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Category Archives: Penticton Real Estate
March 2011 Stats
Here are the stats for Penticton obtained from the South Okanagan Real Estate Board. If one looks a little further in depth we find that single family homes year to date in comparison to last year units sold are down 36%. … Continue reading
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Patience & Wisdom in a Buyer’s Market
This image is compliments of my mother. I relate this to our current Buyer’s market. Rates are still at an all time low and many young families can finally afford to get into the market. A market where young families … Continue reading
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Top Floor Lakeview Condo – Penticton BC
The condo doesn’t match the building! Most of you Pentictonites know of the 3 older buildings in the cul-de-sac by Skaha Lake. These 3 buildings have smaller condo’s mostly vacation, rented out or occupied by young couples or single folks. … Continue reading
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Fireman’s Brigade
A few Saturday’s ago I attended the Fireman’s Ball, it was sold out the first time I attempted to find tickets, but I was determined. The Daybeats are a fabulously talented local band and were playing that night so I … Continue reading
Top 3% in Canada
2010 was a very busy year for myself and real estate in general. I had the honour of working with amazing clients and their referrals. Last week we had our annual Royal LePage Awards Ceremony and for the first time I … Continue reading
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CMHC releases first quarter report.
The Canadian Mortgage Housing Association has recently released its first quarter report for this year. Locally, the housing market has been fairly slow. CMHC states ‘”Measures recently announced for government-backed mortgage insurance will moderate housing starts activity. Some potential buyers … Continue reading
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Fencing the Yard and containing the critters
Little Miss Renovation again. You may or not know this but I have 2 large dogs, Merl and Karma. They are lovely huge animals that have lots of animal and human friends, but if you approach my home they will … Continue reading
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Pricing Strategy
Penticton is a small town and generally we follow trends from the bigger cities, it is always nice to be aware of the real estate industry in these areas. One of the Realtors® brought this situation to light at our … Continue reading
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Naramata – the locals’ secret
Some things you should know about Naramata Schools The local school goes to grade 5 and then kids attend middle and high school in Penticton There is a school bus service throughout most of Naramata. There is additional school bus services … Continue reading
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Parking Stalls -”the more you know”
As you may have purchased a condo or are thinking of a future condo/townhouse purchase I think there is some value in understanding the parking issues that can arise. Sometimes a listing will say comes with 1-2 parking stalls. Maybe … Continue reading
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