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Sets a record for a MLS listed house in Calgary.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...920/story.html

An Elbow Park home, which was owned by former Calgary Flames goaltender Mike Vernon, has sold for $10.3 million --setting the benchmark for the highest MLS residential sale price in Calgary.

It eclipsed the previous record sale in June 2008 of a six-bedroom Crescent Heights home which sold for $7.5 million.

"We're finding the real estate market to be quite strong right now," said Donna Rooney, one of the realtors who listed Vernon's property along the Elbow River. "This was not our one and only offer. We sold the property in a period of six weeks, which is consistent with what's going on in real estate.

"This is a real statement that things are pretty good in this city still. There is a lot of confidence in real estate."

The house was listed in early May at $10.5 million by Calgary realtors Rooney Cronin +Valentine.

Rooney said she can't disclose who the buyer is due to confidentiality reasons and said Vernon preferred not to publicly discuss the sale of his Elbow Park home.

The original listing described the home as a "Gracious Sandstone Estate Home privately nestled on a 10,000-square-foot lot along the banks of the Elbow River in coveted East Elbow Park.

"Custom built, completed just two years ago, this exceptional property offers 12,700 square feet of impeccably developed living space. Large gracious living (plus) entertaining rooms with wooden French doors that walk out to river vistas, private courtyards, formal lawns.
"Imported antique fireplaces, custom inlay hardwood, limestone(plus)marble floors."

"Interestingly enough, we had quite a lot of showings on it," said Gary Cronin. "It was basically one of our hottest listings during that period. And they were qualified showings. They were people who could afford to buy this home."