Recent Blog Posts by CENTURY 21 John DeVries Ltd.

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 ...

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 ...

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.