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December 05 2011
One of the great aspects of my job is that every day is unique. While no two days at the office are ever the same, one of the tasks that I am routinely asked to perform for my clients, is to help them determine the value of their homes. Let’s now talk about the act of estimating home value, a…....
0 Comments | Posted in Selling Real Estate
November 18 2011
One of the most common questions I'm asked as a Realtor is, "what is the best time of year to buy or sell?" Common wisdom seems to be that the spring time is the best time to list your property for sale and the summer time is the best time to buy. My honest, professional, opinion is that this is…....
0 Comments | Posted in Alberni Valley Real Estate
October 12 2011
I just returned to work after a month off - a month that was undoubtedly the happiest of my life. On September 14 my wife and I were married on Long Beach and then left for our Costa Rican honeymoon. Costa Rica has played an important part in my adult life. Six months after becoming a licensed Realtor in 2003,…....
10 Comments | Posted in Alberni Valley Real Estate
August 07 2011
As one of the predominant real estate sales teams in the Alberni Valley, it is natural that our business model is built on a foundation of helping people market and sell their homes. In our role as "listing Realtors" we are visiting people's homes on a daily basis in order to conduct market analyses, to ultimately suggest a listing price…....
0 Comments | Posted in Alberni Valley Real Estate
July 09 2011
As many of you who know me know, I have split my seven year real estate career in half. In the middle I earned my Bachelor of Commerce from the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, at the University of Victoria. Prior to my formal business education, I already found myself fascinated with markets - especially real estate markets. Looking…....
6 Comments | Posted in Alberni Valley Real Estate
June 06 2011
One of the most common scenarios that a Realtor will come across is a client who wants to buy a home, but have an existing house to sell first. This presents an interesting situation to which there is no perfect answer. A buyer who has a home to sell first, potentially has three options:Write an offer to buy a new…....
3 Comments | Posted in Buying Real Estate
April 26 2011
There are many features to a house that are important to buyers - number of bedrooms, house size, lot size, degree of privacy, are all examples that I talk about with virtually every buyer. From my perspective, as an expert in the Alberni Valley Real Estate market, nothing should be higher on the list then location. The location, which is the…....
2 Comments | Posted in Buying Real Estate
April 16 2011
Just the other day I received a phone call from a past client who wanted my opinion on some windows she has bought for her house. She was thinking about selling in the near future, and wanted to know if the premiere windows she had bought would increase the value of her house. This got me to thinking that we…....
2 Comments | Posted in Selling Real Estate
March 20 2011
When presenting your home, or property, to prospective buyers first impressions are crucial. Buyers begin making their judgments about your home the moment they see it, and generally prefer homes that are well maintained, clean and clutter free. They prefer homes they can picture themselves living in. That is why home improvements - particularly if they address the anticipated needs…....
2 Comments | Posted in Selling Real Estate
January 27 2011
Real estate markets are by nature cyclical. There is an ebb and flow to things, both within a given year and over the course of a number of years. The last few years have represented a soft market from a long-term viewpoint. The average number of sales have declined, and the average sale price has slowly declined. Within that long-term…....
2 Comments | Posted in Alberni Valley Real Estate
