Recent Blog Posts by CENTURY 21 1st Choice Realty

www.fortradio.com New community search engine

Welcome the new addition to our Community. When going onto Fortradio.com you are able to search news, events and businesses all with in the Fort.  This is a valuable tool instead of the traditional Google Search hitting sometimes over 10 million hits per search.  Isolate the search, Hence Fort Search.  As an owner and strong supporter of Century 21 and the its presence on the ...

The Manor at Southfort.

Investors take advantage of this valuable asset to your portfolio.

9 Cherry Pointe, Fort Saskatchewan.

 9 Cherry Pointe... Beautiful and finished. Make it your next home.  I think you will be impressed.

Spring is winter?

Abnormal weather conditions have been interesting in our real estate business in Fort Saskatchewan.  Centum My Choice Mortgage is busy with clients getting ready to purchase.  Construction is in full swing with the New City Hall alone with new home construction.  2012 is looking to be a strong year for the real estate market in Fort Saskatchewan.  

August Holiday's are soon to be over!

We experienced a short period of time with less phone calls and inquiries.  This is to be expected in a great community with higher than normal income.  Holiday's are very important in my community, and deserved. As school is approaching I have already seen the phone lines light up as are last couple of months of selling fast approaches.  Give us a call lets get that mortgage set up ...

March is Marching in!

Mid March has shown a lot of interest from the back door of our web sites.  This small community of Fort Saskatchewan once again is drawing interest from around the country for investment and a great location to call home. As the weeks move ahead I trust our Mortgage department will be pre-approving  many new and existing clients.   From there we will plan the attack on the home ...

2011 starting off great

Our office has started off with a bang.  The phones are ringing again, are mortgage division is setting up mortgages and our new property management group are gearing up to round off the year.  Finally, we are moving forward with fortradio.com we hope to be live by the end of March on the FM dial.  With this we now have way to promote and educate the community on what we really have ...

Welcoming the slow time

November and December have become a time to create and develop new systems in the real estate industry.  It is also a great time to reflex, recharge and have some much needed family time. The direction in the real estate industry is by far the internet and the resources it offers.  With this and the new addition of www.fortradio.com we will take a major step forward in seperating us with ...

WWW.FORTRADIO.COM

http://www.fortradio.com is alive and moving forward.  October 23 at 4:00pm the switch was turned on for a start of fort saskatchewans first and only Radio Station.  Over the next few weeks format and web design will be the focus of this new asset to the fort.  Over the next few months we will be working on creating the final touches and going live on your FM dial. Stay tuned

Fort Radio is coming

Fort Saskatchewan is a great community that is growing by leaps and bounds.  With the growth business's in the Fort have had limited sources of way's to market there product.  Welcome www.fortradio.com  With the help of a good friend we have come up with the Internet version of a radio station.  Plan B will be to put this program on the FM dial.  The format will include all ...

Pre-Listing home ispection?

Is it possible that Pre-Listing home inspection is going to be part of the future in real estate?  I think so.  We have been working in a system inconjunction with our great Century 21 system in developing a this system and giving this information out on our web site.  I support 100% the system of www.address.com  but how about www.address.info ? Check out the newest addition ...

President of the Chamber of Commerce

As of June 2, 2010 I am now the President of the Fort Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.  I had the opportunity to look at the long list of members that had the honour of being in this position and welcome the challenge. This will not only be a challenge to complete the upcoming task but a challenge of time management as well.  Caring on with two business's and the responsibilities of maintaining ...

May is the time for Condos

With the addition of another condo complex to our list of listing we are pretty well covered for any type of need.  Century 21 1st Choice Realty has 90 condo units available to the public.  Prices range from a one bedroom apartment style condo for $197,000 to a full size duplex style with a double front attached garage for $335000. This is the time a first time buyer should take advantage ...

Community Involvement

My involvement with the Chamber of Commerce has been full of ups and downs.  The completion of the 2010 Business Directory has been another huge success and the improvement of the web site has given me great satisfaction.  Having a good friend removed from his position do to many issues has been tough.  Being put in a position to have to make a stand for what is right for the chamber ...

Welcome Centum My Choice Mortgage

With the addition of Centum My Choice Mortgage we have become a full service office.  Clients can take advantage of a professional Mortgage Broker to qualify and obtain the best rate.  Secondly, we have a number of Real Estate Associates to find your dream home.  And Finally, a member of one of largest legal firms in Edmonton to finalize the deal. With this and service our clients ...

Welcome 2010

Century 21 1st Choice Realty is proud to have the addition of Centum My Choice Mortgage to our office.  With this addition and the presence of Witten Law Office we have become a "One Stop Shop" for all your real estate needs. In addition, We are happy to add five more enthusiastic members to our team for 2010.  With this and the additional marketing systems we have been developing ...

Balance in life

Well my friends here I am enjoying the fruits of a long hard year.  I am able to reflect on the past 12 months and want to share my opinion is of "What its all for".  All of us make take the time and reflect from the work we did, but keep in mind were this business is going to take us.  Is this all for nothing, or are we spinning are wheels. Well my friends I have determined ...

Market is Stable

Posted By Jordie Dwyer/Record Staff Fort Saskatchewan's housing market is balanced and stable, according to a local realtor.   Gary Gordon of Century 21 1st Choice Realty explained the market for single-family homes has been through a recorrection and that he doesn't anticipate seeing another spike in prices like the region saw a few years ago.   "Things have recovered somewhat ...

Fort Saskatchewan the place to be

As a member and director on the Chamber of Commerce I have been very fortunate to attend a couple of grand openings.  Listening to speech's, not only by local business men but by government officials it gave me a greater appreciation to area that we live.  Although we are coming out of a world wide recession (according to BNN) I have to admit, I haven't seen any evidence that we were or ...

Fall is coming

As I notice the trees start to change ever so slightly and schools are opening today, I realize we are now in a new trend and the downward spiral of sales.  Once again, I am working hard on creating a fabulous web site and working on making it easier for buyers to find me and all the homes for sale. The success of our marketing system is by far the best in the area.  Anyone interested ...

SKYPE: Extension of my service

We began using SKYPE in my office a few months ago with the intention of using it so myself, the Broker could go on holiday's and be able to be in contact with the office.  I'm a little anal about that. I was dealing with an elderly couple at the time I was leaving for a short holiday to Arizona and my clients were a little stressed about my absense.  Even with having a strong experienced ...