Kelowna Real Estate Pros

The October Buyer survey has shown some great factual information for future buyers in Kelowna.  Many would think that First time home buyers make up the bulk of the sales this year, you are right but the leader in October 2011 are move up buyers. Move up buyers that have bought this year see the potential in moving up in home price and product in this type of market.  Since real estate has cooled off in Kelowna and home prices have  fallen, move up buyers realize that although they may have lost some equity, moving up to a larger more expensive home is the best optio....

The Central Okanagan MLS stats for October were posted last week and to be honest, I was a little surprised. October residential sales came in as the third worst month in sales year to date.  With only 125 sales, February and January were the only months which lost to October with sales numbers as low as 98 for the month.  The inventory of residential listings for this time remains constant over last year.  The Median home prices dropped by $12,000 from 2010. The Apartment sales were slightly more encouraging with an increase of 11% over last year but only ranked 4th ....

The New Kid on the Block Meet Felicia Carroll, our outstanding new Sales & Marketing Coordinator.   I am so pleased to introduce Felicia officially, something I probably should have done earlier this fall.  She has been working in the office for a few months now and is well… swell!   She came to us via referral from my wife, who had the opportunity to work with Felicia in her previous role as Account Coordinator at Think. Marketing.  Felicia had all the right credentials – education, experience in service, office management/ administration and mark....