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What To Do About Mold in your Nanaimo home - 08/31/12 01:48 PM
What To Do About Mold in your Nanaimo home
Whether you looking to sell a house or buy a house in Nanaimo, one of the things that you’ll want to keep an eye out for is mold.
This may sound clichéd, but one of the easiest ways to deal with mold is to prevent it before it even starts or begins to spread too far.
Here are a couple of things that can cause mold inside your home and what you can do to keep the mold from getting out of hand.
1. Poorly ventilated bathrooms.
Older homes especially … (2 comments)
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Will Going Green Help Sell Your Home? - 08/31/12 01:42 PM
Will Going Green Help Sell Your Home?
Over the last few years there’s been a lot of talk about “going green”. It certainly sounds good when marketing you house, and can certainly help you sell your
Nanaimo home.
But what exactly does it mean to be Green?
Here are a few tips from the Canada Green Building Council:
A green home uses less energy, water and natural resources.
A green home creates less waste
A green home is healthier and more comfortable to live in.
Best of all, the net cost of owning a Green Home is … (0 comments)
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10 Things To Look For In A House - 08/31/12 01:29 PM
10 Things To Look For In A House
Sometimes there aren’t a lot of homes for sale in Nanaimo to choose from and sometimes it seems like there are too many choices.
Either way, it helps to have a check list to make sure that your top wishes for a new home are being met.
Here are 10 things to consider when buying a new house in Nanaimo:
1. Curb appeal: Will you be proud of driving up to your new home each day, or is there some landscaping work that needs to be done?
2. Outside storage: Is … (1 comments)
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House with workshop in Nanaimo - 5257 Hammond Bay Road - 08/31/12 01:14 PM
House with workshop in Nanaimo - 5257 Hammond Bay Road
If you are looking for a home in Nanaimo with a workshop you will want to view this home. 5257 Hammond Bay Road is perfect. You will find a lovely home and a 2 bay workshop.
Pride of ownership is evident in this lovingly maintained 2253 sqft family home. Relax & enjoy outdoor living on this large, 13,121 sqft, fully landscaped lot. The home features 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, on two floors. Relax in the bright living room while enjoying seasonal ocean & mountain views.
The large kitchen overlooks the … (0 comments)
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Nanaimo school district calendar 2012-2013 - 08/28/12 11:59 AM
Nanaimo school district calendar 2012-2013
This August, as every August, I start looking around to see where I put all the information my son came home with, the last day of school. Usually we receive a list of school supplies and a Nanaimo school district calendar.
I find that I refer to the Nanaimo school district calendar many times throughout the school year. It’s wonderful to be able to refer to it when planning holidays etc. With that in mind, I thought it would be very helpful to other Nanaimo parents to post this calendar online. Please feel free … (0 comments)
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How to Prepare For Your Move - 08/19/12 02:48 PM
How to Prepare For Your Move
Houses are selling in Nanaimo. With the right realtor, they’re selling quickly and at a fair market price, so its best if you prepare for your move even before you put your home in Nanaimo on the market for sale.
Here are a few of my favorite tips to help the move to your new home go as smoothly as possible.
Know where you’re moving to
This might seem like common sense, and even a little bit silly, so you might be surprised at how many people selling a home in Nanaimo don’t give … (1 comments)
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How To Spot Overpriced Homes For Sale In Nanaimo - 08/19/12 02:32 PM
How To Spot Overpriced Homes For Sale In Nanaimo
Everybody wants to make money in real estate. Even if you’re just buying a home in Nanaimo to live in and enjoy, it’s satisfying to know that at the end of the day you’ll have some equity built up in your home – maybe even something to pass along to your children or grandchildren.
But just as with any other investment, to make money in real estate you’ve got to buy low and sell high. So the big question is, how do you know if a home for sale in Nanaimo … (0 comments)
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How To Use Curb Appeal To Sell Your Nanaimo Home Quickly - 08/19/12 02:08 PM
How To Use Curb Appeal To Sell Your Nanaimo Home Quickly
You’ve probably heard that first impressions are the lasting ones. In fact, some studies have shown that people looking at something for the first time – a person, a product, a website, or a home for sale in Nanaimo – will form their impression in the first 6 seconds of looking.
And, that first impression will never change, even if there’s a lot of evidence to the contrary that comes up after the fact. (This, by the way, is the reason that people who overprice … (2 comments)
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Where is Nanaimo? - 08/13/12 12:27 PM
Where is Nanaimo?
Nanaimo is located on Central Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. Nanaimo is just a two hour drive from Victoria and a 1.5 hour ferry ride from the outskirts of Vancouver. Nanaimo is the 2nd largest city on Vancouver Island and has a population of 83,810. Nanaimo is the 63rd largest city in Canada and the 13th largest city in British Columbia.
As the second largest city on Vancouver Island, Nanaimo is home to several recreation centres, many soccer, baseball and football fields, Vancouver Island University, marinas, many nature parks, several lakes, golf courses, ocean beaches and an excellent … (0 comments)
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Real Estate in Nanaimo - Absorption rates for July 2012 - 08/05/12 02:19 PM
Real Estate in Nanaimo - Absorption rates for July 2012
“How’s the market in Nanaimo?” This is the number one question I am asked as a Nanaimo Realtor. The best way to understand how the local real estate market is doing is to calculate the absorption rates.
The definition of absorption rates is the number of weeks it takes to sell the current real estate inventory in Nanaimo at the present rate of sales.
My numbers come from the latest real estate stats published by VIREB (Vancouver Island Real Estate Board). Based on the information they have supplied I … (0 comments)
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What are the prices of homes in Nanaimo? - 08/05/12 01:38 PM
What are the prices of homes in Nanaimo?
I am often asked the question “What are prices like for homes in Nanaimo?” There are a number of different neighbourhoods in Nanaimo and each one has its own special attributes. With that in mind prices will vary accordingly.
Based on single family home sales in Nanaimo for the month of July 2012 I have reviewed current VIREB (Vancouver Island Real Estate Board) data. The following chart reflects the average selling prices for homes, by Nanaimo neighbourhood, for the month of July 2012.
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Nanaimo real estate statistics for July 2012 - 08/04/12 02:44 PM
Nanaimo real estate statistics for July 2012
The real estate statistics from July 2012 reflect the following changes in single family home sales.
Nanaimo real estate statistics for single family homes
The Cumulative Residential Average Single Family Sale Price is up by 2% over July 2011. The average sale price was $360,007 in July 2012 compared to $354,077 in July 2011.
The following are the single family market changes for July 2012 compared with July 2011
- There were 213 units listed this July compared to 224 units in July 2011. – down by 5%
- There were 114 units … (0 comments)
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Nanaimo Real Estate Market as of August 1 2012 - 08/04/12 01:59 PM
Nanaimo Real Estate Market as of August 1 2012 - What’s selling & for how much?
The Nanaimo real estate sales numbers for the month of July, 2012 have been published.
Here’s the type of real estate that sold in Nanaimo in July 2012 (source VIREB):
Property Type Number of unit’s Average price
Single Family 114 units $360,000
Condo (Apt) 26 $ 201,016
Condo (Patio) 7 $ $269,464
Condo (Townhouse) 8 $244,612
Lots 4 $ 147,500
How does one analyze the state of the Nanaimo real estate market? This is a very important question for both … (0 comments)
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