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D’Arcy Harris –Weekly Real Estate Update December 13, 2005.
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Yesterday I was speaking with a client who was thinking of selling her home, and she asked me my opinion on when would be the best time to list her property. She thought maybe it would be best to wait until January, but I disagreed and here’s why: 1. People who look for a home during the Holidays are more serious buyers! 2. Serious buyers have fewer homes to choose from during the Holidays and less competition means more money for you! 3. Since the supply of listings will dramatically increase in January... there will be less demand for your home at that time. Less demand means less money for you! 4. Homes always show better when decorated for the Holidays! 5. Buyers are more emotional during the Holidays, so they are more likely to pay your price! 6. Buyers have more time to look for a home during the Holidays than they do during a regular week! (This is why Buyers shouldn’t drop out until January either!) 7. Some people have to buy before the end of the year for tax reasons! 8. January is a month that a lot of employees begin new jobs. Since transferees cannot wait until the spring to buy a home, you must be in the market now to capture those buyers! 9. You can still be in the market, you have the option to restrict showings as much as you want! 10.You can sell now for more money and we can provide for a delayed closing or extended occupancy until next year! 11.By selling now, you have the opportunity to be a buyer in the spring, when more homes will be on the market!
Hope that helps! I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
D'Arcy R. Harris
Real Estate Broker
Sutton Group - Westcoast Realty
www.VancouverRealEstateInfo.ca
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P.P.S: I supply this information to you free of charge and without obligation with the hope that when you do decide to buy or sell your home, you’ll call me to help make it a reality. Call me today.
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Success Story of the Week
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This week, no deals have gone through, which is endemic of the current market. A lot of my VIP Buyers have decided to take some time off, so I would like to award this week’s Success Story to the people who are still out there kicking the tires and writing offers. It’s nice for me to be able to concentrate my energy on a select number of highly motivated buyers. These people are the reason why the holidays are a good time to sell! Kudos to you all!
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Market Tidbit
============================================== Thought you might enjoy this, I got it in my email when it was snowing last week (for all of you reading this outside of Vancouver, the weather is beau-ti-full), and I don’t know who wrote it so I can’t give credit, except to say that I laughed when I read it!
Vancouver Blizzard 2005 Vancouver (Reuters) Day 2 - Vancouver Blizzard 2005 - Revenge of the Commuters Chilled Vancouver commuters faced their second day of winter hell today, as an additional .5 centimetre of the peculiar white stuff fell, bringing the lower mainland to its knees and causing millions of dollars worth of damage to the marijuana crops. Scientists suspect that the substance is some form of frozen water particles and experts from Saskatchewan are being flown in. With temperatures dipping to the almost but not quite near zero mark, Vancouverites were warned to double insulate their lattes before venturing out. Vancouver police recommended that people stay inside except for emergencies, such as running out of espresso or biscotti to see them through Vancouver's most terrible storm to date. The local Canadian Tire reported that they had completely sold out of fur-lined sandals. Drivers were cautioned to put their convertible tops up, and several have been shocked to learn that their SUV's actually have four wheel drive, although most have no idea how to use it. Weary commuters faced soggy sushi, and the threat of frozen breast implants.
Although Dr. John Blatherwick, of the Coastal Health Authority reassured everyone that most breast implants were perfectly safe to 25 below, down-filled bras are flying off the shelves at Mountain Equipment Co-op. "The government has to do something," snarled an angry Trevor Warburton. "I didn't pay $540,000 for my one bedroom condo so I could sit around and be treated like someone from Toronto".
HA!
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Weekly Real Estate Listings
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These are all the current listing out right now; in fact, some of them are so new they’re not even posted on Realtylink or MLS.ca. Want to get them before they’re even in the newsletter? Sign up for the VIP Buyers Program. (http://www.vancouverrealestateinfo.ca/redir.asp?page=vip_buyer.asp&t=list1) If they don’t load, cut and paste the links into your browser.
Vancouver Lofts:
http://mlslink.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=1658654467&s=BRC&t=BRC
Investment and Revenue Properties:
http://mlslink.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=1543856632&s=BRC&t=BRC
Vancouver House Foreclosures:
http://mlslink.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=1352463123&s=BRC&t=BRC
Vancouver Apartment Foreclosures:
http://mlslink.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=1555875158&s=BRC&t=BRC
If you see any listings that interest you, simply reply to this email with the MLS number and the time that you’re available to view it and we’ll set up a private tour just for you. Or have them emailed to you daily rather than weekly, sign up for the VIP Buyers Program:
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Insider Secrets Revealed!
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Each month, I publish a series of articles of interest to homeowners – money saving tips, household safety checklists, home improvement advice, real estate insider secrets, and much more that DOESN’T fit in this newsletter:
http://www.vancouverrealestateinfo.ca/redir.asp?page=gold_newsletter.asp&t=list1
Would you like to have access to all the new listings that match your home buying criteria, including area, price range and style of home, emailed to you directly? Tired of leafing through hundreds of listings to find what you’re looking for? This is a free service and will allow you to view only the homes that you're interested in seeing. Become a VIP Buyer and beat other buyers to all the hot new listings in Vancouver. How does it work? Visit:
http://www.vancouverrealestateinfo.ca/redir.asp?page=vip_buyer.asp&t=list1
============================================== From the News ==============================================
Grow-ops a real-estate nightmare
B.C. resort targets Puget Sound skiers
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10433240/
Know when to let go: Selling real estate may finance retirement
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10433240/
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Contact Info
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I supply this information to you free of charge and without obligation with the hope that when you do decide to buy or sell your home, you’ll call me to help make it a reality.
If I do all this for free, imagine what I do when we’re working together!
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Comments and suggestions are always welcome, thanks for reading!
D'Arcy R. Harris
Real Estate Broker
Sutton Group - Westcoast Realty
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