Jaime Briggs Kelowna Real Estate

 MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release March 16, 2012 REALTORS® MAKING A DIFFERENCE: $10,000 Raised for Okanagan Hospice and Women’s Shelter Kelowna, BC – Despite a slowdown in the pace of home sales in the Central Okanagan, thecommunity spirit of local REALTORS® is undeterred.  The members of the Okanagan ...

    By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com  April 30th, 2009Here’s a great story from CBS news that talks about the strength of Canadian Banks.   http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4954339nOur market in Canada is very different than in the US. If you have questions on your own ...

  By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Affordability Drives Home Sales HigherVancouver, BC – April 15, 2009. British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC declined 35 per cent to $2.3 billion in March, compared to ...

  By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Wow!  Are we back to a busier real estate market?  Seems things are certainly heating back up in Kelowna again........ Just in the past 3 weeks, there has been 171 property sales in Kelowna, with an average price of $381K.  Personally, I have never been busier than ...

  By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.comHOME SALES INCREASED IN FEBRUARY!! ….This is great news for our markets here in Kelowna and around BC.  The low interest rates and awesome deals out there have spurred on a lot of fresh activity in the real estate market and an increase in sales!The February’09 Stats ...

Credit conditions easing, banks no longer struggling to raise funds to make loans From Tuesday's Globe and MailMarch 17, 2009 at 2:00 AM EDT Canadian banks are turning down some of the funding that the government is making available to them, a sign that they are recuperating from the financial crisis. The banks have stopped selling the ...

  By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.comIS THE KELOWNA REAL ESTATE MARKET HEATING UP?  I know that I have found things EXTREMELY busy these last 3 weeks or so.  In talking with my fellow Realtors, they too are commenting about how busy it is out there these days.  Properties that show well and are very well ...

February 11, 2009 By Jaime Briggs - www.BriggsOnHomes.comAre you looking for a place to rent? Coldwell Banker also offers Property Management Services.  Here are just a few of the latest properties available for rent.  Please contact Kevin Cheale directly at 250-864-0071 for more information on any of these ...

February 3, 2009 By Jaime Briggs - www.BriggsOnHomes.comRecessionary Conditions Slow Housing Market   BCREA Forecast Update - First Quarter 2009 Vancouver, BC – February 2, 2009. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) Forecast Update for the first quarter of 2009 today. BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) ...

  February 3, 2009 By Jaime Briggs - www.BriggsOnHomes.com Home Inspectors Licensing Good for Consumers Vancouver, BC – February 3, 2009. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is pleased with the BC Government’s recent announcement to license home inspectors, effective March 31, 2009. “As a REALTOR®, ...