COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR ACTIVERAIN MEMBERS! - 09/30/10 12:26 PM
If you have ever had any questions about what you are allowed regarding copyright...
Check out Lenn's recent collection of all her posts dealing with Copyright...Bookmark this post for future reference.
Well Done Lenn

Via Lenn Harley, Real Estate Broker, Virginia & Maryland (Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate):
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR ACTIVERAIN MEMBERS!
COPYRIGHT TIME.  Several posts in the past few days about copyright and some pretty risky advice contained in some, made me think that it's time to do the copyright thing again. 
I'm not an attorney.  These posts reflect my experience in pursing copyright … (12 comments)

OAK BAY HOMES FOR SALE-CURRENT AVERAGE SELLING PRICES - 09/25/10 01:35 PM
OAK BAY HOMES FOR SALE-CURRENT AVERAGE SELLING PRICES
 
View Oak Bay Muncipality in a larger map  
See My Earlier Blog Post for a Further Breakdown.
In Victoria's Oak Bay Municipality there are smaller districts or areas known as  North Oak Bay, Uplands, Estevan, South Oak Bay,Gonzales and Henderson  in the MLS Map for Oak Bay Real Estate. Victoria Realtors post homes For Sale in Oak Bay under one of these MLS map areas. Lets look at the Average Current Selling Prices for Oak Bay Homes in North Oak Bay, Uplands, Estevan, South Oak Bay,Gonzales and Henderson. I created a … (4 comments)

Oak Bay BC Pending Home Sales and Homes For Sale Market Report - 09/23/10 03:00 PM
Oak Bay BC Pending Home Sales and Oak Bay Homes For Sale ! I thought I would share with you the Current Heart Beat of Oak Bay BC Pending Home Sales and Active Oak Bay Homes For Sale .
This Morning I looked up on our MLS system Oak Bay Map Areas.....
North Oak Bay, Uplands, Estevan, South Oak Bay,Gonzales and Henderson ....for Current residential Oak Bay Pending Home Sales..and Active Oak Bay Homes For Sale.
Surpising to see the Amount of Activity in Oak Bay Pending Home Sales...Wow.
So Far this month there where 27 Oak Bay Pending Home Sales
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The Name For My September Photo is..."Seasons End" - 09/23/10 12:17 AM
 My...Name This September Photo Post.... several good Suggestions.
Hint..I took this photo Saturday on my way to the office in Oak Bay just after lunch....of the Oak Bay Marina
My Final Pick Came from Kathy Clulow..."Seasons End"
Thanks to all of you for partisipating..I added another  broader Photo of the Marina below
It rained all night and I hoped the rain would stayed stopped long enough for me to get some photos...I think I can handle the rainy season if the temperature (16c) stays this warm all winter.


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Name This September Photo - 09/19/10 08:11 PM
Okay here is my first Photo for Name This Photo....I'm a late bloomer.
This should be easy for most of you :O))
Hint..I took this photo Saturday on my way to the office in Oak Bay  just after lunch.
It rained all night and I hoped the rain stayed stopped long enough for me  to get some photos...I think I can handle the rainy season if the temperature (16c) stays this warm all winter.

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Come Camping No Tent Required Victoria BC Social Media Camp Oct 3 - 09/18/10 02:29 PM
Lets all give one of our Newest Member Debbie Hartz some Comment support and follow her if you like here material,
Here is Debbie's  latest Blog post from yesterday announcing a Social Medial Camp in Victoria on Oct 3...
Good for Localism :O))
Please ....Go Over to Debbie Post and Comment, check out her other posts too.
I have disabled Comments here so Commment on Debbie Posts, lets give her lots of Goggle Juice :O))


Via Debbie Hartz (Datagirl.ca Repeat & Referral Marketing 250-590-6910):
Come Camping..No Tent Required !!

I'm going to Social Media Camp in Victoria BC on … (0 comments)

Oak Bay Real Estate Market Review September 2010 - 09/18/10 11:45 AM
Oak Bay Real Estate Market Review September 2010September 2010 Oak Bay Real Estate Activity-Indicates a Buyers Market  in Oak Bay.We here at Fred Carver Real Estate Sales and Marketing continuously monitor local real estate statistics to keep our clients informed and ahead of the real estate trends. I thought I would search our recent sales and current listings of homes for sale in the Oak Bay Municipality to see what's happening around the Real Estate Gardens of Oak Bay this July Summer.....Report created September 18, 2010Oak Bay Real Estate activity in the 1st 7 months of 2010 indicates a Buyers market for single family Oak … (15 comments)

FUNNY FRIDAY'S TGIFF-LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION - 09/17/10 12:04 PM
FUNNY FRIDAY'S TGIFF-LOCATION LOCATION LOCATIONHere it is another Funny Fridays' TGIFF Cartoon to start your weekend off in a positive frame of mind..We all hear about Location Location Location...sometimes Sellers believe their location alone will get them more $$$ ....home Buyers are compartive shoppers and decide what they will pay for a location. enjoy :O)) TGIFF
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THE VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD 89th ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OCTOBER 6, 2010 - 09/16/10 12:27 PM
THE VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD 89th ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OCTOBER 6, 2010The Victoria Real Estate Board Annual Election of Directors meeting will be held on:
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 3 PM Location: Conmfort Inn Hotel The Following is the Final Slate of 9 Director Candidates for 5 VREB Director Positions:
Tim Ayres Fred Carver Keith Ferguson Dennis Firmrite Mike homes Shelly Mann Wendy Moreton Pat Parker Frank Rudge NEW Additional Advanced PollsNote the following advanced poll dates:
Wednesday September 15-8:30am to 4:30 pm at the VREB Office Thursday September 23 -8:30am to 4:30 pm  at the VREB Monday September 27 … (5 comments)

KISS...."Keep It Simple Stupid" Because Marketing 101 is Overkill for Realtors - 09/15/10 08:57 PM
 KISS...."Keep It Simple Stupid"  Because Marketing 101 is Overkill for Realtors
 
 
A couple of years ago our very own George Tallabas wrote a Blog here in the Rain that rang a bell with a lot of us on how simple and easy it can be to generate business.
 
 
 
Today we met two new Realtors to our Office who just moved to Victoria.
They were asking us for some ideas to build their real estate business.
I thought for a moment while others offered friendly suggestions, then I remembered George's Post about how a Seattle … (10 comments)

Fairfield and Rockland in Victoria BC-Real Estate-Fairfield-Rockland Condo September Review - 09/07/10 08:10 PM
Fairfield and Rockland in Victoria BC-Real Estate-Fairfield-Rockland Condo September Review Fairfield & Rockland Condominium -Victoria BC- Real Estate September 2010 Year in Review September 7, 2010.......I thought I would review the Real Estate activities of Victoria BC an area know by the locals as Fairfield and Rockland, an area bordered by Dallas Rd and the Victoria Waterfront to the South, Cook St, Beacon Hill Park and Douglas Street to the West, Fort St and Oak Bay Ave to the North, Foul Bay Rd and Kings George Terrace to the East. View Fairfield & Rockland Map in a larger map Condominium Solds in Fairfield … (1 comments)

Fairfield Rockland Single Family Homes-Victoria BC- Real Estate September Review - 09/07/10 07:24 PM
Fairfield and Rockland in Victoria BC-Real Estate-Fairfield-Rockland  Single Family Homes September Review Fairfield & Rockland Single Family Homes-Victoria BC- Real Estate September 2010 Year in Review September 7, 2010....... I thought I would review the Real Estate activities of Victoria BC an area know by the locals as Fairfield and Rockland, an area bordered by Dallas Rd and the Victoria Waterfront to the South, Cook St, Beacon Hill Park and Douglas Street to the West, Fort St and Oak Bay Ave to the North, Foul Bay Rd and Kings George Terrace to the East. View Fairfield & Rockland Map in a … (0 comments)

OAK BAY REAL ESTATE, VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA SEPTEMBER 2010 - 09/07/10 06:30 PM
OAK BAY REAL ESTATE, VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA SEPTEMBER 2010

Fred Carver-ReMax Oak Bay Real Estate Blog News

Residential homes in Oak Bay are some of the highest priced in the City and accross Canada.
Search here a current list of Re/Max Oak Bay MLS listings

Oak Bay is a Municipality located on the South East Side of the City of Victoria.
Victoria is the Capital City of British Columbia located on the Southern tip of Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada next to the Pacific Ocean.


View Oak Bay Muncipality in a larger … (0 comments)

VICTORIA CLASSIC BOAT FESTIVAL LABOUR DAY WEEKEND - 09/06/10 02:43 PM
VICTORIA CLASSIC BOAT FESTIVAL LABOUR DAY WEEKEND Every year on the Labour Day weekend, Classic Boat owners and fans arrive in Victoria in front of the Fairmont Empress hotel in Victoria's Inner Harbour for the Annual Victoria Classic Boat Festival. Check out my YouTube Video's... My Friend ..Douglas and I went early Sunday morning  around 9:30 AM before the crowds got to large. Douglas had discovered the night before .....a Scottish Fishing Boat that he had worked on when he was seventeen in Scotland. Douglas left a note on the Boat "Radiant Star" telling the owner he worked on his boat … (4 comments)

Here's a Must Read Article Before Listing A Home For Sale - 09/06/10 11:54 AM
If you are thinking of selling your home now or in the near future and or.....
Realtors: When you have a client planning on listing their home for sale, be sure to read this  Price To Sell by Carla Hill with Realty Times.
 
It's not offten we get a read a step by step how to get your home sold .....that is right on the mark.


My Friend Russel Shaw sent this article  yesterday to me in his monthly newsletter.

This article is a must read by home sellers planning on listing their home they would … (2 comments)

At This Moment - A Social Media Way To Record and Share - 09/03/10 03:05 AM
Wow..check out this cool tool Brad has discovered to put your Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc all in one place. Thanks Brad for  sharing this with us all.
Be sure to Bookmark Brads post for future reference.

Via Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager (ActiveRain):
This Moment - A new Social Media Way To Record and Share the past, the now, and the future!
What are you doing right at this very moment?  Well you're reading this post obviously, but wouldn't it be cool if there were a site that could combine all your "moments" and social media and real … (9 comments)

SO YOU THINK VICTORIA WATERFRONT AND LUXURY HOMES ARE EXPENSIVE.. NOT TO THIS EX VICTORIAN HOME BUYER - 09/03/10 02:44 AM
SO YOU THINK VICTORIA WATERFRONT AND LUXURY HOMES ARE EXPENSIVE.. NOT TO THIS EX VICTORIAN HOME BUYERI put my qualified home buyers into my automated MLS search for homes that meet their wishs and dreams. My Buyers love getting Hot new listings and  price changes as they occur with Victoria Luxury and Waterfront homes for sale. I have a Vancouver home buyer (past Victoria resident) who asked me to email her homes for her consideration luxury and waterfront homes between $750,000 and 1.5 Million in and around  Cadboro Bay, Ten Mile Point,Arbutus, Queenswood, North Oak Bay and of course the Uplands … (2 comments)

JAMES BAY REAL ESTATE ANOTHER SOLD - 09/03/10 12:54 AM
JAMES BAY REAL ESTATE ANOTHER SOLDI just recently Sold this Ocean View Condo in James Bay..I have Sold James Bay Real Estate most of my career and once lived here as a child. It's a great community, located close to Downtown Victoria and surrounded on three sides by the Ocean. It's a great place to walk and meet new and old friends. Real Estate in James Bay is popular and sells easily when priced correctly and has good curb appeal.If you or anyone you know is thinking of Buying or Selling James Bay Real Estate soon, call or email me and … (0 comments)

CHECK OUT VICTORIA'S FARMERS' MARKETS THIS LABOUR DAY WEEKEND - 09/02/10 11:07 AM
CHECK OUT VICTORIA'S  FARMERS' MARKETS THIS LABOUR DAY WEEKENDLooking for something different to do in Victoria  the holiday Labour Day weekend ? How about visiting a public market, several markets are scheduled from Thursday through Sunday.These markets supply a range of items, direct from the Garden or Artisan....from fresh meat, fruit, vegetables, to art work, handcrafts and even jewelry., Several have live entertainment.Here is a list of times and Places of Markets throughout Victoria and the surrounding areas. Be sure to click through to their web sites.Have Fun !!Sept 2-3, Bastion Square10 AMOperated by the Island ChiefsLocal Produce, etcSept. 4, Esquimalt … (4 comments)

 
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Author Bio:Fred Carver started in Real Estate December 1971.Experienced in both Commercial and Residential Sales and Marketing Including the Internet with Web sites and several Blog sites.Area Specialist in Condo and Single family home sales in and around the South Side of Victoria, BC

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