July 25th 2009

There is a Buzz in the air around Golden, a Positive Buzz and it feels good! Summer is in full swing with Live Kicks presentations, the recent RCMP Musical Ride (you can still catch them all over BC during August) and of course the Farmers Market every Wednesday, the vibe is happy and the sun is shining and what a beautiful place to live.


Real Estate wise the sun seems to be bringing out potential buyers and sellers and we are seeing a marked increase in showings and listings, a few offers are in on properties including Lot #23 1313 Campbell Road, and 849 Crandall Road, we also have an accepted offer on 503 & 504 10th Street and plenty of enquiries coming in. Showings of 1508 14th Avenue South, 1332 Selkirk Drive, (which has also now reduced in price from $432,000 to $409,000) and 805 10th Street.

The Ski hill market is still a little slow but we think NOW is one of the best times to purchase a ski hill home as the prices are low and buy now before the new HST charges come into effect(increasing your purchase price by 7%), we would also like to give a FREE Ski pass to anyone purchasing a Ski Hill Home from us(see wwww.century21golden.com for details.

July 15th, 2009

The market seem to be getting busier, I showed 805 10th twice and 1508 14th Ave in the last week, 1508 is also getting another showing tomorrow along with 1332 Selkirk Drive, the in town market seems to be really picking up the pace. 1311 Sekirk Drive is SOLD and 614 8th Street is also SOLD (not my listing but my clients).

#7, #21 and #22 Whispering pines #19, #22, and #25 Aspens were shown at the ski hill, but these clients have put in an offer on a home south of town, if this does not work out they might look at ski hill properties #21 WP being the favourite.

Another Link showing how the market is starting to turn for the good in Calgary, this article is from the Calgary Herald

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/real-estate/Calgary+housing+market+road+recovery/1788406/story.html

At the Ski hill they have added a climbing wall/rock for the kids, and Mountain Biking is in full swing

The HWY #1 East of Golden eventually will be 4 laned from the Calgary Airport to Golden, although this might take 5-10 years the work on the next 5 or so km is going well.

July 8th 2009

My wife and I celebrated our Wedding Anniversary on Mount 7 yesterday (where we got married 2 years ago on 7th July 2007). The weather was not as good as it was on our wedding day but as ever the views are spectacular - see picture.




We have an accepted offer on 805 10th Street and showings this week include 1508 14th Avenue South, 1311 Selkirk Drive, 1332 Selkirk Drive, 1201 10th Avenue, 2010 McMurdo Road, Lots 1 and 2 Golden Donald Upper, Lots on Campbell Road so as you can see things are moving along in and out of town. New listings this week are 807 10th Street a 37 x 130 R-1C Lot for $87,700, house plans are available for this Lot. 107 Glacier Lodge listed at $249,900 +GST is a 1 bedroom condo with large deck at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort with valley views.





http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/June+housing+sales+near+record+high/1759044/story.html


Please click on the above link to read about the market in Vancouver, this positive movement in the real estate market in the bigger centres filters through to the smaller towns, so, we should see lots more happening in the near future as confidence starts to come back into buying real estate.