The Kootenay Real Estate Board has released market stats for November 2009. Here is a quick summary!
Archive for December, 2009
KREB Market Stats November 2009
Posted in Real Estate, tagged KREB, Stats on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BEWARE! Sophisticated Scammers are using Craiglist
Posted in General Topics, tagged craiglist, scammers, owners, renters on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fraudsters operating at Craigslist SCAM Both Owners and Renters! Owners: To get a lot of details of the property (which they then advertise for rent on Craigslist) they pretend to be an offshore prospective tenant.
BC Assessments
Posted in Real Estate, tagged assessments, property values on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Assessments have been frozen for 2 years as of July 2007. In many outlying areas assessments are now higher than market value. You can check your assessment ANYWHERE IN BC at www.bcassessment.bc.ca CHECK IT NOW. Many assessments are now OVER market value. Get ready to dispute in January if you feel that is the case [...]
Real Estate Purchase – Deposit Amount – Debate.
Posted in Real Estate, tagged Debate, Deposit, Lawyer, Realtor on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hi, I would like to spark a debate about the dollar amount requested as a deposit in a standard “Contract of Purchase and Sale”. Recently a situation was shared with me. To protect the privacy of those involved, I will use generic details. It is the concepts I am more interested in debating in this [...]
The “truth” about property disclosure statements
Posted in Real Estate, tagged Disclosure on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Mark Weisleder Basement flooding. Mould behind the walls. Cracks in the foundation. These are just some of the surprises that home buyers across Canada have discovered in their property after closing, which were not disclosed by the seller. I have reviewed many articles written by legal commentators who have taken the position that sellers [...]
CANADA’S ONLINE DESTINATION FOR REAL ESTATE GOES MOBILE
Posted in Technology, tagged Mobile, Realtor.ca on December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today, one of Canada’s most popular sources for real estate information is going mobile. REALTOR.ca, a part of the real estate industry for over 13 years, is now available for REALTORS® and consumers on their mobile phones for the very first time. Keeping REALTORS® and homebuyers informed on the move, the new beta version of [...]
Kootenay Market Matrix – Q3
Posted in Real Estate, tagged Kootenay, Landcor, Market Matrix, Q3 on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Kootenay Region saw a more moderate market rebound then the rest of BC in the Q3 of 2009. Sales rose by 26.6%, and began to firm up prices – by as little as 1.7% for a detached home and as much as 33.8% for an attached home. Overall, market activity is lower than Q3 2008 levels. Compared [...]
