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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
Career in Real Estate 20 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		More
CENTURY 21 John DeVries welcomes Bill Martin to our sales team. Bill Martin has just successfully completed his real estate licensing courses and joined CENTURY 21 John DeVries Ltd. Bill joins us after having successfully started and run his own home building and renovation company for the past 30 years. Bill is the President/Owner of Westlake Homes, a company that he started in 1999. While building his business Bill strove to ... Posted by David Armstrong on October 13, 2011		More
Patti Vaisanen changes Careers - Joins CENTURY 21 John DeVries Ltd. Patti Vaisanen - Sales Representative Change Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. - Harriet Tubman I don’t necessarily want to change the world, but over the past year I have begun the process of self development, and to ... Posted by David Armstrong on October 13, 2011		More
Planning a Home Renovation? It snowed in Ottawa this morning and that can often signal a slowing of listing and selling activity in the market place. Statistically, December and January are the 2 slowest months for sales in Ottawa. However, it's also the time of year when many potential sellers start to think about selling and preparing their homes for the spring market. So what should you do if you are contemplating ... Posted by David Armstrong on November 26, 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
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		More
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		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
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		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
Century 21 comes out on top in Training again! CLSTM Achieves Training Magazine's Top 125 Award ...................................................................................................................................................................... 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		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
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
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
Good News! Not everything is doom and gloom in the papers these days. Today's Ottawa Citizen reports that Residental resale homes sales are up and that May 2009 had record volume and prices are up 5.3% from May 2008. This is great news fr the Ottawa Real Estate Market. The reasons given include steady, stable employment and healthy incomes. With the recent rise in interest rates the ... Posted by David Armstrong on June 4, 2009		More
Century 21 John DeVries welcomes Barry Brown. Barry Brown has recently joined the Century 21 John DeVries sale team. Barry has enjoyed a long and successful career with GM in customer service. He decided that the challenge of operating his own real estate business was something that he had the necessary skills, knowledge and motivation to pursue and after much research decided to join Century 21. Barry can now be reached at 613-836-2570 ... Posted by David Armstrong on June 2, 2009		More

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