http://suzied.ca/blog Suzie Doratti Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:03:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite an increase in sales and a fairly brisk Spring market, we have entered the heat of summer with less than hot real estate market. From a year to date perspective, sales volume is clearly up : 849 single family homes sold this year, up from only 620 last year at ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=13 Are everywhere! Bulbs creeping out of the ground and a rash of SOLD stickers on previously unblemished signs...that's okay-we like it that way! Affordability in the Okanagan is in high demand...and since that's the segment I nearly always work in, it has meant a huge first quarter for myself and my ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=11 Busy market conditions have meant that I have been anything but timely with my blog posts! To summarize the current situation in one statement: if you have been waiting to buy low...your too late! The summer saw slow gains and moderate sales throughout the valley, but September and October have seen ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=10 After a dismal first quarter to the year, the real estate market in the Central Okanagan has gradually started to thaw and show more activity with every passing week! The amount of overall inventory in the single family home segment is still in excess of an 8 month supply in ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=9 The first few months of the year have started with a tremedously slow market. Only 55 single family homes sold in the month of January, while the first half of February seemed a bit brisker, but still quiet. As the weeks have passed, I have noticed more and more ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=8 Since Im actually a New Years baby, I always find the start of the year especially exciting... this year was no exception as I ( like most other people ) was happy to see the end of 2008. Lessons learned last year include- waiting till others are fearful to get greedy, ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=7 September 2008 After repeated speculation that the average sales prices in the Central Okanagan would drop, and months with the stats defying this popular theory, August finally saw a small decline in the average sale price of single family homes, at -2.5%. This a modest adjustment off the average sale price, ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=6 August 2008 First off, let me reassure you all that I haven't developed a french accent or a penchant for throwing random lettering in... any oddities in the typeset are yet unexplained by my internet tech...grrrrrrr. Hopefully you can ignore them and get the gist of my content :) The latest stats ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=5 July 2008 Summer is in full swing in the Okanagan;the weather is hot- and the real estate deals are hotter! Its hard to appreciate if you are new to ourmarketplace, but those of us who spend our time watching the inventory levels can't help but be excited about the values available. My favourite ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=4 The long anticipated condo crunch is in full swing, with reductions across the board in every segment.  The months of April and May were especially bleak, with late June starting to see a trickle of summer interest from out- -of towners! I've been especially busy myself with a couple of ... http://suzied.ca/blog/?p=3