Is 2010 the year you decide to stop paying rent and invest in your future in the form of your very own home? How much do you need and how can you save for a down payment? What’s the best type of mortgage for you? What homes are available and what sorts of programs areContinue reading “Upcoming Free Victoria BC Real Estate Seminar: Buying A Home”
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Victoria BC Real Estate Buyer’s Profile – Where are the Buyers Coming From?
An initiative we started late last year at the Victoria Real Estate Board is giving us some excellent data on market trends in the Victoria BC real estate market. As a director and chair of a Communications Task Force, I helped devise a market survey that is sent out via email at the end ofContinue reading “Victoria BC Real Estate Buyer’s Profile – Where are the Buyers Coming From?”
Butchart Gardens Christmas Lights Display
Last night, my wife and I got out and enjoyed the crisp December evening and headed out to world-famous Butchart Gardens on the Saanich Peninsula. Every year they decorate the gardens in thousands of lights, creating a truly magical Christmas experience. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, it was a gorgeous, starlit evening, and the lights wereContinue reading “Butchart Gardens Christmas Lights Display”
Tim Ayres at NAR Conference 2009 San Diego – Day 1 – Social Media and Gender Differences [Video]
Day 1 of the NAR Convention in San Diego was very productive – I saw two sessions today and unfortunately was shut out of a third due to it being full. The Introduction to Social Media session was great. As a REALTOR® who puts himself out there online using social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,Continue reading “Tim Ayres at NAR Conference 2009 San Diego – Day 1 – Social Media and Gender Differences [Video]”
Tim Ayres at NAR 2009 Conference in San Diego with VREB [Video]
We arrived today in San Diego for the NAR (National Association of REALTORS®) Conference 2009. There will be approximately 20,000 delegates from all over the world at the convention, which is bound to be exciting, fun, and informative. I am here as part of the delegation from the Victoria Real Estate Board. I am aContinue reading “Tim Ayres at NAR 2009 Conference in San Diego with VREB [Video]”
2010 Olympic Torch Relay Comes To Sooke Saturday Morning
I was driving around downtown Victoria yesterday, where I saw several VANOC staff and vehicles in various parking lots, a huge stage being erected on the lawn of the legislature, portable lights, temporary NO PARKING signs, and other signs of the imminent arrival of the Olympic Torch. Lit a few days ago in Greece, it’sContinue reading “2010 Olympic Torch Relay Comes To Sooke Saturday Morning”
How to Sell Your Langford or Victoria BC Home In A Day
Call your REALTOR®, and list it now. Of course, not every home is going to sell overnight, but supply of good, moderately-priced homes is tight, and seems only to be getting tighter. I’ve been tracking listings of single family homes in Sooke, Langford, and Colwood for a client of mine. Check out this spreadsheet (I’llContinue reading “How to Sell Your Langford or Victoria BC Home In A Day”
Ocean, Lake, and Other View Properties in Sooke and Victoria – Something to Keep In Mind [Video]
If you’re reading this in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to view the video below: http://www.viddler.com/player/ab9386a/ I was out for a run the other day in a 15-or-20 year old subdivision in Sooke. Running up Henlyn Road in the John Muir neighbourhood of Sooke which has amazing, sweepingContinue reading “Ocean, Lake, and Other View Properties in Sooke and Victoria – Something to Keep In Mind [Video]”
778 Area Code Comes To Sooke
This isn’t really news, the 778 area code has been province-wide since July 4, 2007, but I don’t get the impression that it was well publicized when the numbers actually started to appear earlier this year. Most Sooke residents will recognize that this blog is named after the long-time three-digit telephone exchange for Sooke, 642.Continue reading “778 Area Code Comes To Sooke”
Real Estate Prices Victoria BC vs Sooke
I’ve been working with quite a few first-time buyers in Victoria lately. It’s become somewhat an exercise in frustration, as the homes that are available in their price ranges (typically under $400,000 without a rental suite/apartment, or under $500,000 with one) have been mostly disappointing, sometimes very much so. In one case, in a beatContinue reading “Real Estate Prices Victoria BC vs Sooke”