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Showing posts from May 29, 2011 to May 16, 2012

May 29, 2011
Got your eye on something? - Timing is everything! Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) weekly graphs show lots of properties continue to be listed as well as downward price adjustments. Weekly sale...

May 30, 2011
Canadian housing market stablizing in 2011 - OTTAWA, May 30, 2011 — Housing starts are forecast to stabilize at levels consistent with demographic fundamentals in 2011 and 2012, according to...

June 3, 2011
Kelowna area spring market - The Kelowna area single family residential market is "somewhat" following the typical springtime fashion of residential sales upswing however not with the strength and...

June 3, 2011
Real Estate Recap - Yippee, its the weekend. The weatherman is saying lots of sunshine with highs today of 27C and Sunday 29C! So grab the kids, spouse, or signifcant other and check out some of the Kelowna area...

June 5, 2011
Getting sold in today's market - Your a homeowner. You've been watching the Kelowna area real estate market. You want to move but hesitant as you notice where ever your driving around for whatever that...

June 7, 2011
Housing pulse - May market numbers are in for the Central Okanagan! Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) May stats show active listings, sales, average and median price are all slightly down from last...

June 8, 2011
CMHC May 2011 Housing Starts - CMHC, Canada's national housing agency provides the housing industry and consumers with the latest statistical information and analysis of housing trends. The agency released...

June 8, 2011
Kelowna and Southern Interior housing starts - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) just released their national May 2011 Housing Starts report as well as regional ones which includes...

June 10, 2011
Kelowna area market dynamics - Sales of existing homes are forecast to move higher in 2011 and 2012. Favourable interest rates combined with strong price competition will support modest growth in demand...

June 12, 2011
Weekend tidbits & Real estate recap - I know what I am up to this weekend ~ work and play of course! I can make that happen and why I love Kelowna and what I do! How about you? Undecided? Well maybe...

June 13, 2011
Okanagan area Market Watch - Week after week a good supply of Okanagan area residential properties continue to come onto the market as shown by Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) weekly Market...

June 14, 2011
Kelowna area recreational properties - RE/MAX of Western Canada just released yesterday a recreational property report saying...."the Canadian recreational property market is gaining serious traction...

June 17, 2011
Okanagan buyers - On the average during the first 5 months of 2011, Okanagan home buyers have been coming from within the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) area (60.3%); Alberta (13.64%; other areas of...

June 18, 2011
Real Estate Recap & Weekend Tidbits - The weekend is upon us and it's time to catch up on things. For some of us it is simply doing things around the house such as housekeeping, maintenance, gardening...

June 19, 2011
Close look at housing activity - We're almost half way through 2011 so we have some sale history to compare market activity with last year. We know from Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board's (OMREB)...

June 20, 2011
Wallet size of Kelowna area buyers YTD - Again and again you hear that Kelowna area housing market is in favor of buyers. What does that mean? A buyer's market is simply a market which has more...

June 21, 2011
Kelowna luxury market - Kelowna's luxury market ~ selling over one million dollars accounts for 3.35% of single family residences sold year-to-date* (ytd) and 4.7% in 2010. Reality is, today's active real...

June 25, 2011
Kelowna activities & Real Estate Recap - Summer officially kicked in June 21st and Kelowna continues to have 'iky' weather~unusual to say the least but appears not unlike abnormal weather trends other...

June 26, 2011
Okanagan real estate update - Here is my update on the Okanagan real estate market. Previous week's numbers are in brackets. For the past 7 days for residential real estate: New Listings: 346 (341, 413,...

July 1, 2011
A Song For Canada - Canada's Walk of Fame is creating A SONG FOR CANADA and we want you to participate! Canadian musicians Rane Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk join pianist, producer and songwriter Stephen...

July 1, 2011
Kelowna house numbers are in! - The past six months has whizzed by and whooh ~ numbers are in to give us a feel how the Kelowna house market is doing in comparison to past years. We haven't quite topped...

July 2, 2011
Kelowna and West Kelowna house markets - If you're visiting the Kelowna area you may not know that William R. Bennett Bridge over Okanagan Lake connects the District of West Kelowna 28,793 citizens*...

July 3, 2011
Scoop on Kelowna's strata market - Interest to purchase Kelowna strata is a runner up to single family residential! First six months of this year shows folk's purchase focus has been: 37.26% strata...

July 4, 2011
Kelowna's manufactured home market - Kelowna offers many housing choices to buy which incudes manufactured homes (MH) in parks where property ownership is not necessary. 2.75% of Kelowna's purchases...

July 5, 2011
Kelowna lots and acreage activity - At this time there is a good selection of Kelowna lot and acreage oppotunities if you've worked your way through the existing Kelowna house supply and just can't find...

July 6, 2011
Who is buying homes in Okanagan - Shuswap? - Ever wonder where home buyers come from? Since September 2010, the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) has been collecting information from...

July 7, 2011
Okanagan Second Quarter Housing Forecast - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) represents 11 member real estate boards and just released its 2011 Second Quarter Housing Forecast June...

July 8, 2011
Kelowna area housing market conditions - The Central Zone of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported June 2011 sales activity of all MLS property types were down compared to sales...

July 9, 2011
Kelowna area events & Real Estate Recap - Overall weekend weather forecasts say mainly sunny with highs of 26C to 27C with a titch of wind ~4km. For some of you this is a bit cool for this time of...

July 11, 2011
Okanagan weekly market watch - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL seven days advance of July 11th SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL seven days advance of July 4, 2011 Here is my update on the Okanagan real estate market....

July 18, 2011
Weekly Okanagan Market Watch - Here is an update on the Okanagan residential real Estate market. A quick scan of weekly numbers continues to show new listings out weigh sale numbers. Buyers continue to...

July 20, 2011
Folks sold on the Okanagan - Shuswap! - Since September 2010, the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) has been collecting information from its members with regards to where buyers are coming...

July 21, 2011
How does your neighborhood score? - Drive and Walk Score are two nifty, cool sites that will rate a street address according to proximity of local amenities. Drive Score shows a map of what...

July 25, 2011
Close look at Okanagan's residential market - Here is a weekly update on the Okanagan residential real estate market. Weekly numbers since the onset of 2011 continue to show supply is greater than...

July 26, 2011
Save money, save energy - If history repeats itself home inspector Bill Johnson has a busy year ahead of him. Why? The government has renewed its popular ecoEnergy Retrofit Homes program, an initiative that...

July 27, 2011
Beware of impostors at the door - What if some one comes to your door, trying to sell you a new vacuum cleaner? Will you bite? If you have a vacuum cleaner that works, you probably tell the salesman to...

July 28, 2011
Okanagan summer music festivals - There is more to the Okanagan area than wine and golf! Time it right you can enjoy some great weekend music festivals that the Okanagan area offers. Here are few that...

July 29, 2011
Non-smokers can change strata bylaws - The Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon commissioned BC Stats to conduct a survey of British Columbians living in condominiums and apartments about...

July 31, 2011
Must-have house hold documents - Running a household is a veritable never-ending to-do list. There's always something that needs to be taken care of, from groceries to gardening or just trying to keep...

August 1, 2011
Kelowna house market update - Kelowna house sales were up approximately +31% this July compared to July 2010, down -26% from last month [June] and down -9.5% year-to-date from last year's first seven...

August 2, 2011
Weekly Okanagan Market Watch - Here is my weekly update on the Okanagan residential real estate market. Contrary to some Canadian city markets year-to date Okanagan home prices are not accerlerating as...

August 3, 2011
West Kelowna & Kelowna house market update - If you're a newcomer to the Kelowna area it is quite easy to assume that all the housing (single family residential) you see on either side of William...

August 4, 2011
Kelowna strata update - Kelowna's latest strata figures show a surge in July sales ~ the strongest month year-to-date! July strata sale numbers were up 58.5% from June and 91% from July 2010. Inspite of...

August 5, 2011
West Kelowna & Kelowna strata update - West Kelowna strata market is quite a bit smaller than Kelowna's nonetheless when making a purchase in the Kelowna area, it's a location to make certain to look...

August 9, 2011
Kelowna area lots & acreage update - You've been actively looking for the right Kelowna house fit and haven't found it ~ now what? Build your own home? Why not! Good timing as lot supply is ample,...

August 10, 2011
Buyers market prevails as summer continues - The Central Zone of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported July 2011 sales activity of all MLS property types improved significantly...

August 11, 2011
Okanagan Weekly Market Watch - New listings keep coming onto the Okanagan real estate market week after week but according to Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) the supply is slowly declining...

August 12, 2011
Real Estate Acronyms - An acronym is an abbreviation formed from initial letters, for example, Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board is known by the acronym 'OMREB' and Multiple Listing Service as 'MLS'. Often...

August 15, 2011
Summer buyers sold on the Okanagan-Shuswap - Ever wonder where home buyers come from? Since September 2010, the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) has been collecting information from its...

August 16, 2011
Okanagan Real Estate Weekly Snapshot - Here is the past week snapshot of Okanagan resdential real estate activity with previous weeks and month in brackets to compare and notice it is not a Sellers...

August 17, 2011
Kelowna area hard real estate market facts - The past couple of days news headlines report Canadian Real Estate Association's (CREA) revised real estate market forecast of "stronger than expected...

August 18, 2011
The Kelowna Apple Triathlon this weekend! - The Kelowna Apple Triathlon features a very spectacular spectator-friendly course in the heart of downtown Kelowna. Multiple loops are used for various...

August 19, 2011
Province launches interactive maps of flood-prone areas - Rising sea levels could cause flooding in Metro Vancouver communities that never had to worry about it before, such as False Creek and...

August 20, 2011
The case for freehold townhomes - B.C.'s land title laws are standing in the way of Vancouver welcoming a form of housing that could add to diversity in the city and help to improve housing...

August 21, 2011
Unclaimed property and funds - Millions of dollars goes unclaimed by British Columbians every year. Forgotten credit union accounts, unpaid wages, overpayment to debt collectors, as well as unclaimed...

August 22, 2011
Okanagan: 5 Things to do with Peaches, other than Pie - During July and August, when sweet and juicy white and yellow peaches are in season, I get more excited than a twelve-year-old girl at a...

August 23, 2011
Chinese buyers take a shine to Okanagan Wines - Painted Rock Vineyards, on of the Okanagan's top new wineries, has signed a distribution agreement with a Chinese wine brokerage in a stategic...

August 24, 2011
Kelowna Housing Market Outlook - CMHC - Kelowna Highlights: Demand for new and existing homes is forecast to pickup in 2011. Stronger employment growth will boost demand through 2012. Sales of...

August 25, 2011
PNE 2011 prize home settles in Kelowna! - The 2011 PNE craftmans-style home that Vancouver's PNE vistors have been veiwing will settle in Kelowna's Upper Mission neighborhood overlookiing Okanagan...

August 26, 2011
B.C's. home sales, property values to slow as job growth ebbs: BCREA - Slower job growth in British Columbia's economy will mean slower increases in home sales and property values...

August 27, 2011
Where there's a will, there's protection for your possessions - Coquitlam resident Maureen Zaraycki was ony 62 when she died of complications from diabetes last July. After she died, her...

August 29, 2011
Unsexy, but essential, repairs - What did you think would happen? I know I'm going to sound like an old guy here, but I can't believe how little common sense people seem to have these days. I've just...

August 30, 2011
On 'Consumed', one person's junk is another person's TV treasure - The house is a block from the ocean in Richmond, B.C.. Inside it is dark and has the faint smell of ... stuff....

August 31, 2011
EcoEnergy Retrofit returns - I'm happy to report in July the federal government renewed the ecoENERBY Retrofit program -- a great program that ended earlier this year. For the next eight months -- until...

September 1, 2011
Kelowna house market activity ytd - Gosh ~ the summer months of July and August seem to me to have whizzed by! Today, being September 1st is a reminder 'Fall' is around the corner. Being the first day...

September 2, 2011
Kelowna strata market activity ytd - Kelowna strata sale activity is not unlike single family residential. August strata sales were less than the month before as well as year-to-date: 2011 August vs...

September 4, 2011
Fluffling the rental pad - The rental apartment had good bones -- high ceilings, original woodwork, abundant light -- and its city location unbeatable. But when Alice Danino moved into her two-bedroom home,...

September 5, 2011
Kelowna lot and acreage activity ytd - Kelowna lots and acreages sale activity is not unlike Kelowna's single family residential and strata - August sale numbers came in less than the previous month ~...

September 6, 2011
West Kelowna house market activity ytd - If your a visitor to the Kelowna area first blush, you may not know that there is the District of West Kelowna and a City of Kelowna. West Kelowna is on the...

September 7, 2011
Summer finishes with steady home sales - The Central Zone of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported August 2011 sales activity of all MLS property types slower than this time last...

September 9, 2011
A Natural StairMaster: Knox Mountain - Knox Mountain Park is located walking minutes north of Kelowna's downtown core, adjacent to Okanagan Lake. The 230 hectares park offers stunning vistas of...

September 10, 2011
Staying on top of real estate - RE/MAX Western Canada just made available a free mobile app to keep you on top of real estate to find your home-sweet-home! The app enables you to search for Western...

September 16, 2011
8 Unexpected Awesome Wine Regions - It's easy to be blinded by the stars. In the world of wine, you might argue that this is especially true, where the superstar regions of France, Italy, California, and...

September 17, 2011
Personalized home search - A 'personalized home search' is a customized MLS home search function that can be sent to your inbox ~ it's as easy as that! Once your search criteria is set-up the first email...

September 19, 2011
Switch the old thermostat - Do you have a mercury-filled thermostat that dates back to the days when avocado appliances were modern? Well, the heating and cooling industry thinks it's time to toss those...

September 20, 2011
Small appliance recycling program - Commencing October 1st, 2011, British Columbians will be able to drop off old or broken small appliances such as toasters, electric shavers, garment steamers, vacuum...

September 21, 2011
Protecting your investment with seasonal maintenance - Fall is the best time to get all those seasonal home maintenace projects done around the house before the winter rains. People in the...

September 22, 2011
RCMP on-line list of grow-up addresses - You can now visit a website listing the addresses of homes, outbuildings in residential, rural or commercial and industrial areas where Royal Canadian...

September 22, 2011
Who's buying homes in the Okanagan-Shuswap? - Ever wonder where home buyers come from? Since September 2010, the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) has been collecting from our members...

September 23, 2011
Is your home inspection out-of-date? - Most people think about getting a home inspetion when they buy a house, and with good reason. I think anyone who buys a house without paying for a professional...

September 26, 2011
5 Reasons this might be a good time to buy a home - According to a recent news release from British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA), August 2011 versus 2010 year-to-date residential...

September 30, 2011
The most reliable source of real estate information - Housing market information orginating from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) has long been recognized as the most reliable and...

September 30, 2011
One of the many benefits of living in the Okanagan! - The Okanagan celebrates four wine festivals each year ~ Spring, Summer and Fall as well as the Icewine Festival. Yesterday was the...

October 3, 2011
September 2011 Single Family Residential Numbers - Numbers are in from Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) to give us a picture of the Kelowna area real estate activity for September as...

October 4, 2011
Happening price ranges - Wow, how times flies ~ it seems only yesterday we were anticipating how Kelowna's 2011 real estate market would unfold. Today we have nine months of sales history to see which price...

October 6, 2011
Housing market showing signs of stability going into Fall - The Central Zone of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported September 2011 sales activity of all MLS property...

October 11, 2011
Canada's home building steams ahead - Home construction rose more than expected in September, led by multiple-units activity, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. CMHC said Tuesday that...

October 15, 2011
Investors keep running to the arms of housing - It's going to crash, it's going to crash. How many times have we heard this about the Canadian housing market? Sometimes commentators use more...

October 18, 2011
National market tightens, but still balanced - On a monthly basis the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) puts together statistics of existing homes and properties sold through the Multiple...

October 21, 2011
Portable, on-the-go real estate information - The most visited real estate website in Canada is REALTOR.ca which is operated by the Canadian Real Estate Assocation (CREA) on behalf of REALTORS...

October 22, 2011
Okanagan-Shuswap buying dynamics - Approximately 60% Okanagan-Shuswap homebuyers have been coming from within the region and the balance, a sizable proportion of approximately 40% from buyers that...

October 25, 2011
Bank of Canada interest rate announcement - As was universally anticipated, the Bank of Canada opted to hold its target overnight rate at 1 per cent this morning. Ongoing uncertainty in the...

October 28, 2011
Regular inspections prevent occurance of problems - Inspecting your home on a regular basis and following good maintenance practises are the best way to protect your investment in your home....

October 31, 2011
October 2011 Kelowna area numbers - MLS numbers are yet to be finalized nontheless we can still get a good picture of what has been happening this October with Kelowna and West Kelowna housing market....

November 6, 2011
Peek inside Christmas glitzed Kelowna homes - Get in the festive holiday spirit this coming weekend by attending Ballet Kelowna's inaugural self-guided tour of six incredible, private residences...

November 8, 2011
Kelowna house prices climbed 156% - New construction, more than infill and renovation, has served to support rising prices in Kelowna over the past decade. The strength of new construction exceeded the...

November 8, 2011
Okanagan market continues to stablize - The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported October 2011 sales activity of all MLS property types remained similar to this time last year and were...

November 12, 2011
Kelowna's popular selling price range - 1,073 Kelowna homes have sold year-to-date. The way the numbers are trending with only a month and a half away from year end we could be 'nip-and-tuck' with 2010...

November 15, 2011
Home sales climb higher outside Vancouver - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service (MLS) residential unit sales in the province rose 6.5% to 5,865...

November 17, 2011
Insight into Kelowna foreclosure activity - The number of court ordered sale activity has increased over the last couple of years according to data available on Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board...

November 21, 2011
Kelowna's $1-Million Plus Club - One of 22 Kelowna homes sold for more than a million dollars year-to-date (ytd) and one of 25 in West Kelowna. 71.43% of the home sale activity ytd (1,526) is in Kelowna...

November 24, 2011
'The Skinny' on Okanagan Buyers - Serious buyers are taking advantage of the Okanagan's current buyers market and leveraging their positive purchasing power while it lasts. Okanagan home buyers have been...

November 25, 2011
Okanagan, Kelowna residential forecast: 2011 and 2012 - MLS residential sales through the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board are estimated to edge down 1 per cent to 4,790 units this year....

November 26, 2011
Okanagan Weekly Real Estate Market Watch - The following is a recap on the Okanagan* real estate market for the past seven days. # New listings: 164 # Sales: 84 Ratio: 51% # Price Changes: 152 #...

December 1, 2011
House sale momentum - Historically it is not unusual for Kelowna's single family residential sale activity to soften at this time of the year as folks become focused on seasonal obligations. November's 69 house...

December 2, 2011
Winter Selling Tips To Help Get SOLD - RE/MAX Agents Share Ten Ways to Get the Best of Winter When Selling Your Home If your home will be for sale this winter, it is important to master certain...

December 3, 2011
Kelowna Real Estate Market Watch Dec 3, 2011 - Here's a recap of Kelowna and West Kelowna residential real estate activity in the past seven days..... # new listings: 74 (22); # sales: 50 (12);...

December 6, 2011
Kelowna Housing Market Outlook 2012 - 2011 marked a year of stabilization for Kelowna's residential real estate market, as activity and prices firmed up. Entry-level buyers led the charge, while the...

December 9, 2011
New Construction Ups and Downs - Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) 'Preliminary Housing Start Data' is a monthly publication giving up-to-date stats on housing starts provincially as well as...

December 10, 2011
Kelowna Real Estate Market Watch Dec 10, 2011 - Here's a recap of Kelowna and West Kelowna residential (single family residential, strata, manufactured homes, recreational and lots & acreages)...

December 13, 2011
Faster and easier net real estate experience! - Earlier this month REALTOR.ca upgraded the site to improve and simplify your real estate search net experience. This new version offers great new...

December 16, 2011
Nationally Home Sales Edge Higher - Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) just released its monthly stats on national housing activity which shows sales edged higher in November 2011 from the previous...

December 17, 2011
Kelowna Real Estate Market Watch Dec 17, 2011 - HO! HO! HO! Here's a close-up of Kelowna and West Kelowna residential real estate activity in the past seven days. Active listings are holding on...

December 21, 2011
Okanagan Market Continues Normalization Trend - The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported November 2011 sales activity of all MLS property types were up 9% over this time last year...

December 31, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR! - With only hours away from the new year my curiousity could not wait for Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) MLS stats to be finalized for 2011 sometime in the new year. So here is what...

January 1, 2012
2012 - First day of the 2012 is a great time to anticipate where Kelowna area real estate market activity is heading. With 2011 behind us we know that 2011 total sale activity numbers were similar to 2010 and the...

January 2, 2012
Supply - Demand - If no one listed their residential property today, at the current rate of Kelowna and West Kelowna residential* property sales it would take over 16 and 27 months respectively to sell off all...

January 3, 2012
Prices & Sales over the Years - This happy homeowner roped in a sale along with 1,204 Kelowna homeowners in 2011! Overall 2011 Kelowna house sales activity was a little less than 2010 (1,245) and the...

January 4, 2012
Property Assessments - Kelowna area homeonwers can anticipate lower property assessments this year according to BC Assessment Authority (BCA) 2012 assessment information posted on their interactive online...

January 6, 2012
Million-Dollar-Plus Homes - Last year million-dollar-plus home sales accounted for 4.48% of Kelowna home sales and 3.56% in West Kelowna. Of Kelowna's 53 million-dollar-plus home sales, $5.2 mil was the...

January 7, 2012
Central Okanagan Market Report - December - The 2011 real estate market finished on a stronger note than it began. December's residential sales were up over 9% over the same time last year but more...

January 10, 2012
Canadian Housing Starts - British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) just released it's 'BCREA Economics Now' regarding Canadian Housing Starts: "Canadian housing starts rose almost 8% month over month...

January 20, 2012
First 20 days of 2012's residential market - 60 buyers have taken advantage of purchasing a Kelowna area home in the first twenty days of 2012. And 1,321 Kelowna area sellers have their homes...

January 25, 2012
What's moving our local real estate market? - Up to 40% of Kelowna area sales come from non-local buyers. In the past 16 months Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) has been collecting...

January 27, 2012
Typical regional real estate sales patterns in 2012 - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) just released its 2012 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update today. "British Columbia...

February 3, 2012
January house shoppers - Kelowna area home sales activity is typical for the first month of the year~ a lower number of sales likely improving in the months ahead. According to Okanagan Mainline Real Estate...

February 6, 2012
Serious strata buyers are active anytime of the year! - As we ushered in the new year Kelowna area January strata market activity was not unlike houses. Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board...

February 8, 2012
We are off to a good start - The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board reported "overall sales in the Central Zone (Peachland to Lake Country) slipped by 0.9% to 211 units ($74.8 million) compared to 213...

February 10, 2012
Million Dollar Homes - Forty-one days into 2012 there has been 1 one million-plus Kelowna home sale, approximately 1 percent of the year-to-date home sales and none yet in West Kelowna. Our local real estate...

February 15, 2012
Home sales rise outside Lower Mainland - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) just released its report 'that the dollar volume of homes sold through Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in...

February 16, 2012
Foreclosed properties a deal? - 'Home Foreclosures Skyrocket in Kelowna', 'Number of Foreclosures Rising in the Central Okanagan' are news titles hitting the air and net waves the past couple of days....

February 21, 2012
Buying a new-home? New-vacation or recreational property? - February 17, 2012 the BC government released information regarding the HST to PST transition measures for the purchases of...

February 23, 2012
New reg's improve BC strata corporation accountability - Potential strata property buyers have more information available to them as a result of changes made to the BC Strata Property...

February 25, 2012
Kelowna Real Estate Weekly Market Watch - Feb 24/12 - Here is a seven day picture of the Kelowna and West Kelowna residential real estate market: KELOWNA Feb 18-24 NEW LISTINGS 112 #...

March 1, 2012
Kelowna house selection broadens, demand improves - February 2012 numbers are in to give us a picture of how the Kelowna and West Kelowna housing market is unfolding. Crunching the MLS numbers...

March 2, 2012
Notable Kelowna strata trends - Kelowna strata market is not unlike the single family residential market with sales and active listings numbers picking up In February compared to January. Even though...

March 3, 2012
Interesting Okanagan buyer profiles - Each month the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) asks the Okanagan Realtors to respond to a survey with regards to where buyers are coming from both...

March 4, 2012
Kelowna Real Estate Weelkly Market Watch - Mar 2/12 - As the weather warms so does Kelowna weekly sale activity. This trend is not unlike many real estate markets. What continues to make...

March 9, 2012
How's the market? - We anticipate that newly released HST Transitional Rules, continued low interest rates and abundant supply will spur the market in 2012 as first-time home buyers, new home buyers and...

March 10, 2012
Kelowna Real Estate Weekly Market Watch - Mar 10/12 - Sieving through the past weeks variety of opinon about the direction of Canadian home prices it looks like through 2013 "flat is the new...

March 16, 2012
Home Sales in Interior/North Outpace Province - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that the dollar volume of homes sold through Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in BC...

March 17, 2012
Use cutting edge real estate technology - First to the real estate market in Canada, RE/MAX of Western Canada is pleased to announce its new Augmented Reality feature, 'Live View' on the free RE/MAX...

March 18, 2012
Kelowna Real Estate Weekly Market Watch - Mar 17/12 - The Kelowna area real estate market momentum is shadowing 2011's as we approach the spring and summer seasons. The residential supply...

March 22, 2012
A more competitive real estate market takes shape - According to s report just released by RE/MAX, 'Major Canadian real estate markets continued to show exceptional resiliency throughout the...

March 25, 2012
Kelowna Real Estate Weekly Market Watch - Mar 24/12 - Unlike the sizzling real estate markets of Vancouver, Toronto and Canadian resource-rich areas where demand is strong and supply...

April 1, 2012
Kelowna price and activity trend - Month after month new listings continue to outpace sales in Kelowna and West Kelowna. Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board's (OMREB) final MLS March numbers will be...

April 3, 2012
2012 First Quarter Kelowna Real Estate - First three months of 2012 have past and we now have year-to-date (1st Qtr) results for Kelowna and West Kelowna real estate markets. 2012 1st Qrt sales totals...

April 8, 2012
How's the market? - The Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported March sales activity of MLS propery types was down slightly over the same month last year as consumers cautiously enter the market....

April 11, 2012
Kelowna new construction growth - A news release from British Columbia Real Estate Assocation (BCREA) says "Canadian housing starts jumped 5 per cent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR)...

April 17, 2012
Interest Rate Decision April 17, 2012 - British Columbia Real Estate Association just released its 'BCREA Economic Now' saying "The Bank of Canada left its overnight rate unchanged at 1 per cent for...

April 20, 2012
Who are the Okanagan-Shuswap serious buyers? - Here is a little insignt of who the 'movers and shakers' of our local real estate market during the first quarter of 2012 (January to March)...

May 1, 2012
Spring Market - Typically as Spring and Summer approaches in the Kelowna area* real estate sale numbers improve month-to-month. Year-to-date single family residential has been following this typical 'warming'...

May 7, 2012
How's the market? - Things are looking up in the Okanagan real estate market as the 'Okanagan Sunflower', also know as 'Arrowleaf Balsamroot' blankets the local slopes in splashes of bright yellow! The Okanagan...

May 8, 2012
Pricing pressure - Kelowna area home sales are increasing month after month giving the impression the real estate market is improving but the number of homes sold - and the number of homes listed on MLS for sale...

May 16, 2012
Graphic representation of Okanagan Buyers - 1,756 properties have sold in the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) area in the first four months of 2012. OMREB covers the Central Okanagan,...

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