Repeat after me: Real estate is local. Real estate is local. Real estate is local. While some generalizations can be made about the overall real estate market in Canada, British Columbia, and the greater Victoria area, you have to look at a local level to find out what’s truly going on. With reports of theContinue reading “Sooke MLS Statistics for June, 2008 – Still going strong!”
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Sooke Events: Symphony Fling
The Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing their very popular annual “Fling” open-air pops concert on Sunday, July 13th, 2008 at 2:30. This free summer event is always very well attended and takes place in beautiful Ed Macgregor Park. I’m willing to bet that many readers out there didn’t know we even had an orchestraContinue reading “Sooke Events: Symphony Fling”
What Are Sooke Residents Doing In Response To High Gas Prices? [Video]
What Are Sooke Residents Doing In Response To High Gas Prices? from Tim Ayres – REALTOR® on Vimeo. Vimeo Link YouTube Link For many residents of Sooke, our decision to locate here was based on lower housing costs. This of course comes as a trade-off with a longer commute to work in Victoria or onContinue reading “What Are Sooke Residents Doing In Response To High Gas Prices? [Video]”
Don’t Close On A Friday! [Video]
Below is a video I shot yesterday about why it’s a bad bad bad idea to close your real estate deals (completion date) on a Friday. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, but you want to make sure you set the completion date for any weekday besides Friday. This will make your moving experience a lot easier andContinue reading “Don’t Close On A Friday! [Video]”
Warning About a Creep in Sooke, Victoria, Colwood!
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A Fresh Look, A New Direction
Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I hope that I’ve gone the right way here in moving from WordPress.com to my own self-hosted WordPress installation. I have ideas and things I want to do with this blog that go beyond what WordPress.com could do for me, including the new theme and layout. Inspired byContinue reading “A Fresh Look, A New Direction”
Sooke Real Estate Market MLS® Sales Statistics – May 2008
I was surprised at the results of the Victoria Real Estate Board‘s May 2008 MLS® statistics report, released yesterday. Here in Sooke, I’d been anticipating that other areas in the Victoria region had been having as strong a month as we have. I felt that anecdotally, anyway, our May was as good or better thanContinue reading “Sooke Real Estate Market MLS® Sales Statistics – May 2008”
[VIDEO] On Open Houses – What’s Your Call?
In this short video, I’m asking you for your opinions about open houses. Are they a thing of the past? Or as a buyer, seller, or REALTOR®, do you find them effective? Comment below or send them to Tim@TimAyres.ca On Open Houses – By Tim Ayres – REALTOR® – Sooke Real Estate from Tim AyresContinue reading “[VIDEO] On Open Houses – What’s Your Call?”
Screw The CRD and Sewage Treatment – Move To Sooke!
Taking a page from Ian Watt, I give my comments (while driving) about the CRD’s sewage treatment plans and about why you should move to Sooke and avoid all this mess! The B.C. Government finally released their highly-anticipated sewage report, which states as expected by the CRD that resource recovery like heat and irrigation waterContinue reading “Screw The CRD and Sewage Treatment – Move To Sooke!”
Reachd.com Video Training – My First Video Blog
Last Tuesday, I attended a 3-hour Video Blogging BootCamp in Vancouver with Reachd.com. There I was provided with an awesome video camera, and the knowledge and ideas necessary to get started with online video. Here is the first of many videos that I will post here on my blog. I would love your comments andContinue reading “Reachd.com Video Training – My First Video Blog”