Recent Blog Posts by Bill Hubbard

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This Week In Real Estate and The Economy - Media Watch Oct. 5 edition

Our team has sifted through this weeks information about real estate and the ecomony -and here are links to articles that may be of value to you as you consider your real estate path. Please feel free to contact us with your questions and comments about real estate - locally, nationally or globally. Okanagan Real Estate Market News North Okanagan Real Estate Market Activity (TheOkanaganRealEstateHub.com) ...

This week in Real Estate and Economic News Sept. 20 2009

Okanagan Real Estate News What SOLD in North Okanagan real estate – Sept 20 (The OkanganRealEstateHub.com) Okanagan Shuswap Inventory Watch  (OkanaganMarketStats.com) Canadian Real Estate News The Bidding War is Back (Globe and Mail National) Low interest rates and one third less inventory has Vancouver buyers rushing for their chequebooks afraid to wait for “the perfect house.” ...

This Week In Real Estate - Media Watch Sept. 13 edition

Here is a look at some of the information we found of interest this week that relates to real estate and the economy: Okanagan Real Estate News CLUE – August 2009 North Okanagan Market Report   an overview of the residential real estate market activity in the North Okanagan Real Estate Real Estate in the North Okanagan Trend Spotting -  August 2007 – August 2009   a ...