Ron Barrett of Century 21 Northumberland Realty Ltd. is the 2009 recipient of the Liz Coady Award. The award was presented to Barrett on February 24 by the Prince Edward Island Real Estate Association (PEIREA) in recognition of his unselfish and untiring service to the real estate industry, the community and province of PEI. The Award is named in honour of the late Liz Coady, a Realtor who exemplified ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 13, 2010
Joel Ives, owner of CENTURY 21 Colonial Realty Inc is pleased to announce that CENTURY 21 Canada recently recognized the following Sales Representatives for their hard work and success. "These agents place their real estate wisdom and passion for life into their everyday business, helping to make clients more comfortable with the real estate transaction as they make what may be the most significant ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 10, 2010
On February 16 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced changes to government insured mortgages. You can read the full release here
If you are like me..you read real quick and sometimes don't get the full explanation and can get bogged down by the details...so
First off---
YOU DONT NEED 20% DOWNPAYMENT TO BUY A HOUSE TO LIVE IN !
The changes are :
Require that all borrowers meet the standards ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on February 17, 2010
Google Street View available for PEI !
Google Street View officially became available for Canadian neighbourhoods this fall and was released for PEI this week- the technology that lets you fly down to the street curb level and cruise in a 360-degree manner around the yards, buildings, etc. with remarkable 'zoom'-ability to see details. If you haven't tried flying "Pegman" around a neighbourhood yet, ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on February 9, 2010
Century 21 Colonial Realty signs on as sponsor for Island Artists Unite for Haiti...see commercial and press release below.
We encourage you to think about attending or making a donation to your local Red Cross www.RedCross.ca
Come See Haywire and many other great Island Acts..here's a taste from a long time ago and hopefully will be played by the guys in Haywire.
Island ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 21, 2010
Many people in real estate have ways of manipulating the data to make them sound that they are the Number 1 in a specific area, type etc.
In 2009 Century 21 Colonial Realty sold the most real estate on PEI through the MLS system not only in units sold but in value of real estate.
Here is a link to the stats provided by the PEI Real Estate Association that shows what all the companies did for the ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 21, 2010
Recently the governing party of PEI introduced an amendment to the property assessment act in the recent session of the legislature. The present government came into power with an election promise of a “freeze” on property tax assessment…basically meaning that whatever your residential assessment was…it stayed the same, although the mil rate (the multiplier amount to determine ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on December 11, 2009
I love my Gmail account and how it allows me to manage my contacts. This week, I was invited to "Google Wave" and I am feeling my way around it. In the process, I found this great article about how Google Wave may impact real estate transactions.
It's very interesting and fun, and seems to be a great way to manage things online - better service for our clients is always the goal, ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on November 13, 2009
I recently received the below link from Kelly Lantz on her facebook status for a video of a skit in a British Comedy show about a pushy Realtor. Being in the real estate business for many years I found it quite funny but I then realized that to some people who have had bad experiences with a Realtor that this is how we are perceived. This may also be what they are telling their families ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on October 19, 2009
Since last week was Thanksgiving there wasn't as many open houses but this weekend there are many around the Greater Charlottetown area and also in Millcove and Covehead. Single family homes as well as a condo.
You can see what houses through Century 21 Colonial Realty are open by going to our open house site www.openhouses21.com and do a preview of the homes/
Meet one of our agents ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on October 16, 2009