Jaime Briggs Kelowna Real Estate

  By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate   April 20, 2012 The Buyers Survey of "Who Bought Homes in the Okanagan and Where did they come from?" is now available:  MARCH SURVEY SUMMARY Property Type: 28.7% of purchases were by Move-Up Buyers 21.3% by First Time Buyers 12.4% buying Revenue/Investment ...

 By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate March 21, 2012  The results of OMREB's February 2012 Buyers Survey are in!  FEBRUARY SURVEY SUMMARY Property Type: 20.7% by First Time Buyers 20.7% of purchases were by Move-Up Buyers 14.0% buying Revenue/Investment Property 13.2% moving from Single Family Home to ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate    February 22, 2012 Special thanks to Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers http://www.bcrealestatelawyers.com/ for the following information: THE B.C. FIRST-TIME NEW HOME BUYERS' BONUS Subject to approval by the legislature, the B.C. government intends to implement ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate   February 20, 2012 HST Transition Rules for New Housing - Thanks so much to Peter Borszcz, Pihl Law Firms for letting us repost this great recent blog.  For more details and his full blog follow here.....http://bcrealestatelaw.com/2012/02/17/hst-transition-rules-for-housing/ The Province ...

 By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate   December 15, 2011  People are always asking "where do our home Buyer's come from?  Are they mostly from Alberta, or local ?".   Well, here's your answers. . . . The results of the survey "Who Bought Homes in Kelowna this November and where did ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real EstateNovember 2, 2011  Underground Oil Storage Tanks Thanks to Spaguolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers for this great information on dealing with storage tanks.   They have had increasing issues (especially in Greater Vancouver) dealing with removal of underground oil tanks.   ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate September 22nd, 2011 The results of OMREB's August 2011 Buyers Survey are in!  AUGUST SURVEY SUMMARY Property Type: 22.9% by First Time Buyers 17.4% of purchases were by Move-Up Buyers 11.1% buying Revenue/Investment Property 10.4% moving from Single Family Home to Strata Unit 7.6% Recreation ...

   By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate June 20 , 2011MAY SURVEY SUMMARY  - This survey has been conducted by the OMREB (Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board) to find out who the Buyer's were in our area this past May 2011. Property Type: 27.4% of purchases were by Move Up Buyers 19.2% by First Time Buyers 9.6% moving from ...

   By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate May 20, 2011 The results of OMREB's April 2011 Buyers Survey are in!  APRIL SURVEY SUMMARYProperty Type: 27.7% of purchases were by Move Up Buyers 14.9% Moving from Single Family to Home Strata unit 10.6% by First Time Buyers 6.4% buying Revenue/Investment Property 6.4% Recreation ...

   By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real EstateMay 12th, 2011 For immediate releaseHome Sales Slow After Strong First Quarter Vancouver, BC – May 12, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province declined 14 per cent to ...