdrie

• Housing sales in Airdrie have totalled 150 units in 2019. This is 27 units below levels recorded from the same period last year, but comparable to the average activity occurring over the past 10 years.
• Even though new listings have eased compared to 2018, inventory levels increased to 448 units. Higher inventories and low sales activity have caused months of supply to remain elevated at five months.
• Detached prices have totalled $355,200 In February. This is over four per cent lower than the same period in 2018.

Apartment

• Despite the relative affordability of apartment product, sales activity remained slow with 149 sales.
• Unlike the detached sector, the seventh consecutive year-over-year decline in new listings is starting to have an impact on inventory levels.
• In February, inventory levels totalled 1,301 units. This is nine per cent below levels recorded last year. Inventories did ease, but slow sales in February kept the months of supply near nine months.
• Apartment condominium prices were $252,300 in February, a 1.7 per cent decline compared to last year, but similar to levels recorded last month. Apartment condo prices have fallen by 16 per cent over the previous monthly highs.
• Citywide benchmark prices have eased, but some districts of the city have recorded modest gains. This is not enough to erase previous declines, but points toward price stability in parts of the market.

Detached

• After the first two months of the year, detached sales were 1,079 units. This is 13 per cent below last year’s levels and nearly 30 per cent below long-term averages. Sales eased across all city districts except the North West. Activity remained well below normal levels across all districts of the city.
• The adjustments in new listings ranged from a 15 per cent increase in the North West district to a decline of 23 per cent in the North district. Overall, year-to-date new listings were 2,544 units, nearly two per cent below last year’s levels.
• Despite some adjustments in new listings, average inventories in the detached sector so far this year rose by 25 per cent compared to last year. However, some of the most affordable detached areas, including the North East and East districts, have seen inventories fall compared to last year.
• With detached months of inventory remaining above five months, prices continue to trend down. In February, citywide detached benchmark prices were $475.600, 0.2 per cent below last month and over five per cent below levels recorded last February.

How is Calgary's Attached properties doing ?

• Conditions remained relatively unchanged in the attached sector, as months of inventory remained near seven months and prices have remained unchanged from last month, but over four per cent below last year’s levels.
• Like the apartment sector, activity can vary significantly depending on location. Benchmark prices for semi-detached product eased by over five per cent compared to last year, with the steepest declines occurring in the South and City Centre districts.
• Prices slightly improved in the North district.
• Row prices declined by nearly four per cent compared to last year. Unlike the semi-detached sector, prices eased across all districts compared to last year and remain nearly 14 per cent below monthly highs.

Cochrane

• Year-to-date residential sales in Cochrane remained comparable to last years levels, mostly due to gains in detached sales.
• Although new listings levels in the first two months were comparable to the same period in 2018, there were gains in inventory levels. Overall months of supply levels remained just below seven months.
• Oversupply in the market has caused year-to-date prices to decline compared to last year. On a year-over-year basis, the February detached benchmark price of $413,300 was 1.3 per cent lower than 2018 price levels