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New Mortgage Rules. How Do They Affect PEI Real Estate ? On January 17,2011 Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced changes to government insured mortgages and new regulations to take effect on April 18,2011. Full details can be found on the Federal Government’s web page. The new changes are: Reduce the maximum amortization period to 30 years from 35 years for new government-backed insured mortgages with loan-to-value ... Posted by Joel Ives on January 19, 2011		More
Emarketing Co-Ordinator Joins Century 21 Colonial Realty We are pleased to announce that Joel MacDonald has joined Century 21 Colonial Realty as our E-Marketing Co-Ordinator and Trainer. Joel is presently a Business Student at UPEI and he will be co-ordinating our already extensive online marketing systems to promote our property listings, our agents and the services our company provides. He will also be researching other tools available to assist ... Posted by Joel Ives on January 10, 2011		More
Emarketing Job ! Paid to Facebook, Tweet and Check In ! This Could Be You ! You Have To Be Social ! E-Marketing Project Co-Ordinator- SEO and Social Media ! Century 21 Colonial Realty is a leader in the real estate industry on PEI both online and offline. The company is a forward thinking real estate company with traditional values of quality service to not only its clients of buyers and sellers of real estate, but with its own agents who work as independent contractors as real estate sales ... Posted by Joel Ives on December 29, 2010		More
Dream Job..Would You Trade Places ? Recently I was asked to co-host a morning radio show program at one of our local radio stations- Ocean 100 FM. One of their hosts is off so they decided to bring in a local person each day to share the studio. I jumped at the chance ! Since then many people have asked if I wished I did that instead of being a real estate broker. Of course for me it was just plain fun as I just had to chat ... Posted by Joel Ives on October 7, 2010		More
Century 21 Colonial Bike Rodeo ! Yee Haw ! It's here! Bicycle Season! Your kids are rare'n to ride. Now it's time to make sure their bicycles are ready for them and they are ready for their bicycles. Saturday, June 19th, starting at 9:00am, we are holding the Century 21 Colonial Realty Bike Rodeo! With school getting out this month, kids are going to be heading to the streets (or driveways) on their bicycles. We want to help ... Posted by Joel Ives on June 4, 2010		More
PEI Getting 5 Roundabouts ! You Spin Me Round Round, Like A Record ! For years many people have complained that PEI has had more traffic lights than needed. It seemed that the answer to any traffic issue was to put up more traffic lights....well not now, we are literally going to be going in circles. There will be a total of five roundabouts constructed this summer and it is now time for us Islanders to learn how to drive on them without causing accidents and our ... Posted by Joel Ives on June 1, 2010		More
New PEI Listings on Twitter ! Follow Us To Get The Deets! Are you a Twitterer? Like your info fast? Follow Century 21 Colonial on Twitter and you will receive our new listings with a direct link to the property's website...to that property's home page ! We also feed our blog to that account and post other info on upcoming events and real estate articles that we think may be of interest to you. Century 21 Colonial Realty is a sponsor of the first ... Posted by Joel Ives on May 27, 2010		More
The New Tax Bills Are In ! The New Tax Bills Are In! Okay for all you movie buffs out there...I know it was really "The New Phone Books Are In! " from Steve Martin in the movie The Jerk but I am not sure how many people on PEI were that excited yesterday when most of us received our 2010 tax assessment bills. I don't know many people who get excited over such things. In last years legislature, the PEI Government decided to "unfreeze" the assessments ... Posted by Joel Ives on May 12, 2010		More
Spring Shred-A-Thon Great Success ! Great Easter Seals Fundraiser ! On Saturday May 1 2010 Century 21 Colonial Realty hosted their first Shred A Thon and raised $764.95 for our Drop Zone for Easter Seals team. With the assistance of GreenIsle Environmental and the Commercial Crime Division of the RCMP we were able to help people safely destroy their personal papers to protect their identity and give them peace of mind on the destruction of those papers. ... Posted by Joel Ives on May 3, 2010		More
I'll Have An Espresso, Dinner, Extra Air Miles And Yes I'll take a 3 Bedroom With That ! April is Open House Month at Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc. We are hosting many open houses on the weekends in April. At each open house agents will be handing out coupon cards with the following offers: Purchase a home through one of our agents and receive 100 Bonus Air Miles Reward Miles. Contract has to be in place on or before May 31, 2010 This is on top of the National Bonus ... Posted by Joel Ives on April 16, 2010		More
Hamish Redpath Joins Century 21 Colonial Realty ! Joel Ives is pleased to announce that Hamish Redpath has joined Century 21 Colonial Realty as a sales associate. Hamish has worked for many years in the film business in various capacities and has also worked as a marketing writer. He has always been passionate about promoting PEI as the most amazing and affordable seaside paradise in the US or Canada. Hamish is going to specialize ... Posted by Joel Ives on April 7, 2010		More
Mark Campbell Joins Century 21 Colonial Realty ! We at Century 21 Colonial Realty are pleased to announce that Mark Campbell has joined Century 21 Colonial Realty as a sales representative. Mark has been a real estate professional for the past number of years. Mark is dedicated to providing you with the highest quality service possible. Whether you are looking to buy or sell, his knowledge of the local market can help you achieve ... Posted by Joel Ives on April 7, 2010		More
Century 21 REALTOR Ron Barrett Receives Liz Coady Award From PEI Real Estate Association ! Ron Barrett of Century 21 Northumberland Realty Ltd. is the 2009 recipient of the Liz Coady Award. The award was presented to Barrett on February 24 by the Prince Edward Island Real Estate Association (PEIREA) in recognition of his unselfish and untiring service to the real estate industry, the community and province of PEI. The Award is named in honour of the late Liz Coady, a Realtor who exemplified ... Posted by Joel Ives on March 13, 2010		More
PEI Century 21 Real Estate Agents Receive Awards ! Joel Ives, owner of CENTURY 21 Colonial Realty Inc is pleased to announce that CENTURY 21 Canada recently recognized the following Sales Representatives for their hard work and success. "These agents place their real estate wisdom and passion for life into their everyday business, helping to make clients more comfortable with the real estate transaction as they make what may be the most significant ... Posted by Joel Ives on March 10, 2010		More
New Canada Mortgage Rules- Good or Bad ? On February 16 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced changes to government insured mortgages. You can read the full release here If you are like me..you read real quick and sometimes don't get the full explanation and can get bogged down by the details...so First off--- YOU DONT NEED 20% DOWNPAYMENT TO BUY A HOUSE TO LIVE IN ! The changes are : Require that all borrowers meet the ... Posted by Joel Ives on February 17, 2010		More
Google Streetview on Century 21 Colonial's Website for PEI Real Estate Google Street View available for PEI ! Google Street View officially became available for Canadian neighbourhoods this fall and was released for PEI this week- the technology that lets you fly down to the street curb level and cruise in a 360-degree manner around the yards, buildings, etc. with remarkable 'zoom'-ability to see details. If you haven't tried flying "Pegman" around a neighbourhood yet, ... Posted by Joel Ives on February 9, 2010		More
Island Artists and Companies Unite for Haiti Century 21 Colonial Realty signs on as sponsor for Island Artists Unite for Haiti...see commercial and press release below. We encourage you to think about attending or making a donation to your local Red Cross www.RedCross.ca Come See Haywire and many other great Island Acts..here's a taste from a long time ago and hopefully will be played by the guys in Haywire. ... Posted by Joel Ives on January 21, 2010		More
Who sells the most real estate on PEI ? Many people in real estate have ways of manipulating the data to make them sound that they are the Number 1 in a specific area, type etc. In 2009 Century 21 Colonial Realty sold the most real estate on PEI through the MLS system not only in units sold but in value of real estate. Here is a link to the stats provided by the PEI Real Estate Association that shows what all the companies did for ... Posted by Joel Ives on January 21, 2010		More
PEI Tax Assessment..explain this to me like I'm a 5 year old.... Recently the governing party of PEI introduced an amendment to the property assessment act in the recent session of the legislature. The present government came into power with an election promise of a “freeze” on property tax assessment…basically meaning that whatever your residential assessment was…it stayed the same, although the mil rate (the multiplier amount to determine ... Posted by Joel Ives on December 11, 2009		More
Realtors...Are We Really That Pushy ??? I recently received the below link from Kelly Lantz on her facebook status for a video of a skit in a British Comedy show about a pushy Realtor. Being in the real estate business for many years I found it quite funny but I then realized that to some people who have had bad experiences with a Realtor that this is how we are perceived. This may also be what they are telling their families ... Posted by Joel Ives on October 19, 2009		More
Open Houses In PEI October 17 and 18 Charlottetown and Surrounding Areas Since last week was Thanksgiving there wasn't as many open houses but this weekend there are many around the Greater Charlottetown area and also in Millcove and Covehead. Single family homes as well as a condo. You can see what houses through Century 21 Colonial Realty are open by going to our open house site www.openhouses21.com and do a preview of the homes/ Meet one of our agents ... Posted by Joel Ives on October 16, 2009		More
Prime Moon River Frontage For Sale ! Short Commute To Work ! Great Earth Views ! History was made October 9 as NASA launched a $79 million dollar mission to crash a rocket into the moon to determine if there was water present. Mission accomplished as far as the crash goes, as NASA officials call it a "successful impact". Water, yet to be determined. Many of us watched as the rocket 'cam' inched us all closer and closer to the moment of impact. In those few moments came ... Posted by Joel Ives on October 10, 2009		More
Century 21 Colonial Serves Up Spaghetti For Children's Wish !! I along with Perri Craig, Manager Client Services were with many other Charlottetown business people and politcians who volunteered their time on Wednesday October 7 to serve spaghetti at Piazza Joe's Italian Eatery for the Children's Wish Foundation of PEI. Although we both have had past experience in the hospitality industry..it was a transition from our normal day to day activities. For ... Posted by Joel Ives on October 8, 2009		More
Ollie Ollie Oxen Free ! Is Your House Playing Hide And Seek On The Web ! Like most people I remember hide and seek as a kid to be a great fun thing to do outside and to put off homework for as long as I could. As a parent now with young children...it still is...it allows me to play with the kids before I have to do my work around the house. I always liked hiding more than seeking because you wanted to outsmart the person who was seeking but you knew eventually you ... Posted by Joel Ives on September 15, 2009		More
Back To School Sales And The Real Estate Market ! The end of August is always a different time of year ! One week you are sweltering in the heat, enjoying the Gold Cup and Saucer Parade in Downtown Charlottetown for Old Home Week and then after it is all done...you are thinking about long sleeve shirts, jeans, backpacks and the upcoming fall. Here on PEI most people always say "Well after Old Home Week..summer's over !" It is not the mystical ... Posted by Joel Ives on August 25, 2009		More

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