I almost used an escalation clause. Perhaps my most compeling opening blog line ever. In a multiple offer situation on Kootenay Lake waterfront recently my buyer proposed we use an

Strong Sellers’ market conditions dominate all of the West Kootenay areas I work in as illustrated by the following recent sales. Right off the bat we’ve seen a bunch of

The Kootenay Real Estate Board now requires Realtors to enter images of both the CSA or BC Electrical number AND the MHR registration decal into our MLS system prior to

You have to list, to last. That’s a kind of old Realtor proverb. And there’s no reason to believe that it’s not true. You can’t make it as a buyers’

If you’re thinking about co-signing on your kids mortgage to help them get into a market that’s hard for them to crack on their own there’s one critical and easy

The OSFI has already imposed a 200 basis point stress test on purchasers that need to use mortgage insurance but now they’re going after uninsured borrowers in another attempt to

Here’s an interesting article about the potential causes of the increased heat in our local market. While Albertans may be a factor, I think a bigger factor is our current

I know that the skyrocketing price of real estate in Vancouver must be frustrating for anyone trying to get in to the market, and that when people get frustrated they