I always tell my clients that their best chance of selling their home for the best price is during the first two weeks of their listing. This is because at any given time, there are serious buyers in the market who have seen all the available properties that fit their needs but have not yet found the right home for them. If yours is the home that's right for them and it's priced ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on June 17, 2010
When you're looking for a home on a limited budget, a great way to maximize your investment is to focus on the "unchangeables" (location, view, neighborhood, yard, home size) and work on the "changeables" (flooring, paint, cabinets, trim) over time. Trends in home decor change quickly but a home with a great lake view or a family friendly yard is always in style. http://3369PaynterRoad.com ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on April 22, 2010
Are you selling or thinking of selling your home? Here's a little tip to help make your sale go smoother. Servicing your furnace and replacing the furnace filter will give a potential buyer and their home inspector the impression that your home is well maintained and in proper working order. A dirty, gummed up filter will bring into question the seller's maintenance habits ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on March 31, 2010
Excerpt from Rutlanders.ca :
A huge crowd gathered along Rutland Road to watch the 2010 Olympic torch relay pass through Kelowna. Hundreds (maybe thousands) of kids came from nearby schools to join hundreds of Rutland residents to celebrate the event.
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on January 26, 2010
Recently, I was meeting with some clients of mine after an intense month-long period in which I listed and sold their current home and then shopped with them to find and acquire a new home that better fit their needs. It had been an intense process and after all the late nights of negotiations and house shopping road trips, we had become friends. We were going through the important ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on January 18, 2010
This is a repost from Peter Borszcz's BC Law Blog: http://bcrealestatelaw.blogspot.com/ . Peter is a great lawyer in Kelowna, BC specializing in Real Estate and Corporate Law.
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HST will be chargeable on every supply of real property (including mobile homes and floating homes) in Canada. However, Used Residential Housing is ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on January 8, 2010
Someone asked me the other day: "why isn't there anything on Mount Baldy" - referring to the appropriately named bald hill in the centre of Kelowna (just north-east of Dilworth Mountain), not the ski resort in the South Okanagan. My answer, "because then they'd have to change the name", didn't seem to suffice so I thought I'd better look into it...
The 127 acre property on which Mount Baldy ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on January 7, 2010
After being born in Kelowna and living here most of my life, my favorite Kelowna sight isn't Okanagan, Kalamalka, or Woods Lake, it's not the golf courses, the orchards, or the downtown Kelowna waterfront... (the list goes on).
My favorite Kelowna sight only happens a few times per year (due to the relative scarcity of winter sunshine in the valley and intermittent snowfalls) and it takes my breath ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on January 6, 2010
I've heard a number of rumours of an imminent alien invasion centered in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning January 1, 2010. These extra terrestrial beings are evacuating their home planet, Moate Roalah, prior to its destruction at 12:00 AM (earth time), January 1, 2010. You see, the planet Moate Roalah's calendar is exactly 10 years behind Earth's calendar ...
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on December 31, 2009
Every year for the last 19 years, thousands of Kelowna residents have made Living Nativity at Willow Park Church a Christmas tradition. This free, family-friendly, interactive event is more than just a performance and takes place Dec 11-13 at Willow Park Church at 489 Highway 33 W. For more info, go to http://willowparkchurch.com
Posted by Grant Wiebe
on December 9, 2009