Charlotte and I would like to wish all of our clients Happy Holidays and best wishes for a Happy New Year. We would like to thank everyone for a great year in 2008, and we look forward to serving all of your real estate needs in 2009.
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on December 29, 2008
This is a reprint of a blog post on the national Century 21 website. I thought it was very informative, so I am reposting here for my clients.
You put your house up for sale and the listing expired without a sale. What went wrong? The majority of houses sell during the initial listing time, usually a period of three months or more. But - as you've found out - some don't sell.
What ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on December 5, 2008
This question comes up a lot lately, so I thought I would compare the past few years in terms of listings and sales volume by month. The data* is for Residential Sales in the Greater Charlottetown Area, including Stratford and Cornwall, back to 2005.
While inventory is up and the sales volume is down, prices have remained fairly steady in this area. It ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on October 31, 2008
Let's face it. When you visit a home during a scheduled viewing or open house, you're usually seeing it at its best. The rooms are tidy. The sinks are clean. The closets are organized and uncluttered. Even the lighting is set to its brightest.
That's just good old-fashioned marketing.
However, not every house you see will actually look this way. For any number of reasons, a house ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on October 8, 2008
Century 21 Real Estate announced October as National Open House Month. Following its successful Spring open house month promotion in April, CENTURY 21® offices around the country will hold Fall open house events for thousands of property listings throughout the month of October. In April 2008, the number of Century 21 open houses increased four-fold from April 2007.
Charlotte and I will be having ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on October 5, 2008
Since I started working as a Realtor, I have had lots of people asking me questions about my career. I thought it would be fun to do a FAQ's of the questions that are common:
Q: Is it OK to call your Realtor on a weekend / evening / holiday?
A: Absolutely! I'd say at least 50% of my business is done outside the traditional 9 - 5 work day, and I'm sure it's the same for other ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on September 16, 2008
Would you purchase a home online? Without ever seeing it in person? Charlotte and I did a final walk through today on a house that will close tomorrow with our clients who were seeing their home "in real life" for the first time. Our clients were from out of province and relocating back to PEI, so we spent the past few months working with them online to find the right home for them. ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on April 10, 2008
Spring is the season for open houses so this weekend I will be hosting two of them. Please come down to 41 Grafton Street to view this prime location, recently rezoned commercial and freshly painted throughout. Open house Saturday April 12 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
On Sunday from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. I will be hosting an open house at 11 Palmers Lane. Hope to see you there!
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on April 10, 2008
We are currently working with a number of clients who are moving to PEI from "away" and thought this information was worth posting:Provincial Taxation of "Residents" vs "Non-Residents"When selling to Non-Residents of PEI (a Non Resident is defined under Section 5 of the Real Property Tax Act as someone who has NOT lived on PEI for 183 consecutive days), Members should be aware that the provincial taxation ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on April 10, 2008
I have clients arriving tonight from Vancouver BC, the opposite coast of the country. They are lovely couple, relocating here to Prince Edward Island, and we have been working 'virtually' together for a few months now. I had to stop and think for a minute, have we ever spoken on the phone? The answer is no - all of our communications have been by email. Over the months we've emailed about what they ...
Posted by Kelly Lantz
on April 10, 2008