The Central Alberta Realtors Associaiton (CARA), was the recipient of the "Quality of Life" award.
From Banff Western Connection
Nancie Mackie, the Association Executive Officer, accepted the award from outgoing AREA President. Quality of Life award was awarded to CARA for there commitment to donating $250,000 to Red Deer Hospice. More on the Quality of Life program ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 30, 2009
Yesterday AREA (the Alberta Real Estate Association) installed the board of directors for 2009. I'm pleased to announce that Janice Resch is one of them. Janice Resch is part owner of Century 21 Advantage, a company that has deep family roots for her. Janice has been active with the Red Deer Real Estate Board now called CARA (Central Alberta Realtors Association) for years and served ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 29, 2009
AREA predicts decrease in prices and sales for real estate 2009
I'm in Banff today, at the Banff Western Connection Conference. A conference geared towards Realtors and Real Estate Associations from Western Canada. It is also open to Realtors from all over not just the western provinces. While it is not surprising that we are hearing a prediction regarding a decline in real estate as that has already ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 29, 2009
I’ll tell you, it’s a good thing. A rate drop means that borrowing money to buy a house or that line of credit is cheaper. Those home equity lines of credit with variable rates are looking pretty darn good these days. Now this budget delivered today would have us getting credits and reductions. Putting more money into our pockets to buy the things we need. This combined with some of ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 27, 2009
My earlier blog post I asked you 4 questions and to email me your thoughts. http://www.century21.ca/patrick.galesloot/Blog/2008_Red_Deer_Real_Estate_Market
Where do you see house prices going long term?
How long do you plane to live in that house?
Should you wait?
Can you afford to wait to buy based on past price trends?
In follow up I received comments that got me thinking some more about ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 24, 2009
Wishful thinking today as it is cold, very cold -27C plus windchill. Brrrr
From Red Deer, Alberta
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 23, 2009
Blogging is a relatively new Endeavour for me. So far I have to say I like it. I like it a lot. It's an opportunity for me to spread the word about this fine place I call home, live, and work in. It's also been great to spread the word about real estate, the benefits to owning real-estate, what's happening in the market and so much more.
A Century 21 Colleague recently tagged me in a Blog sharing ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 21, 2009
The numbers are in and we've been reviewing the 2008 Red Deer real estate market quite a bit here at Century 21 Advantage.
Quite a journey it has been with highs and lows in financial markets, and changes to price frequently. There were a lot of sales in the City of Red Deer. The graphs below are compiled form MLS data provided by the Central Alberta Realtors Association.
The average ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 18, 2009
Happy New Year!
2008 was quite a journey in real estate which I will reflect upon on another post. Right now we'll look at the last few weeks of real estate activity in the Red Deer Market.
Typically December slows down each year as home owners and real estate agents wind down and make plans for time with family and friends. A number of home owners dread the idea of having to be show ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on January 3, 2009