Recently I was one of 90 realtors invited to a realtor familiarization event at Sun Peaks Resort. The resort is a 45-minute drive from Kamloops and offers year-round activities including golf, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, tobagonning, snow mobiling, skating...seems like everything you ever could wish for is here, including interesting real estate opportunities. One of the most intriguing (after ...
Posted by Michele Joller
on July 30, 2008
My last few open houses have been very quiet. It seems like all the buyers are on summer vacation. In the market's heyday, people lined up for opens bringing with them home inspectors and offers. Opens were your first and often only chance to see a property. After one Vancouver open a few years ago, my buyer was one of eight people who decided to write an offer on the property. We wrote more than full ...
Posted by Michele Joller
on July 29, 2008
Summer traditionally slows down the market -- this summer even more so than usual. For sellers, it is a time of patience. For buyers, it is becoming a time for opportunities. Suddenly deals are available again as inventory continues to increase. Suddenly buyers have a little more say in the negotiating process and more importantly for those buyers, competition situations have been reduced dramatically. ...
Posted by Michele Joller
on July 28, 2008