The Management and Staff wish Dale Penstone a Happy 70th Birthday. Dale has been a hugely successful, award winning Realtor with our company since 1985. She has managed an office for the company, has been involved in training and assisting many of our new agents as they start their career. While Dale has reduced her sales volume over the past few years she still actively works ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 2, 2009
In my last blog I ranted a little about a Home Inspector who did an inspection on one of my listings and scared off the buyer when in fact he made an error. I asked how do we hold them accountable? The bottom line answer is with great difficulty so the next question is how do you find a good one. I asked my Home Inspector, Harry Bradford for his insight. I have worked with Harry ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 2, 2009
Home Inspections have become almost a standard feature for most home buyers in the marketplace today and are something that I advise all my clients to get as a condition in an Agreement of Purchase and Sale, regardless of the age or type of home.
Recently, I had a listing that had a roof replaced 8 years earlier. We received an offer on the home conditional upon a home inspection. ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on September 29, 2009
Sold in 2 days for full price!
Townhomes in Kanata are a hot commoditiy and selling very well. We have had several experiences recently of homes selling in hours or days at or over full price. This home was priced well and sold immediately. There is a high demand for this type of home in Ottawa's west end. If you are thinking of selling your freehold town house call ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on August 3, 2009
47 Tobermory Crescent is a 3 bedroom, 3 bath townhouse with a walk out basement that backs onto a community park. Walking distance to Kanata's High Tech Business Park but a very quiet street. This home features hardwood floors, central air conditioning and comes with 5 appliances. Built in 2003 it's better than new. The fully fenced yard opens to the community park with a ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on July 22, 2009
The old days of a sign on your property and and ad in the paper are long past in the marketing of real estate. Today your agent's marketing plan should include;
1) A personal website for your home, see www.29overlake.com
2) Blogs about your home, see www.century21.ca/david.armstrong/blog
3) Facebook and Twitter posts about your home, see http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Kanata-ON/David-Armstrong-Joyce-Armstrong-Brokers-Century-21-John-DeVries-Ltd/56926808488 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on July 17, 2009
So you have decided to sell your house, use a realtor or sell on your own, the old saying "you only get one chance to make a good first impression" is so very true when it comes to real estate.
Again this past week I was out showing homes to buyers and I was amazed to find so many homes unprepared for sale. Walking up the driveway and the buyers are commenting on how poorly maintained the yard ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on July 6, 2009
Fabulous 2 bedroom apartment with office/den in the popular Botanica Private complex. Walk to the Civic Hospital, Experimental farm, Dow's lake and Little Italy in minutes. Central location ideal for a professional couple, retirees or young professional. Unit is immaculate, freshly painted, high quality carpet and features 7 appliances. Kitchen appliances are brand new stainless ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on June 29, 2009
On a recent Friday night Joyce and I found ourselves without kids at home and decided to go out for dinner. We Had been very busy all week and were looking for something close to home and easy. Fiamma's came to mind. We had heard it had had a change of ownership and decided to give it a try. Calling ahead we were told that they could accomodate a table for 2.
Upon our arrival ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on June 16, 2009
Not everything is doom and gloom in the papers these days. Today's Ottawa Citizen reports that Residental resale homes sales are up and that May 2009 had record volume and prices are up 5.3% from May 2008. This is great news fr the Ottawa Real Estate Market. The reasons given include steady, stable employment and healthy incomes.
With the recent rise in interest rates the ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on June 4, 2009