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Thoughts on Real Estate, Victoria, Vancouver Island and life in the best place on Earth.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Landscaping is an integral part of staging.  Curb appeal can be greatly enhanced by trimming back bushes, clearing vegetation from cracks and mowing and edging the yard.  I'm not talking about replanting the garden and building a new fence, but sprucing up what you do have to present a clean loo...
01/06/2012
Helping you break the real estate code.  Cosy means it won't fit your big screen TV.  Charming means it won't fit any of your stuff!  It's fun reading between the lines.
01/05/2012
Sometimes the value of a strata fee in mortgage dollar terms can mean the difference between purchasing a condo or townhouse and purchasing a single family home.  If the strata fee is $300 then in mortgage terms it's worth around $80,000, which might make the difference.
01/04/2012
Foundations and furnaces are more important than furnishing and fixtures.  In other words a dishwasher is easier to replace than drain tile.  Don't be distracted by the shiny appliances and be sensible in your critique of any home you're considering.
01/03/2012
The number that most people will seize on from 2011, in the most recent press release from the Victoria Real Estate Board, is the average price of a single family home dropping fromm $647,063 in December 2010 to $592,582 in December 2011.  This seemed like a pretty big spread so we need to look a...
01/03/2012
The assessed value of a property has little to do with its actual market value.  Even though assessed value references market value, it is a number generated for property tax purposes only. Market value is what a buyer should be concerned with, so ignore all those "priced below assessed value" re...
01/02/2012
Sometimes the best buying decision you can make is not to buy.  Especially if you find yourself liking a condo in that pink stucco building from the 90s that has such a great price on it!
01/01/2012
Happy New Year Victoria! Another year begins and with it resolutions to excercise, eat better, spend more time with family and get back to blogging regularly.   Godd luck Everyone with their resolutions!  
01/01/2012
  Interesting article in today's Victoria Times Colonist that deals with strata titled properties and their management.  The article can be found here.   I'll assume you had a quick read, but if you haven't, the crux of the article is that property management companies are ill equipped to deal wi...
07/28/2011
I'm starting to think that perhaps the Times Colonist has taken a short position on real estate in Victoria.  How else do we explain how they have taken what should be a good news story and turned it into a bad news story.   You might or might not have heard that Re/Max put out a report that sum...
02/09/2011
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Thoughts on Real Estate, Victoria, Vancouver Island and life in the best place on Earth.