Entries Tagged as ‘Uncategorized’

July 25, 2007

Tuesday Numbers

Short numbers again. Sorry!  Download problems.  259 listings yesterday and 240 sales, for a sell/list of 92.66%.
Inventory was 12,104 while over 90s were 2,257 or 18.65%.

July 9, 2007

I’m Back!

I’m back, and something funny is happening with the blog. I just composed a profound post, but it disappeared when I hit the “pubish” button.  I guess you’ll have to be happy with this one.
I’ve had modem problems at home, a busy week of sales and a trip to Canim Lake.  That semi-enforced time off [...]

June 5, 2007

Trust

I think that lack of trust between buyers/sellers & Realtors in the Real Estate industry is a major problem, both for consumers and the Realtors.  This lack of trust is caused by many factors.  Consumers may pay too much or sell for too little. They may not understand what happens in a transaction or why, [...]

June 1, 2007

My Street

The picture above captures why I like where I live.

May 31, 2007

Is a Hot Market the Friend of the Realtor?

In July 2001 there were 6,604 Realtors with the REBGV.  There were 16,051 listings that month, and  2,798 sales.  That’s 5.74 months of inventory, and 0.42 sales per month per Realtor. 
I don’t have the 2002 stats, but by July 2003 there were 6,932 Realtors, 11,749 listings, and 4,231 sales.  That’s 2.78 MOI, and 0.61 sales [...]

May 24, 2007

GIANTS TICKETS!!!

I’ve got two giants tickets for the tiebreaker tonight between The Lewiston Maniacs and The Plymoth Whalers. Game is at 7:30, the tickets are free if you pick them up.
Contact me at 230-4225.

April 14, 2007

The Fight Over The Real Estate Conversation Online

Your Street.com launched on the 13th. Its community site covering San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Phoenix and New York.  Users can share various types of information about locales, and even contribute to a market monitor that will attempt to reflect current conditions in a given area. 
Better than Zillow? Accomplishing something for the consumer? Who [...]

April 13, 2007

3341 Venables

I like this wordpress platform, not least for the way it lets me track stats.  The leading search engine term to find this blog today was “3341 Venables Street”. That is a new listing for us, and I’m not even sure its on the MLXchange yet.  Even though  I think there is good value there [...]