Jaime Briggs Kelowna Real Estate

 By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate   For immediate release Average Performance for Housing Market in 2012 BCREA 2012 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update Vancouver, BC – January 27, 2012. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2012 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update today. ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate   January 24, 2012 Are you always wondering WHO is buying homes here in the Okanagan and WHERE are they coming from?  Welll. . .  The results of OMREB's December 2011 Buyers Survey are in!   DECEMBER 2011 SURVEY SUMMARY Property Type: 23.8% of purchases ...

 By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate  For immediate release Home Sales Increase Last YearVancouver, BC – January 13, 2012. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that the dollar volume of homes sold through Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC climbed 14.3 per cent to $43.1 billion in 2011. A ...

  By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate   January 4, 2011 Happy 2012! I'm actually feeling quite optimistic going into 2012.  In my mind, the Kelowna Real Estate Market for 2011 actually ended off quite good considering.  Well, 'quite good' compared to what all the negative nay-sayers out there ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate For immediate release Déjà Vu in November Housing Market Vancouver, BC – December 14, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province remained relatively unchanged in ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real EstateNovember 21, 2011 The Fall 2011 Kelowna Housing Market Outlook has just been released by CMHC and it's great to see that it looks fairly positive for Kelowna!   1)„ Demand for new and existing homes is forecast to strengthen in 2012. Favourable mortgage interest rates coupled with stronger ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real EstateNovember 4, 2011 Well the October 2011 month end market stats have just been released and it seems that 2011 is shaping up to be nearly on par with last year, yet still way down from the high's of 2009.   Here's what's happening in the Kelowna Real Estate market. SINGLE FAMILY ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate Press Release from OMREB October 5, 2011Okanagan-Shuswap Housing Market Showing Signs of Stability Going into Fall Kelowna, BC – The Central Zone of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported September 2011 sales activity of all MLS® property types improved over this time last ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate September 14th, 2011  I had the pleasure last night of attending the CHBACO (Canadian Home Builders Association of the Central Okanagan) AGM and Dinner.  Guest speaker was real estate market expert/analyst, Paul Fabri of CMHC. Here are the highlights of his talk about what to expect in the ...

By Jaime Briggs, Kelowna Real Estate The following media release was just announced today from OMREB. MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 6, 2011 Summer Finishes with Steady Home Sales Kelowna, BC – The Central Zone of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) reported August 2011 sales activity of all MLS® ...