BC Speculation Tax Is Going Ahead The news every vacation property owner in British Columbia didn’t want to hear was just announced by the BC Government. Last week they, and the BC Green party, reached an agreement to institute the unpopular tax. This announcement comes, despite push back from local governments and mayors. While there [&hellip
Read MoreSales Slowed In September But Lakeshore Up By Michael Kinghorn Home prices have continued to rise in the North Okanagan and Shuswap despite a decline in actual sales of residential property. This ‘re-balancing’ of the market has seen it move from a more of a sellers’ market to one that is more even between home [&hellip
Read MoreDoes An Open House Still Matter In A Digital Age? Do you need an open house? Most sellers understand that in order to sell their house, buyers need to see it first, hence an open house. But does seeing it in person matter? Most Realtors use traditional advertising methods: websites, pictures, showings and open [&hellip
Read MoreAugust Sales Held But Vacation And Lakeshore Improved By Michael Kinghorn August sales were slower for homes in the North Okanagan, showing a slight decline over last month, but despite the slower than anticipated market, there was still movement in our higher end listings. This, despite all of the roadblocks put in place by the [&hellip
Read MoreJuly Sales Improved – Strong August Next? By Michael Kinghorn July sales improved for Priscilla and Company, bucking the trend we are seeing in the North Okanagan. We were a part of one sale over $2MM and two more over $1MM, while also getting two more sales over $900K. That is in contrast to the [&hellip
Read MoreWhy Work With Priscilla & Company Realtors? July 9, 2018 A lot of times we get asked by clients ‘Why should we work with RE/MAX Priscilla?” That’s a great question and our response is usually the same – ‘We help our clients make the buying and selling process easy.’ How do we do that? Our [&hellip
Read MoreJune 2018 Real Estate Update – More Listings, Less Sales June 2018 Real Estate Update – The good news/bad news scenario has continued for Real Estate sales in the North Okanagan. According to statistics from the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board, overall sales are down slightly from last month, but the drop compared to last [&hellip
Read MoreNew Rules Now In Effect June 16, 2018 At RE/MAX Priscilla our goal is to help our clients make the buying and selling process easy. New rules have come into effect in BC that is intended to assist our clients to make informed decision in a real estate transaction and both buyers and sellers need [&hellip
Read MoreNorth Okanagan Real Estate – Is This The Right Time To Sell? By Michael Kinghorn All the talk recently has been about how the Real Estate market has taken a down turn. While that may be the case in larger urban centres such as Toronto and Vancouver, we don’t think that is the case in [&hellip
Read MoreStaying Active In The North Okanagan By Alan Stier I have been athletic and staying active since the time I could pick up a baseball, hold a piece of wood in my hand or lace up skates. I have been a part of organized sports since the age of 5 till the present time. I [&hellip
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