The Open House, should we have one or shouldn't we.
I've been asked that many times usually along the lines of "Do you do Open Houses? Our last agent said they are a waste of time". Usually I state that yes we do host open houses but they are not mandatory. You may choose to have them as part of our services or not. At that stage I still may get a puzzled look.
Reasons for ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 25, 2010
Century 21 Advantage is gearing up for a birthday celebration. We are fast approaching our 100th anniversary in real estate. Thank You Red Deer and Central Alberta!
A brief history of the company:
The Company was founded late in the year 1910 when local businessman, W.J. Botterill, decided to open a real estate office to take advantage of the impending real estate boom. By early 1911 ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 21, 2010
May "For Sale" signs are popping up faster than dandelions out there right now.
Our present number of active listings in Red Deer is 741 with 44 of those showing as conditional or pending. That's close to one hundred more listings on the market than 2009 where we had 659 for the same time frame.
Does this 12% increase in listings yield a similar increase in sales for Red Deer?
No ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 17, 2010
What are your long weekend plans? Do they involve real estate?
Please take a few moments and answer the following survey: http://bit.ly/cJfiCX
Thanks,
Patrick Galesloot
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 17, 2010
Are you considering buying or selling a condo in Red Deer?
Yes? Well you've probably wondered if there is a "condo" market. There is and we generally group them more specifically into "Apartment Condos". The Central Alberta REALTOR's® Association groups the data more so by style than type of ownership (A condo is a form of ownership).
The Apartment Condo Market in Red Deer ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on May 10, 2010
PDS is an acronym coined by David Knox for "Pricing Denial Syndrome".
This syndrome afflicts some sellers and possibly some agents and the signs are:
Denial (“It’s not the price.”)
Minimization (“It’s not that overpriced.”)
Blame (“You’re not marketing it enough.”)
Justification (“We need the money.”)
Bargaining (“What ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on April 15, 2010
If you have been wondering when to lock in your interest rates or ensure you have a rate hold, it looks like now is the time.
The Globe and Mail posted this yesterday:
"Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest bank, has raised mortgage rates again. The move, which will result in a 0.25 percentage point increase in the cost of a number of fixed-rate mortgage products that the bank offers, ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on April 14, 2010
April is Open House Month!!
Stop by any of our Open Houses This weekend and you could win 1,000 Air Miles
Century 21 Advantage Open Houses for the Weekend of April 10 & 11, 2010
Open Houses for Saturday April 10, 2010
34 Davis Close
Hosted by:
Marie Podgurney
2:00-4:00pm
227 Lindsay Avenue
Hosted by:
Ben Ordman
3:00-4:00pm
...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on April 9, 2010
It's not just the weather in Alberta that gets everyone talking it's also real estate. There seems to be some expectation that sales activity and listing turnover rates will return to the heated market activity of 2006 and 2007. That is not a normal market and not the market place for 2010 so far. The 2010 real estate market is looking a lot like 2009 right now.
Right about now ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on April 9, 2010
More traffic helps buyers and sellers.
We've been pretty excited about our web platform since it launched. The enhancements have been well recieved by our agents, sellers and buyers. We've added full screen picture slide shows with all our properties that have 21 photos. We also added links to virtual tours and more recently added Google Street View to each listing. The interactive ...
Posted by Patrick Galesloot
on April 1, 2010