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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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on May 4, 2012
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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. ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on December 22, 2011
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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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on December 14, 2011
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Career in Real Estate20 some years ago I was a Recreation Director at a local Community Centre looking at another 35+ years to retirement and realized I couldn't see myself doing that job for another 35+ years. So I took a chance and decided to get my real estate license. I got into real estate just as the market started to drop and i'll admit there were a lot of challenges in the first few years ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 20, 2011
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New Listing - 6 Shaw Court, KanataExceptional 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.
Posted by David Armstrong
on May 31, 2010
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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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 14, 2010
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New Year, New Career?
Century 21 John DeVries is currently looking to add 5 new sales associates to it's award winning team. Are you looking for a high energy, financially rewarding, customer/people oriented business opportunity? Then you should consider a Career in Real Estate. We offer outstanding opportunities to Sales Associates and a huge variety of proven tools and services to help you succeed.
Tools ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 7, 2010
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Century 21 comes out on top in Training again!
CLSTM Achieves Training Magazine's Top 125 Award
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Ranking as one of the top companies for training and development is no easy task. Training Magazine is a 41 year-old professional development magazine that advocates ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on November 26, 2009
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Making it easier to find homes on Century21.caCentury 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.
Posted by David Armstrong
on November 25, 2009
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Century 21 John DeVries Ltd. welcomes Jon Whittaker to it's Sales team.Jon Whittaker moved to Ottawa from Sudbury as a teenager and loves the city he has made it home. Jon and his wife, of ten years, Julie make up the dynamic Whittaker Team. Jon brings to the team a wealth of business and life experience. Jon graduated from Algonquin College as a System Support Specialist and has worked in the IT arena in a variety of positions for many ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 21, 2009
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Kanata/Katimavik Rental - Available Nov 15th, 2009Just 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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 20, 2009
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Welcome Cristy Rousson.
Cristy Rousson has joined the Century 21 John DeVries Sales team as a Sales Representative. She will work with Connie Rivington-Howie as a Buyer Agent. Cristy has been an unlicensed assistant working with Connie for the past year. Some of you may recognize Cristy from the Rink were she is a figure skating instructor or the YMCA were is is a personal fitness instructor. Cristy ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 2, 2009
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A Milestone ReachedThe Management and Staff wish Dale Penstone a Happy 70th Birthday. Dale has been a hugely successful, award winning Realtor with our company since 1985. She has managed an office for the company, has been involved in training and assisting many of our new agents as they start their career. While Dale has reduced her sales volume over the past few years she still actively works ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 2, 2009
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47 Tobermory Crescent is Sold!Sold in 2 days for full price!
Townhomes in Kanata are a hot commoditiy and selling very well. We have had several experiences recently of homes selling in hours or days at or over full price. This home was priced well and sold immediately. There is a high demand for this type of home in Ottawa's west end. If you are thinking of selling your freehold town house call ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on August 3, 2009
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Fabulous End Unit Freehold in Shirley's Brook
47 Tobermory Crescent is a 3 bedroom, 3 bath townhouse with a walk out basement that backs onto a community park. Walking distance to Kanata's High Tech Business Park but a very quiet street. This home features hardwood floors, central air conditioning and comes with 5 appliances. Built in 2003 it's better than new. The fully fenced yard opens to the community park with a ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on July 22, 2009
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Real Estate Marketing has changed.The old days of a sign on your property and and ad in the paper are long past in the marketing of real estate. Today your agent's marketing plan should include;
1) A personal website for your home, see www.29overlake.com
2) Blogs about your home, see www.century21.ca/david.armstrong/blog
3) Facebook and Twitter posts about your home, see http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Kanata-ON/David-Armstrong-Joyce-Armstrong-Brokers-Century-21-John-DeVries-Ltd/56926808488 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on July 17, 2009
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First Impressions and Home Buyers.So you have decided to sell your house, use a realtor or sell on your own, the old saying "you only get one chance to make a good first impression" is so very true when it comes to real estate.
Again this past week I was out showing homes to buyers and I was amazed to find so many homes unprepared for sale. Walking up the driveway and the buyers are commenting on how poorly maintained the yard ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on July 6, 2009
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How simple?Yesterday I attended a session hosted by Century 21 about it's website strategy and website www.century21.ca. The session was hosted by staff from wheretolive.com the designers of the website.
We talked about strategy and design but the most important thing was about traffic. Why do consumers really visit real estate websites? to find out about a house they have seen, either in an ad, ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on June 3, 2009
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Doom and Gloom in the Media.Reading recent reports in the media and you would believe that all is doom and gloom in Real Estate in Ottawa. The market is/has changed from the booming times of 2007/early 2008 or even the early 2000's, but it is far from doom and gloom. There are still buyers buying and sellers selling. The important thing to remember if you are doing either is your response to the market ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on February 12, 2009
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Preparing your House for Sale.What do you need to do to prepare your house for sale? I'm often asked this question and it has become a more and more important questions in the past few years. Why? I believe because a lot of buyers are watching HGTV and seeing hearing what the experts are saying. This changes their perception and perception is reality. Buyers now view homes and if they aren't in tip ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 26, 2009
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Ottawa Real Estate Market ReviewOttawa Real Estate Market Report.
The year end statistics are out and the Ottawa Real Estate Market has shown mixed results that clearly indicates a changing market but certainly not the doom and gloom spread by the media. Statistically our average house price has risen by 6.3%, while the number of sales has declined by 5.7% and the number of listing has increased by 7.7% , when compared ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 21, 2009
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