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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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2 Fabulous Open Houses for you to visit this weekend - January 15th from 2-4pmWant 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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 11, 2012
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21 Reasons to list with The Armstrong Team - Reason #3A 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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on December 29, 2011
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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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21 Reasons to list with the Armstrong Team - Reason #1Your 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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on November 25, 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 - 819 Dynes RoadAre 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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 13, 2011
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Open Houses October 2nd , 2011 from 2-4pmWe 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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on September 28, 2011
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New Social Media Guide keeps Century 21 Sales Associates up-to-date with TechnologyCENTURY 21 Canada unveiled the latest tool in its web marketing strategy to it's real estate sales professionals and brokers attending the CENTURY 21 Insight Path to Profit.
The CENTURY 21 Canada Social Media Guide was developed by Heather Angus-Lee, former journalist and now President of PROSocial Media. The guide is published in French and English in the form of an e-book ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on February 17, 2010
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Company Top Producer.At it's recent Awards Dinner the staff and management of Century 21 John DeVries recognized Connie Rivington-Howie as it's Top Producer for 2009.
Connie has had an exceptional Real Estate career to date, in her first full year she was the Company Rookie of the Year and has been the Company Top Producer for the past 4 years. Connie is a true professional in attitude, appearance and ability. ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 22, 2010
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35 Years of Service Award.At it's recent Awards Dinner the staff and management of Century 21 John DeVries recognized Gladys Baart for 35 years of service with the company.
WOW! 35 years in any business is an outstanding accomplishment but in the extremely competitive business of commission sales Real Estate it real is a huge accomplishment. Gladys has seen huge change in the real estate business and one of the ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on January 20, 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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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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on December 11, 2009
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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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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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on November 12, 2009
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Century 21 John DeVries welcomes Stacey Jessiman to the Team.
David Armstrong, Broker/Manager is pleased to announce that Stacey Jessiman has just joined the Century 21 John DeVries Team as a Sales Representative. Stacey grew up with her family in West Carleton and was an active participant in sports with her brother and sister at her side. After graduating from school Stacey spent time travelling in Asia and Australia before coming back to Ottawa ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 27, 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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Update Listing - 5438 Riverside Crescent, Manotick
Visit www.5438riverside.com for details and pictures of this fabuloous listing on Popular Manotick's North Island.
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 7, 2009
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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.
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 3, 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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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 ...
Posted by David Armstrong
on October 2, 2009
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