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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		More
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 ... Posted by David Armstrong on December 29, 2011		More
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		More
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 ... Posted by David Armstrong on November 25, 2011		More
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 ... Posted by David Armstrong on February 23, 2010		More
New Social Media Guide keeps Century 21 Sales Associates up-to-date with Technology CENTURY 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		More
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		More
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		More
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. Posted by David Armstrong on November 25, 2009		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
A Milestone Reached The 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		More
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		More
Home Inspector Accountability? Home Inspections have become almost a standard feature for most home buyers in the marketplace today and are something that I advise all my clients to get as a condition in an Agreement of Purchase and Sale, regardless of the age or type of home. Recently, I had a listing that had a roof replaced 8 years earlier. We received an offer on the home conditional upon a home inspection. ... Posted by David Armstrong on September 29, 2009		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
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		More
The BEST House? If you are buying you need to be informed of prices, neighbourhoods and house styles and how they will impact your quality of life and the long term investment that you are making. I recently worked with a buyer who fell in love with a house that we all felt was priced a little high. We looked closely at the comparables and all things considered the house should have been listed about ... Posted by David Armstrong on May 15, 2009		More
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		More

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