Jaime Briggs Kelowna Real Estate

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 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 ...

    By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com Tuesday December 21, 2010 Great information here from Rod Gibbings; Investors Group!Attached is a link that I think is helpful in showing that Canada has never had a housing bubble during this past decade.  ...

   By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com November 4, 2010What a beautiful Fall we have had here in Kelowna!  Almost makes up for the shorter, wetter Summer.The October Real Estate Stats have just been released and it really starts to give us some perspective of what’s happening in the market now.Sales have ...

   By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com August 2010 Central Okanagan (Kelowna) Real Estate Market Stats have just been released and this is what they show.RESIDENTIAL - The (SFD single family dwelling) residential home sales dropped -28% in August 2010 vs. Aug. 2009.  Only 126 homes were sold this past month, ...

   By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.com August 12, 2010   Thanks to Peter Borszcz, Pihl & Associates for posting this great article. Getting Ready to Sell – Cleaning Up Your Land Title As we move into another Buyer’s market cycle, it is important to remember the lessons Seller learnt ...

   By Jaime Briggs, REALTOR® www.BriggsOnHomes.comStrata lot ownership is “having title to real property combining fee simple interest or leasehold interest in a strata lot, with an undivided interest in the common property and common assets of a strata corporation with other owners as tenants in common”.  The term ...

  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 ...