The President of the Ottawa Real Estate Board comments in their monthly statement of the Ottawa Real Estate Market as, "this is what normal looks like". They go on to say, " Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 699 residential properties in December through the Board's Multiple Listing Service® system compared with 618 in December 2010, an increase of 13.1 per cent. The ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on January 9, 2012
Maybe one of the best ways for us as Century 21 Agents to learn just how wonderful a tool these RCI Certificates are is to use them. This is not my first time trying them and I know it won't be the last.
We booked into the Pocono Mountain area of Pennsylvania, on the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and only 90 - 120 minutes out of downtown New York City .
It was a 7 hour drive from Ottawa ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on December 7, 2011
Kanta West / Stittsville, Ontario Are you wondering what is happening about the new bridge on Hazeldean between Kanata West and Stittsville. It was due to be open months ago and it looked as if it was about to when something went wrong. www.emckanata.ca/.../Completion+of+Carp+River+Bridge+on+Hazel... Testing it the mid section dropped. Built on clay the engineers had driven piles of steel down to bedrock ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on September 2, 2011
The Ottawa Real Estate Board has suffered from a lack of affordable listings so far in 2011. That appears to have started to change. This week alone there has been an increase in the number of new listings with almost 500 in the past 2 days but fewer and fewer under $300,000. only 117 in the month of August. Thats condominimums and freehold combined!!!
The revisions are also up and not all of them ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on August 25, 2011
The volume of sales continues to pace pre-HST levels for June in Ottawa but is it bound to slowdown? right?
Interest rates down slightly may just promote hesitation but with a lack of lower priced, starter product how can you wait if something good comes up. If you don't want to spend more than a quarter of a million dollars there are 75 listings to pick from of which 44 are not mobile ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on June 15, 2011
As all our eyes turn to the disaster unfolding in one of our neighbours just off our western coast, Japan, a place used to earthquakes. Usually very well equipt to deal with such regular happenings. Who along with everyone thanks to CNN and U tube watching closely how aging Nuclear Electric Producing Plants react to a 9.0 earthquake and pre-shocks at 7.2 and many many aftershocks above the 6.0 ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on March 15, 2011
Declining attendance and interest in the last few Stittsville Winterfest celebrations has the local association deferring the planning of the next snow festival for 2012.
Usually the last weekend of February has been reserved to celebrate winter in Stittsville and normally held at the community park of Ralph Park Road. Normally hayrides, bed races, skating, hot chocolate and fun were the fare ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on January 29, 2011
The real estate crystal ball has been brought out and shined up once from where it was stored since the beginning of 2010 and has sent out good news to the overall real estate market that this will be a Good Year.
Low Interest Rates, stable inventory, stable employment, and stable government give confidence to sellers and buyers both. The Ottawa Sun writers quoting leaders from Royal Lepage, give ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on January 12, 2011
The cards and calanders are written and sent, the gifts are all bought, let's hope, or maybe just one more before the stores all close for just one day on December 25th. Just one day but is a very special day for most. Not just for the symbolic birthday, a day chosen many years ago, as a celebration of the birth of a very special child.
There really is nothing more special than the birth of a child ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on December 21, 2010
FREE HALLOWEEN PHOTO FOR THE KIDS - OCTOBER 31!
Yes that is right i think this is a marvalous idea to commemorate the cute bunnies and scary tots in our lives. Some of you know our son Josh Jefferies and use him for your professional pictures for your listings and business cards, sign, postcards etc. I thought I would spread the word for him sooooo
Bring the kiddies to ...
Posted by Carol Jefferies
on October 25, 2010