Thursday, December 29th, 2011

It is official Kicking Horse Mountain Resort now joins Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Inc.
Here is the press release sent out this morning


KHMR Sale to RCR Complete



This has created a lot of positive energy at the ski hill with talk of a new Hotel and new lifts, we will know more in the new year with announcements from KHMR/RCR


This has increased the showings at the hill including


1592 Golden Ave & 411 Mountaineer also lots of info sheets handed out on WP #9


There will be a OPEN HOUSE Friday night at 1668 Dogtooth Close from 3-7, Come out and see one of the most privately located homes at KHMR.

Saturday 24th December 2011

Showings at the mountain have started to pick up I showed 2 bedroom condos in the Glacier and Mountaineer, my clients are thinking over the Holidays and will get back to me.


Also showed 1615 PW and #9 Whispering Pines again my clients are thinking about it over the Holidays


Team Chambers would like to wish all clients, past and present, a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012.

Saturday, December 17th, 2011

Reduced Price on 103 (A&B) Mountaineer now priced at $189,900 +HST

103 Mountaineer Lodge

Looking to rent your place out or looking for rentals here are a couple of links to check out.

Rent at Kicking Horse

Rent in and around Golden

Friday 16th December 2011

ANNOUNCEMENT

Please check out the JUST RELEASED press announcement .......

ballast-nedam-negotiates-sale-of-recreation-resort-in-canada

http://www.kickinghorseresort.com/press-releases.aspx?mode=detail&id=khmr_pending_sale_to_rcr

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

New listings recently include:


112 Glacier Lodge, KHMR this 2 bed with extra den condo has the largest living area of all the condos in  the Glacier and has ski access from your deck listed at $460,000 +HST

112 Glacier


#44 Aspens, KHMR, 2 bedroom town home with extra in floor heat listed at $299,500 +HST

44 Aspens


1528 Quartz Creek, a beautiful view lot in Canyon Ridge listed at $139,000

1528 Quartz


1398 Hartley Road is currently running as a popular public house (Moberly Pub) just North of town listed at $499,900 +HST

Moberly


Showings are still slow in town but now that the hill is open we are seeing a few showings - recently 411 Mountaineer and 1620 Purcell Woods were shown and I have had a few enquiries leading to more showings next week.


Price Reductions
615 Lower Habart Road reduced to $385,000
309 Mountaineer Lodge reduced to $204,900 + HST

December 1st 2011

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort will be opening EARLY commencing 2/3/4 December they have had over 150+cm of snow up at the Mountain in the last little while, check out the webcams.


webcams


Showings
The lowering of price on 1525 Fir Crescent has produced two showings recently.  We attempted to show LS2 but as the weather was so wet, the roads were very icy and this proved impossible.



Reduced listing is 735 Nicholson Road which is now $292,000 735 N


New Listings
628 Lafontaine Road listed at $675,000 a beautiful contemporary home on 5.7 acres close to town, loads of features check this one out.

628 Lafontaine


1636 Purcell Woods listed at $1,290,000 inc HST, 3 bed luxury Mountain Home at KHMR, stunning property, take a look today

1636 Purcell


We have updated and refurbished our website which is now Mac friendly and should be easier to navigate, any comments would be welcome.


And finally..... our daughter Esmay participated in Movember, sporting a delightful green smoothie mustache.... check this out

Tuesday November 15th 2011

New listing this week is:


1363 Golden Donald Upper Road listed at $595,900 is a beautiful open plan home sitting on over 40 acres of land

1363 GDU

1333 Pine Drive has recently been shown twice.

Here is a conceptual video for those of you who are regularly driving to Calgary from Golden, this is apparently what the unfinished section of road will look like


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_iw2ZwmDEI&feature=youtube

Sunday November 6th 2011

The snow is yet to arrive in town, the ski hill has seen small quantities, winter is knocking on the door!


Showings recently include:


507 6th and 524 N Station Ave


One of my clients put an offer in on a property listed with Remax and the offer was accepted


New Listings (click on the links for more info)


#9 Whispering Pines listed at $469,900 +HST, 3 bedroom Townhouse, fully furnished ready for the ski season

WP9


1630 Oberg Johnson listed at $284,900 is a beautiful cabin set on 10 acres with amazing views

1630 OBJ


1333 Pine Drive listed at $389,000 a 4 bedroom home with huge backyard and plenty of space to play

1333 Pine Drive



BACK ON THE MARKET 849 Crandall Road now listed at $519,000 a reduction in price of $76,000 - this beautiful home is an ideal ski chalet getaway or perfect full time Mountain Home

849 Crandall

Monday October 31st, 2011

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Team Chambers spent last night carving Pumpkins - check out our cool designs!!

Real Estate Wise we have now SOLD 404 Mountaineer Lodge

There is an accepted offer on #404 Glacier Lodge

Showings

615 Habart Lower Road
625 Habart Road
802 Nicholson Frontage Road

Ski Hill
404, 408, 411, 103 Mountaineer Lodge
308 Glacier Lodge

Monday 17th October 2011

The air is getting crisp in Golden and the fall colours are spectacular

and real estate seems to be gaining a pulse once again.

Showings recently include 406, 411, 303, 103, 309 Mountaineer with 411 being the top of the list, also 308 GL, these condos were shown twice over the weekend.


We also showed the Chancellor Peak Cabins, such a beautiful day and time of year to show these wonderful cabins - check out this picture of the Kicking Horse River which flows right next to these properties

New Listings this week are:


2627 Golden Donald Upper Road listed at $526,270 is a beautiful home on 20 acres with additional suite ideal for rental or the Mother in Law !  Many Many features - check out this link
2726 GDU

406 Mountaineer is listed at $219,500 +HST - its a buyers market for these Condos at the Ski Hill, buy now before the ski season


406 Mountaineer

2458 Kettleston Road is listed at $795,000 this spectacular property sits on 40 acres with Blaeberry River Frontage, beautiful paddocks ideal for horses, private driveway, check out the link for many more fabulous features

2458 Kettleston

We have seen a back up offer come into play on 404 Mountaineer  and 411 Mountaineer is back on the market.

My Clients recently put an offer in on 802 Almberg Road and it was accepted.

Wednesday October 5th 2011

Team Chambers enjoyed a wonderful hike up to Gorman Lake last weekend, even the rain did not spoil our family day out - the fall colours are beautiful and we had lots of fun, Esmay loved all the inukshuks on the trail.

The real estate market has once again slowed around the Golden Area and just recently in the press we are seeing some "incentives" being presented by sellers to help boost the housing market - check out this link

Article

Price reduction on 901 11th Street, now down to $399,900 - beautiful one of a kind heritage home in the center of Golden complete with wooden railway caboose with addition - definitely worth a look

901 11th

September 25th 2011

Some early fall sunshine this week in Golden is very welcome.


Showings this week include


554 Day road
645 Habart Lower Road
1966 Campbell Road
411 Mountaineer




SOLD
Team Chambers has put together a deal on 1850 Campbell Road and it is now SOLD
We received a back up offer on 404 Mountaineer and the offer we had on 411 Mountaineer did not complete but we just recieved another offer and it has been accepted and is set to complete in November. Looks like more activity at the ski hill, hope this trend continues as we have some great deals to be had.


New listing this week is 308 Glacier Lodge a 2 bedroom Condo overlooking the Gondola prices at $229,900 including HST

308 GL

Monday 12th September 2011

There was a flurry of activity this last week with regards to Ski Hill Condos, all the condos were shown at least once or twice, it is a buyers market and it seems like we are seeing a few of those buyers coming out of the closet to buy before the Winter season.

Over the weekend we had an accepted offer on unit 404 in the Mountaineer (3 bed) and another accepted offer on unit 411 in the Mountaineer (2 bed) - NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY !

New App for your smart phone that is free and tells you all the homes that are on MLS for your current local area, zoom in and it will show you all the homes in your current location that are for sale. 

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/realtor.ca/id408873309?mt=8

Friday September 9th 2011

New listing this week is 735 Nicholson Road, a superb 4 bedroom home on a nicely landscaped lot listed at $299,000

735 Nicholson Road

Reduced listings

303 Mountaineer Lodge has been reduced to $199,900 +HST, 2 bedroom valley side condo

303 Mountaineer

802 Nicholson Frontage has been reduced to $314,900, 3 bedroom up, 2 bedroom down family home

802 Nicholson Frontage Road

614 7th Street reduced to $116,000 nice in town lot ready to build on

614 7th Street

Some recent activity on Ski hill condos resulted in 2 offers being put in on 404 Mountaineer Lodge, negotiations are now underway. 

Showings recently include:
554 Day Road
303 Palliser Lodge
#38 Mountain Shadows
Lot 2 Mitchell Road

Please click on the link below for the BCREA third quarter housing forecast update going forward into 2012.
Forecast

Wednesday August 29th, 2011

Here is a great article from the Calgary Herald on the HST


http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+buyers+axes/5314641/story.html


Showings over the last week
GLCR #401
MTNR #103
MTNR #303
PL #303


554 Day Road x 2 the second showing went very well
1209 11th Ave.

My clients recently had an accepted offer on 1850 Campbell Road.

Friday August 26th, 2011

HST has been voted out!!! but from what I read it will take 18 months before it is removed so HST is still here for another 18 months!!  we will keep everyone updated on progress with this.


Team Chambers is running a test on our listings with the new smart phones QR readers. We will be posting a sign at the top of our Regular signs which says "Scan for more info" and a QR code to a web site with more info on that property and on the other side will have my web site address http://www.century21golden.com/ and a QR code that also takes you directly to my web site on your smart phone, you can download the QR App for free from the App Store.

Here are the QR Codes give it a try with your phone

Tuesday August 23rd 2011

1669 Dogtooth Close
REDUCED by over $100,000 to $1,177,700

1669 Dogtooth

We did not get together with the offer on 811 Barber road, also 1113 11th Street is back on the Market, So we are getting a few offers but we are not getting to the end zone.  Things are quiet at the moment, which is generally what happens at this time of year with holidays coming to a close and the new school year starting.   We hope to see some more activity mid September.



August 16th, 2011

The HST referendum votes closed on August 5th but it will take till the 25th of August to count all the votes, then a report will be put out in November.   They say it will be a close vote but I hope we find out what is happening before then.


SHOWINGS have been busy but not many emails


811 Barber shown 3 times
Lafontaine road
Kettleston Road
527 12 th  shown twice
1113 11th ave
503 5th
1525 Fir
857 Crandall
849 Crandall
802 Nicholson Frontage Road
1966 Campbell road
554 Day Road shown 3 times
1850 Campbell Road
401 Glacier Lodge shown twice
404 Mountaineer
103 Mountaineer shown twice
303 Palliser Lodge shown twice


An offer has been put in on 811 Barber Road and negotiations are underway.


625 Habart Road has recently been reduced down to $339,900.

625 Habart Road


New listings this week include:


#38 470 Reflection Lake Road listed at $139,900, privately located 1516 sq ft newly renovated home.

#38 470 Reflection Lake Road


1209 11th Avenue listed at $299,900 this is a 4 bedroom home close to downtown and all amenities.

1209 11th Ave

News from the Ski hill is that rentals are up, after talking to BelStar, they are saying that July 2011 has had as many rentals as July 2009 & July 2010 combined and they are running around 40% occupancy and up to 80% occupancy on weekends.  Good news !!

Wednesday 3rd August 2011

The sun is shining in Golden and a really busy August long weekend bought lots folks into town and the Resort.  


I showed LS10, LS15 and LS2 Nicholson Creek Road to my clients, they will be coming back out to view more acreages before making any decisions.  554 Day Road was recently shown along with 811 Barber Road.


New Listings


652 Lapp Road is a 3 bedroom, 3 bath rural home on 1.7 acres with a separate revenue cabin listed at $449,000 

652 Lapp Road


103 Mountaineer is a 2 bed, 2 bath Condo in the Mountaineer Lodge listed at $219,900 (no HST)

103 Mountaineer

July 26th, 2011

Things are busy in Golden we are continuing to show lots of properties and the enquiries are picking up more so.


808 10th is now SOLD

1611 Purcell Woods is now SOLD

 


Recent showings include:
1113 11th (There has been an offer put in)
503 5th Street
849 Crandall Rd
857 Crandall Rd
1830 Campbell Rd


There is now an accepted offer on 808 Oster Road


We have recently reduced the price on 625 Habart Road $369,900 - $359,900 
625 Habart