Of recent there has been plenty of chatter in the media surrounding Strata Corporations or Strata's across Canada, especially in BC where we have seen upwards of 40% increase in rates or 50% in the Vancouver area. It's important to understand Continue Reading
The real estate market here in Kamloops is now in full spring mode now, just a little later with some carry over into summer. When looking at the direct sales numbers, we had more sales in June 2020 than in June 2019, while not a huge jump of numbers Continue Reading
The Canadian Housing Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) the largest mortgage insurance provider in Canada is making changes to their qualification rules. As of July 1, 2020 all high ratio mortgage applications or those with less than 20% down will have to Continue Reading
Here we are nearly half way through 2020 and sitting down at the end of the first week of June looking back on May activity. Stronger market her in Kamloops in May than what we saw in March & April, a good sign that the typical spring market is Continue Reading
With the year rolling out as a wild roller coaster, it has been a difficult year thus far to accurately predict "whats next?" Here in Kamloops, we have seen an increase in housing prices of 22% in 5 years with a large portion of that increase in Continue Reading
Saying April was an interesting month would be an understatement! Between the world health crisis, murder bees and households turned school rooms - there was not much time for real estate it would seem. All jokes aside, this month compared to Continue Reading
Written by PR&Content Manager Re/max Canada - Lydia McNutt (remax.ca) With social distancing advisories and non-essential business closures in place, many people – some real estate agents included – are scrutinizing whether real estate is an Continue Reading
Here we are in April, looking at the end of the first quarter here in the Kamloops area and it's hard not to see that life around us seems to be slowing down. Not just in our day to day lives but across the city in every business but Continue Reading
As a Home Seller or Purchaser, this period of increased self-isolation and social distancing is certainly raising your anxiety over and above what the average individual feels during a real estate transaction. Covid-19 or Coronavirus is on all Continue Reading
Kamloops just had its last snow fall of the season (hopefully!) and Spring is officially around the corner. February flew by far too quickly, not that it helped I was away in the US for the R4 Remax Convention. What an incredible experience, the week Continue Reading
Spring is just around the corner and we're about to see a number of houses with pools coming on to the market. This is also the time that many Home Buyers begin eyeing up the thought of all the future fun and parties they could have enjoying a nice Continue Reading
Winter is near approaching its end and spring is shortly around the corner. Looking at this past month over last year, it can be seen how overall sales slowed down but the homes that did sell these past 31 days sold for more money and quicker which Continue Reading
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