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
History was made October 9 as NASA launched a $79 million dollar mission to crash a rocket into the moon to determine if there was water present. Mission accomplished as far as the crash goes, as NASA officials call it a "successful impact". Water, yet to be determined. Many of us watched as the rocket 'cam' inched us all closer and closer to the moment of impact. In those few moments came ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on October 10, 2009
Like most people I remember hide and seek as a kid to be a great fun thing to do outside and to put off homework for as long as I could. As a parent now with young children...it still is...it allows me to play with the kids before I have to do my work around the house.
I always liked hiding more than seeking because you wanted to outsmart the person who was seeking but you knew eventually you were ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on September 15, 2009
Have you ever been searching for your dream home on the Internet and spent a lot of time looking at dark blurry photos that don't show the house in a positive way. Well you certainly are not alone. Most buyers in todays market start their home search on the Internet. How do they decide what homes are of interest to them?? Pictures, pictures, pictures. Check out a few samples of what you ...
Posted by Glen McQuaid
on June 20, 2009
There has been a huge increase in web traffic in the past 2 years of people searching for all things but especially real estate. With that most Realtors ® have gone out and got a website that they put information about themselves and put their listings on it.
Some of the issues with it is keeping properties current with pictures, correct information like price, amenities and especially ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on May 29, 2009
Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc has recently sold 215 Sundance Lane in Stratford PEI. It was one of the most spectacular homes that we have ever had the opportunity to market and sell. Due to its location, price and curiousity seekers it was the most viewed property we have had on our site. At one point it was in the top 5 of most viewed properties in the Century21.ca platform in Canada.
From ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on May 27, 2009
Recently many of the Brokers in PEI discussed issues within the PEI Real Estate industry and one main topic was the continued use of print media.
In the 1980's the brokers got together to do a co operative tabloid real estate supplement within the PEI Newspaper "The Guardian". It was very effective for many years but with the Internet changing how people shop for many items including real estate ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 23, 2009
If you are always checking back to find out if there are any new listings on our site...we have made it easier for you by going to www.newlistings21.com . All of our recently added listings will show up on our map with the most recent on the bottom left of the screen. It is kind of like a stock ticker but hopefully not as depressing some times. But hey the markets are rebounding and the real estate ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 16, 2009
Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc is always working on staying current with technology and trends. We are working with an Online Marketing Firm called TopSearchResult.ca that specializes in real estate SEO, Pay Per Click and Social Media. We have a fan page on Facebook and now we have enabled a Twitter Account that allows other Twitter subscribers to follow and be alerted to new listings, price ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 15, 2009
With all things going on with the media (more US but Canada is catching up) with words like bailout, stimulus, foreclosures, etc I wonder where it all went wrong ??? Sure there are lots of explanations with financial situations such as price of oil, selling off of mortgages, the NASDAQ, stock market, etc it all seems to be tied to confidence. It comes down to confidence in your job, your investments,the ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 1, 2009