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Transition Year Expected for BC Housing Market BCREA 2013 Second Quarter Housing Forecast Vancouver, BC – May 9, 2013. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2013 Second Quarter Housing Forecast today. BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are forecast to edge up 1.9 per cent to 68,900 units this year, before increasing a further 6.5 per … [Read more...]
All Candidate Q&A on Salt Spring at GISS on May 2, 2013 Video by Scott Simmons. … [Read more...]
BC Home Sales Tick Higher in March Vancouver, BC – April 15, 2013. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 5,661 residential sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC during March, up 6.6 per cent from February on a seasonally adjusted basis, but down 17.7 per cent compared to March 2012. Total sales dollar volume was down … [Read more...]
Does Salt Spring really need to spend $6,000,000 on a fire hall? First, I must say I applaud all the Salt Spring Island volunteer firefighters and the volunteer board members. In my humble opinion, the island owes the volunteers a debt of gratitude. They are going above and beyond the call of duty to community, so my hat is off to them. What is a fire hall? According to wikipedia A fire … [Read more...]
If you’re planning to live on Salt Spring year-round, one of the most important things to consider when buying a property is SUNLIGHT. Do the neighbor’s trees or a mountain block the sun during the winter months? According to Salt Spring real estate mythology, “If they buy in August, they will list in November and sell in December.” Unfortunately, this myth is sad, but true. The long … [Read more...]
Number 460, February 2013 A BAD INSPECTION REPORT When a buyer refuses, for a legitimate reason, to remove a subject clause because of a bad inspection report, what is the listing licensee to do with that knowledge? This was the issue in a recent case where the court found the listing licensee liable for $47,000 in damages for failing to fully tell subsequent buyers about problems … [Read more...]
BC Home Sales Remain Subdued but Stable Vancouver, BC – February 18, 2013. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 3,410 residential sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC during January, up 1.8 per cent from December on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis, but down 13.6 per cent compared to January 2012. Similarly, total … [Read more...]
Updated Feb 13, 2012 CFSI has been sold to a Surrey BC Company. Satnam Media Group (BC) Ltd. (Satnam BC). Attached is a letter that came from the CRTC regarding the sale. CRTC CFSI Letter Some of the programmers meet with Mr Sukhdev S. Dhillon owner of Satnam Media group on Feb 11, 2013 at the Harbour House hotel on Salt Spring. The meeting went well. Mr Dhillon said he hopes to … [Read more...]
I have lived full-time on Salt Spring for over 12 years and have been riding the ferries since 1964. See video. I like the ferries. I like all the ships, the crews, and yes, I love the breakfast on the Queen of Nanaimo. I have been on the Salt Spring Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC) for 5 years. Here is the website I made for our committee. I have made many positive comments on things … [Read more...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2013 SALES DOWN BUT PRICES HOLD IN GREATER VICTORIA REAL ESTATE MARKET VICTORIA, BC–A slow start to … [Read more...]
Is Salt Spring suffering stagnation from over regulation? If not then why is the Vesuvius pub empty? Why is the Fulford Hotel shut down? Why are there commercial lots in Fulford and Long Harbour sitting on the market for years and not selling? Why are commercial buildings for sale for over 5 years? Why did one of our two golf course shut down? Why are two out of two commercial lots in Fernwood for … [Read more...]
What is a VOW and or what is PCS? VOW stands for “Virtual Office Website” A VOW is where the public can enter their contact information, get a password, describe property interest, and then conduct searches of all available Salt Spring Island MLS® listings. Listing display rules are set by the CREA® Canadian Real Estate Association. Once a visitor becomes a bona fide customer / … [Read more...]
Hi Scott. You were asking if I could write a piece for your blog about our experience of moving across Canada with shipping (sea) containers by train – so here goes. This was a long move – 6000 km from New Brunswick to Salt Spring Island. We wanted a moving option that was going to be as environmentally friendly as possible, and not break the bank. I recall you mentioned that you have had … [Read more...]
Home inspection on Salt Spring Island happened yesterday at a 42 year old log home. To accomplish the home inspections the buyer brought in a Home Inspector, Geo-technical Engineer and a local Salt Spring contractor. Jeff the home inspector tells the story about the bag of Gold he found in an attic; gold story How many people would like to find a bag of gold in an attic? Here … [Read more...]
My clients bought this dated salt spring home a month ago and are upgrading it. The home was built in 1996 and is structurally 100% perfect. It seams as if the original owner skimped on the finishing. The main up grade Alex Denny (salt spring master carpenter) will be doing for the owners is re-finishing the oak hardwood floors. Audio clip about home face lift Part 1 Home Face … [Read more...]
Fernando and all the Salt Spring Tennis Association should be very proud of their new indoor tennis court. I had no ideal that there are only 32 other indoor tennis facilities in all of Canada. This was one long build with many sorted details that went on for a 10 year period. The actual building phase went very fast as to compared to all the other hiccups along the way. The island is … [Read more...]
The Radio Real Estate show was honored to have Michele Dunkerley author of 'Houses Made of Wood and Light' on the show today. The book is about noted Salt Spring architect Hank Schubart. If you have ever been in a Shubart home you would probably know it. As per the press release “The book traces the career of an architect who had a genius for finding the perfect site for a home and for … [Read more...]
Molly and the Mud Girls are building a straw bale wall with a cob finish in front of Charlies home on Fulford Ganges on Salt Spring Island. This was quite a site full of enthusiasm. Here is the link to the Mud Girls site . The Mud Girls offer assistance to owner-builders who are embarking on their own natural building adventure. You can hire their crew for projects big or small … [Read more...]
Chris from the Home Design center was kind enough to be interviewed on the Radio Real Estate show. Chris is one of the few certified "WETT" installers on Salt Spring. Here is the link to WETT http://www.wettinc.ca/ . If you are moving to Salt Spring you will notice almost all of the island homes have wood stoves and or fireplaces. I'm guessing 90% of Salt Spring homes are heated … [Read more...]
Two days in a row I was invited to go on Ian Power & Steve Seaborn's Home Discover show on CKNW 98 and the CORUS network. On Saturday the show goes all the way to Kenora Ontario on Sunday the show is broadcast on the CORUS BC network of stations. It was a great show to talk about Salt Spring Island and how great it is. The Home discovery show is really a fantastic show Steve … [Read more...]
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