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Black Mountain Chili-cook-off at Melcors sales centre. Our Layton Park has graciously agreet to creating his world - famous....

...chili on behalf of Century 21 Assurance Realty.! It is a fund raiser for the YMCA. Saturday May 25 from 11:30 to 1:30pm. There will be fun and games for the kids, hot dogs, and beer too! Come and be a part of the celebration. Call JANET SIME 250 469-3880 for more details. (You may want to look at the lovely homes for sale along the greens! ...Check this out...display model at the Sales Centre.)

May 25th: Female Hockey Fun Day!

Check out Girls Rockin' the Rink on May 25th. This female hockey fun day is open to all girls aged 5-18 who want to come out and try hockey. Sponsored by Kelowna Minor Hockey, Q103, Power 104, and Tim Hortons this event should not be missed. Plus - I will be a guest speaker! See you there. Need equipment? Contact Danielle and she will help your daughter get in the right gear. Danielle Grundy, ...

Thanks To My Lacrosse Friends!

I have to thank my lacrosse friends who keep sending me great opportunities!   I've just listed this great 15 acres farm at 3888 Salmon River Road. The house is lovely and built in 2008, include a swimming pool, over sized double car garage, shop, pole barn, almost new park model and 2 great storage sheds for your toys!   Call for more details or check out my properties.

Okanagan Sun Devils Field Lacrosse Starts Sunday Night Lacrosse at UBCO

Top players in the valley meet on Sunday nights at UBCO starting May 26th. For the next 9 Sundays 2 teams will battle it out for a trophy we don't have a name for yet! It will be exciting and all players high school aged are welcome to come play.   We start May 26 6-8pm at UBCO, we play the following 9 weks except for long weekends. It is best to pre-register, please email Randy Reynolds 250-938-4111 for ...

Your Home Pricing Strategy

I have posted before on the dangers of overpricing your home. Not only will you miss prospective buyers by overpricing your home, but you will affect how long your home will remain on the market and what the eventual selling price will be. Activity versus Timing Timing is extremely important in the real estate market. A property attracts the most interest and excitement from the real estate community ...

Pricing Guidelines

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of selling a home is listing it at the correct price.  It's one of several areas where assistance of a skilled real estate agent can more than pay for itself. Too high can be as bad as too low If the listing price is too high, you'll miss out on a percentage of buyers looking in the price range where your home should be.  This is the flaw in thinking ...

Boom, Bust or Balance, the road to Kelowna's Real Estate Recovery

Even though we cannot predict the exact future, we should be able to recognize solid fundamentals when they exist. And for the Central Okanagan, the fundamentals look quite good. The history of Kelowna and Area (Central Okanagan) residential sales in the past 10 years is quite interesting. In the first chart you can see the rise and fall of prices, median prices, listings and sales volume. ...

Can you over improve your home?

If you are selling your home, you obviously want to make it show it's best in order to receive the best price for your investment.  However is it possible to "over improve" your house?  Simply put, Yes!  There is a balance between upgrades and the ability to re-coupe the bulk of your improvement costs. However if your home's decor is dated and the walls are in rough condition, ...

5 Things Home Buyers Want In 2013

Many people shopping for real estate today are younger than previous generations of home buyers, and they’re extremely tech savvy. They grew up with smartphones, apps, and Google searches. And they want to use technology not only in their search for a home but throughout the home itself. A recent survey by Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate shows that 77 percent of Gen X & Gen ...

Why Rent When You Can Own!

Over the past few months I have had so many conversations with friends about why they are renting and paying someones elses mortgage and not their own.  In Kelowna to get a decent clean place to rent you are looking of approx $1000/month plus!  Thats alot of money, and when paying this amount in rent it feels nearly impossible to save money on top of pricey bills to one day purchase their ...