Recent Blog Posts by David Armstrong

Solid spring for the Ottawa Real Estate Market.

The Ottawa Real Estate Board April report indicates that real estate in Ottawa continues to be a very good investment.  The average house price increased by 3.7% over April 2011 with more inventory being available (6.9% more listings) and more activity (2.5% increase in sales). These statistics show that low interest rates, a stable economy combined with a healthy supply of homes ...

2 Fabulous Open Houses for you to visit this weekend - January 15th from 2-4pm

Want a great family home in one of Barrhaven's most popular neighbourhoods?  Enjoy outdoor living, want the kids to be safe playing on the street?  This is the ideal home for you - 16 Yarwood Court (www.16YarwoodCourt.com). This Minto Princeton model is approximately 2750 sq feet of living space with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and a main floor family room.  It's located on one of ...

21 Reasons to list with The Armstrong Team - Reason #3

A website designed and created for your home. For every home we list we create a unique website for the home.  It showcases the property with professional photographs, virtual tours, mapping, and detail descriptions that are designed to encourage potential buyers to call or view the home.  These websites make it easy for potential buyers to easily obtain information about the home and ...

21 Reasons to list with The Armstrong Team - Reason #2

Experience - We have been selling Real Estate in Barrhaven, Nepean, Kanata and Ottawa for the past 25 years.  Joyce was born and rasied here and David has lived in Ottawa since 1974.  We have raised our two children in Barrhaven were they attend school, participated in sports and cultural activities, worked, socialized and grew-up.  We also own properties in Barrhaven and Kanata.  ...

Ottawa Real Estate Market Still Strong in November

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,020 residential properties in November through the Board's Multiple Listing Service® system compared with 940 in November 2010, an increase of 8.5 per cent. The five-year average for November sales is 881. Of those 1,020 sales, 244 were in the condominium property class, while 776 were in the residential property class. The condominium property ...

21 Reasons to list with the Armstrong Team - Reason #1

Your Home on Century21.ca   Century21.ca is a powerful marketing tool that exposes your home to millions of potential buyer on the internet ever month.  Our franchise website gives you several advantages including; Showcase 21 - 21 high definition pictures that help engage the buyer and encourages them to book an appointment to view your home.  They can view the pictures in ...

New listing - 819 Dynes Road

Are you looking for a great family or an excellent investment opportunity?  Then look now further than 819 Dynes Road.  This is an exceptional, all brick bungalow in Courtland Park - West Ottawa.  Ideally located just a short walk from Hog's Back, Mooney's Bay and Carleton University.  This is a great home that the original owners are selling.  Visit www.819DynesRd.com ...

Open Houses October 2nd , 2011 from 2-4pm

We have two great properties for you to visit this weekend.  First, a wonderful pied-a-terre in Hampton Park/Westboro.  From this fabulous apartment you can walk to Westboro, Dovercourt C.C., and have easy access to transit routes on Carling Ave. The apartment is an open concept, modern 2 bedroom with wonderful 9' ceilings, lots of large windows that bath the space in light and ...

NEW LISTING - 109 Mountshannon Drive

NEW LISTING! - 109 Mountshannon Drive, Barrhaven.  Excellent value for this 3 bedroom, 2 bath endunit townhouse in popular Longfields. Listed at $257,900.  The home features an open concept main living space with laminate wood floors.  The living room and dining room are great for family or entertaining.  The kitchen has refinished cabinets and counters with new hardware ...

Fabulous Barrhaven Family Home.

JUST LISTED! - 4 Shanel Place, Old Barrhaven.  Check out this great family home located in Old Barrhaven.  Walking distance to shopping, great schools, Walter Baker Centre.  Home has great space, nice upgrades and huge potential.  Visit www.4Shanel.com for more details and pictures.

New Listing - 6 Shaw Court, Kanata

Exceptional Kanata starter home in Katimavik.  Located on a quiet court just steps from parks, schools, transit and shopping.  A great place to call home.  This home has fabulous cosmetic upgrades and also all the major home systems have been replaced.  Visit www.6Shaw.com for details.      

New Listing - 330 Loretta Ave., South, #204

The Norfolk at Merrion Square is a brand new Domicile built Condominium Apartment in the heart of Ottawa and just a short walk from Dow's Lake, Little Italy and the Civic hospital.  Located just off Carling Ave it is an easy commute to downtown or the west end of Ottawa. This unit is 1220 sqaure feet of luxury.  Enjoy two spacious bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and a unique floor plan that ...

Canadian Mortgage Market Manging Risk.

The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals CAAMP released a press release today that indicates that the Canadian Mortgage Market and Canadians in general are manging the risk of higher interest rates.  Here is the press for more details contact me and we can arrange to discuss the report in detail and how it impacts on you and your real estate holdings. Press: Research shows ...

If you don"t buy a house now, You're stupid or broke!

Wow! What a headline.  This was the title of an article in Business Week recently (http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/dec2009/bw2009127_753974.htm).  The title was designed to grab attention but some people may have been put off by the opening line. It's a great article that talks about the facts of buying a home and that now maybe the the best time to do so.  It's an American ...

Making it easier to find homes on Century21.ca

Century 21 Canada and wheretolive.com have just relaunched the century21.ca platform making it more friendly and easy to use for you the customer.  Already the most visited franchise website in Canada and the second largest real estate website it's know easier to use and search.  The video will walk you through the updates and explain how to use them.

Another Successful Sale!

We have just successfully help Tammy, Glenn and family sell their home in Manotick,  www.5438Riverside.com.  It was a pleasure working with them to get their home sold and moving on to their new home.  We wish them much happiness in their new home.    Find out more about how we can help you and your family sell your current home or buy a new one call us at 613-867-9921 ...

Kanata/Katimavik Rental - Available Nov 15th, 2009

Just Listed - 8 Sundback Lane Kanata.  3 bedroom end unit, townhouse with extensive upgrades.  Comes equipped with 3 stainless steel appliances, central air conditioner and wood burning fireplace.  Home has new flooring, freshly painted, new vinyl windows, roof, skylight and hi eff furnace.  Great location walk to community schools, shopping and transit.  Quiet street ...

Update Listing - 5438 Riverside Crescent, Manotick

Visit www.5438riverside.com for details and pictures of this fabuloous listing on Popular Manotick's North Island.

New Listing - 5438 Riverside Cres, Manotick, Ontario

  Just Listed 5438 Riverside Cres, Manotick. Fabulous family home on the North Island in sought after Manotick. 2+2 bedroom Hi-ranch with a main floor den. Great yard (116 x 167) with inground pool. Loads of recent renovations all we need is a fami...ly to buy it. 21 pictures and Virtual tour to follow. Showings start Monday don't miss out.  

How to hire a Home Inspector.

In my last blog I ranted a little about a Home Inspector who did an inspection on one of my listings and scared off the buyer when in fact he made an error.  I asked how do we hold them accountable?  The bottom line answer is with great difficulty so the next question is how do you find a good one.  I asked my Home Inspector, Harry Bradford for his insight.  I have worked with Harry ...