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Buyer Feedback, Today's Rules or Yesterday's Tactics This is the title of a Real estate article printed in the March 2012 issue of REM magazine by Ronn James. I am sure that Ronn James is a good Realtor and a well intentioned guy. However, I view his stance on this as a little bit of laziness and selfishness. Yes we can all make a case for respecting the feduciary duties of our buyers and therefore get out of the annoying task of providing feedback ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on March 5, 2012		More
Will the Internet Eliminate the Real Estate Business? The structure of the internet started in 1982 with the introduction of Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), however this was for commercial use only. The internet became available to the public in 1990; therefore, we have 20 years of history to show us the effects of the internet on certain businesses and to take this information and apply it to our own Real Estate business. When ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on February 10, 2012		More
October Newsletter Comment.... You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. Denis Waitley When we examine the stats for October of 2011, if there is anything significant about the Real Estate market in the Okanagan /Shuswap, it is that there is nothing significant about it. Sales are constant. Prices are fairly constant. Absorption is fairly constant. Interest rates are fairly constant. From my perspective the reason ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on December 7, 2011		More
Sales and Foreclosure Trends – Okanagan, BC Even though the market is looking like it has settled and is not decreasing any longer, unfortunately, the number of foreclosures has increased and will probably continue to increase right into 2012. As you can see by the following graph almost 1 in 20 homes in 2011 were in foreclosure. That number has risen from one in 10,000 in 2008. As prices fall in any market place and mortgages are high, more ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on November 21, 2011		More
Easter Seals - A Great Cause! For years we at Century 21 in the Okanagan chose to participate in other charities because Easter Seals, although a wonderful organization, was not totally local. Each year the Realtors in our company would vote to keep the money we raised in the Okanagan so Easter Seals was not an option. A couple of years ago, Century 21 Canada adopted the "Send a kid to Camp" Easter Seals Campaign. All of our ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on October 26, 2011		More
CENTURY 21 SYSTEM RAISES OVER $1.8 MILLION FOR EASTER SEALS IN 2010 PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Mar. 1, 2011) — Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization, today announced that its brokers and agents raised more than $1.8 million in 2010 on behalf of Easter Seals. “For more than three decades, the CENTURY 21 System has been an invaluable partner in our efforts to provide help to individuals ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on April 15, 2011		More
Local Real Estate Market Trends When looking at the market, people very often forget to discern from the micro and macro effects and trends. The local market has multiple forces pulling at it and no one force is responsible for the market. We have had rising interest rates and a falling market, and we have had falling interest rates and a falling market. The same logic holds true for the dollar, the government, what is happening ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on December 21, 2010		More
OkanaganReal Estate Market Update The Real Estate Market in the Okanagan Valley has taken a funny turn. The recession in the Okanagan Valley for Real Estate started in January of 2008 and finished in July or august of 2009. This was typical for a real Estate recession. They usually last about 18 months. By July of 2009 we were seeing the signs of recovery. Inventory of homes in Vernon and Kelowna was beginning to fall and the absorption ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on August 11, 2010		More
How's the Market? March 2010 North Okanagan statistics Our group just published the updated North Okanagan real estate statistics for March 2010. If you have been following our stats updates for awhile - you will want to note that we have made a change - we are now reporting the AVERAGE sale price. This is due to the change in the software we are using -currently the process to obtain the median price is not available without massive tech work - while ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on April 6, 2010		More
Chairman's Circle 2010 Yours in Development Commercial Real Estate Bill Bill Hubbard, Broker Owner Century 21 Executives Realty Ltd Vernon BC Broker Owner Century 21 Assurance Realty Ltd Kelowna BC Commercial REALTOR® TheOkanaganRealEstateHub.com (250)549-2103 Office Reception 1-877-227-4073 Toll Free Posted by Bill Hubbard on March 5, 2010		More
Multi Family Investment / Income property sold in Armstrong BC Downtown, Armstrong BC - The 6 plex we had listed at -2900 Wolfenden has been sold. Final subjects have been removed, and we would like to congratulate the new owners on their new real estate investment in the Okanagan Valley, BC Canada Property information on this listing is still available. This Okanagan multi family / commercial development property ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on February 19, 2010		More
"Here's Lookin at you, Kid" Casablanca Showing at Vernon Performing Arts Centre I got this e-mail from one of our REALTORS and wanted to share this information in support of this cause: Hello my Century 21 friends! On March 11th my Kalamalka Rotary Club is having a benefit and appreciation evening at the Performing Arts Centre. We’re showing the great classic, Casablanca, on the big screen! It’s a fabulous movie! We’ll have an ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on February 19, 2010		More
Links for Development Land. Properties for sale in the Okanagan & Shuswap Feb. 6 2010 Attention developers and investors! Here is a list of our current development land for sale in the Okanagan and Shuswap regions of British Columbia. Click on the links for Information available for the following properties and development project opportunities: Vernon BC multi-family development site in Harwood area Multi-family development approved site and project plans at the Gateway to Turtle ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on February 6, 2010		More
This Week in Real Estate - Who's saying what... Feb 5 2010 How to turn your home into an income property (Globe and Mail) December sales surprisingly good, but supplies drying up (Globe and Mail) Church project gets luxury builder's blessing (Globe and Mail) Why CIBC sees a double-dip in U.S. real estate prices (Globe and Mail) Toronto area building permits up in December (Toronto Star) Condo developers end year on a high (Toronto Star) ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on February 5, 2010		More
Multifamily development potential land just listed - Jan 2010 Vernon BC Okanagan Landing, Vernon - British Columbia development land for sale in Okanagan Valley, Vernon BC real estate. This .72 acre parcel of land for sale has development potential for up to 260 multi family units when combined with its sister parcel MLS #9227566 for a total of 1.97 acres of land. Located at the north end of Okanagan Lake, in the heart of BC recreation and retirement paradise, ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on January 25, 2010		More
Recovery and Government Yields Here's what RBC had to say this week about the underway recovery and government yields. Find the article here. Bill Bill Hubbard Broker, Owner of Century 21 Offices in the Okanagan. The Okanagan Real Estate Hub - Century 21 Vernon, BC Posted by Bill Hubbard on January 8, 2010		More
Foreclosure - Development Land Offered in Kelowna BC. Hi, The Century 21 Development Commercial Realtors have just listed a great piece of development real estate in Kelowna BC. This site has been proposed as a 30 unit townhome property - and is located in the trendy Lower Mission Neighbourhood. Click here to see more about this Okanagan Foreclosure real estate opportunity in Kelowna BC. Yours in real estate, Bill Bill Hubbard Broker, Owner ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on December 18, 2009		More
"How's the Market?" Who's saying what about real estate and the economy - Dec. 2 edition You can find the answers to the question that is on most people’s lips when it comes to real estate..."How’s the Market” by visiting our collection of links to articles about real estate and the economy on both sides of the 49th parallel. We are considering going global with this list. What are your thoughts about that? We’d like to know! Feel free to comment. Yours in real ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on December 2, 2009		More
Our Beloved Reputations: It always irks me when I hear people talk about the reputation of Realtors in a negative light. The Reason is I know that that opinion comes from the complaints we get from the public. I also know from being in this business for over 20 years and being a broker that almost all of those complaints come from one of two things. First, the customer went after a specific house and did not get the house. ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on November 23, 2009		More
North Okanagan Real Estate Market report for October 2009 Here are the numbers for North Okanagan real estate market activity for October 2009. This includes real estate transactions from Enderby, Armstrong, Coldstream, Lumby, Cherryville, Falkland and Vernon BC real estate and the surrounding areas. You can see a slide presentation on our web site of the last 2 years key performance indicators and the North Okanagan real estate trends. We will post our ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on November 6, 2009		More
This week in Real Estate and the Economy - Media Watch Oct. 27 2009 edition Here is a list of links that we hope will make it easier for you to sort thru the masses of information about real estate locally in the Okanagan and Shuswap as well as in Canada as a whole. These links are to information generated within the last week. We hope you find the information of interest. Okangan & Shuswap Real Estate News What Sold last week in Central Okanagan Real Estate (TheOkanaganRealEstateHub.com) ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on October 27, 2009		More
North Okanagan Real Estate Sales Last Week Oct. 25, 2009 edition Here is an overview of the real estate sales activity in North Okanagan real estate from October 18 to October 25, 2009. For more details on the homes, lots, acreages, apartments and townhomes that sold please visit our Okanagan Market Stats web page for a free downloadable pdf report. Lots and Acreages for sale: Only a single lot for sale moved to sold status. The sale price of this lot was ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on October 25, 2009		More
This week in Real Estate and the Economy - Media Watch Oct. 18 2009 edition Here is this weeks look at what we found out regarding real estate and the economy - our links to articles we found of interest and hope you will too. Okangan Real Estate News What Sold last week in North Okanagan Real Estate (TheOkanganRealEstateHub.com) Twenty one properties changed from active to Sold status in north Okanagan real estate last week. See how sellers faired and where prices were. ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on October 23, 2009		More
Why choose Century 21 for your Real Estate experience online? Wonder what we've been up to at Century 21 with our website that has been gathering online attention? Have a look at this video to get an overview of how Century21.ca and its affiliated office and agent sites can help you in your search for online real estate information Visit our office sites for Vernon BC and Kelowna BC and other Okanagan real estate properties for sale ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on October 22, 2009		More
Ever wonder how a house can sit on the market for months then all of a sudden have multiple offers on it? This happens way too often to be a coincidence. This is a phenomenon that actually causes a great deal of problems for a lot of buyers. They look at how long the house or property has been listed and assume that there is not real hurry in putting in an offer and then find themselves in multiple offer situations and consequently pay more for the property than they would have if they were not in ... Posted by Bill Hubbard on October 18, 2009		More

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