real estate: Kelowna BC * Living Spaces Design Interior Design & Staging - 05/04/08 11:13 PM
Kelowna British Columbia...
.. God's country many are wont to call it. Spectacular Mountain & Lakeview Scenery has attracted from the start, travellers from all over the world, now more than ever.
Long famous for a climate conducive to growing fabulous fresh fruit, shipping internationally, a thriving internationally acclaimed wine industry has evolved on perfect valley slopes.
Kelowna, an international vacation hub, & central BC business center has spread it's irresisitible appeal worldwide.
Internationals & Canadians relocate here for the various amenities, hot summers & mild winters. Many purchase vacation, golf & ski resort properties as second & main residences.
The retirement population along with the weather has earned the region the nick-name, "Miami North". Scaling from that … (3 comments)
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real estate: Central Okanagan * Living Spaces * Home Staging Kelowna - 05/04/08 10:44 PM
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real estate: Home Staging Summerland * When Price Lowering Is Your Selling Strategy - 03/22/08 07:58 PM
A fact of home selling is the belief that if the price gets low enough, the property will sell. Unfortunately this strategy is used by successful established realtors because it's true and does create action.
Pricing is definitely an important part of the strategy. However pricing should be correctly assessed and implemented accurately along with all other selling factors.
Why should you expect the lowering of price as a main strategy? In fact it relates to backwards thinking and faulty selling strategy.
Sure price lowering will get the property sold but what if there is a more profitable way?
Property Presentation - (Home Staging)
looks better online, on printed materials, and in real … (0 comments)
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real estate: Home Staging Lake Country * When Price Lowering Is Your Selling Strategy - 03/22/08 07:55 PM
A fact of home selling is the belief that if the price gets low enough, the property will sell. Unfortunately this strategy is used by successful established realtors because it's true and does create action.
Pricing is definitely an important part of the strategy. However pricing should be correctly assessed and implemented accurately along with all other selling factors.
Why should you expect the lowering of price as a main strategy? In fact it relates to backwards thinking and faulty selling strategy.
Sure price lowering will get the property sold but what if there is a more profitable way?
Property Presentation - (Home Staging)
looks better online, on printed materials, and in real … (0 comments)
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real estate: Home Staging Penticton * When Price Lowering Is Your Selling Strategy - 03/22/08 07:19 PM
A fact of home selling is the belief that if the price gets low enough, the property will sell. Unfortunately this strategy is used by successful established realtors because it's true and does create action.
Pricing is definitely an important part of the strategy. However pricing should be correctly assessed and implemented accurately along with all other selling factors.
Why should you expect the lowering of price as a main strategy? In fact it relates to backwards thinking and faulty selling strategy.
Sure price lowering will get the property sold but what if there is a more profitable way?
Property Presentation - (Home Staging)
looks better online, on printed materials, and in real … (0 comments)
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real estate: Home Staging Vernon * When Price Lowering Is Your Selling Strategy - 03/22/08 07:12 PM
A fact of home selling is the belief that if the price gets low enough, the property will sell. Unfortunately this strategy is used by successful established realtors because it's true and does create action.
Pricing is definitely an important part of the strategy. However pricing should be correctly assessed and implemented accurately along with all other selling factors.
Why should you expect the lowering of price as a main strategy? In fact it relates to backwards thinking and faulty selling strategy.
Sure price lowering will get the property sold but what if there is a more profitable way?
Property Presentation - (Home Staging)
looks better online, on printed materials, and in real … (0 comments)
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real estate: Home Staging Kelowna * When Price Lowering Is Your Selling Strategy - 03/22/08 07:03 PM
A fact of home selling is the belief that if the price gets low enough, the property will sell. Unfortunately this strategy is used by successful established realtors because it's true and does create action.
Pricing is definitely an important part of the strategy. However pricing should be correctly assessed and implemented accurately along with all other selling factors.
Why should you expect the lowering of price as a main strategy? In fact it relates to backwards thinking and faulty selling strategy.
Sure price lowering will get the property sold but what if there is a more profitable way?
Property Presentation - (Home Staging)
looks better online, on printed materials, and in real … (0 comments)
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real estate: Real Estate Home Staging in Vernon * Proven Profitability * Living Spaces Design - 03/10/08 01:03 AM
Staging is here to stay. For Real Estate Sale or Resale Professional Presentation has become a widespread practice.
Staging is fairly new concept in some areas & may still creates a little confusion. It is the professional process of property presentation to put your home at the head of the market in your area. I have seen properties sell in 1 to 3 days after staging. The average time on the market is 2 weeks.
De-personalize De-clutter Set the Stage makes the potential buyer feel comfortable in the living spaces.
Growing recognition acknowledges that Home Real Estate Staging puts your sale at the front of the pack in any market. Whether it is a hot market or slow, staging … (0 comments)
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real estate: Real Estate Home Staging in Penticton * Proven Profitability * Living Spaces Design - 03/10/08 12:36 AM
Staging for Real Estate Sale or Resale is becoming a widespread practice and is defintitely here to stay.
The term 'Staging' is fairly new to some regions & may be a little confusing. It the professional process of property presentation to help your home put its best foot forward! I have seen properties sell in 1 to 3 days after staging.
The goal is to de-personalize & de-clutter, and set the stage for the potential buyer in seeing themselves in the Living Spaces.
Growing recognition acknowledges that Home Real Estate Staging puts your sale at the front of the pack in any market. Whether it is a hot market or slow, staging has … (0 comments)
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real estate: The Ultimate De-Clutter - Making Room For Success! - 01/23/08 03:33 PM
It's Chinese New Year. So what has it to do with Real Estate and Staging?
Plenty! The New Year traditions are all about preparing for success - happiness, prosperity, and health - good CHI (energy) at home, at work, in relationships.
Preparing for success means making space for new things, happenings, experiences, money. It means setting intentions and creating space for them to happen.
The Chinese traditions well understand this balance of creating negative space to attract positive energy flow.
Do I hear you thinking, "NEGATIVE SPACE"? This means clearing out and cleaning up. Create space - organized, even empty, where there is … (6 comments)
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real estate: Home Staging Kelowna - What Is The Future of Property Presentation? - 01/23/08 02:43 PM
Staging Property is on the fast track all the way from here!
These are the Happy facts. There is no stopping a good thing
that workswith proven profitabilitythat puts property on the leading edgethat prepares a home to be lived in immediatelyIf your property is on the market and has sat for a period of time you are likely to be thinking about staging.
The sorry facts are these:
The most critical period is the first 2 weeksChances of sale are reduced after that pointProspective Buyers are unlikely to take a second look unless the property appeals to themPrice Reductions are inevitableINVEST A LITTLE FOR A GREAT RETURN - FASTER SALE … (2 comments)
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real estate: Kelowna Home Staging - The Best Looking Homes Sell First! - 01/23/08 02:25 PM
This is no surprise. But what does it really mean?
You think your house looks great. Your realtor may also give that impression. How does yours look compared to others? Is it one in the sea of many? Is it out front? Does it give you the edge? The market is changing. There are a lot of homes on the market - that means it is a highly competitive market. Property Presentation (Staging) is changing the way property is being sold.
The future of Staging is that before too long it be established criteria for selling.
Why?
Because it works.
Stage Right - Stage From The … (2 comments)
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real estate: Kelowna Home Staging Living Spaces Interior Design ...MY PRO MEME - 01/14/08 07:34 PM
The 'Meme', for public understanding is 'Active Rain's' idea of 'tag', the purpose being, getting to know others in this 65,000+ network. This my 5th, thanks to Martin Abeshaus I decided to publish my career journey.
Academic Studies - A 'visual' girl, I dreamed sugar plum fantasies of exquisite interiors. Academic studies in the sciences were fascinating - math is beautifully the only precise science - you can always count on it! However I couldn't see that I would want to work in academia.
Design Studies - For a brief fortunate period, Interior Design at Okanagan College was facilitated by a brilliant graduate of design and engineering, who crammed her … (22 comments)
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real estate: Sellers in a Hot Market - Putting Your Property Out Front - 12/03/07 04:40 PM
There is the tendency in a hot market to believe that the market is 'bullish' enough to get the sale through. That is the old thinking. Sure it likely will, but at what cost?
The cost will be the 'expected' lowering of the price. Why expect this negative phenomenon? Instead get proactive and expect faster profitable sale.
It can be difficult for sellers to wrap their minds around the concept of spending a comparatively small amount on staging to set their property out front at the head of the pack to ensure quicker profitable sale. Instead of waiting out sale offers and sliding price.......
stage right … (2 comments)
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real estate: Unstaged Property not selling after 6 weeks??? Staging Sells Faster and For More. Period. - 11/15/07 12:45 PM
These are the very basic real estate staging facts anywhere. Staging sells faster and for more. Period. Those sellers whose properties are staged benefit immensely.
Sellers often choose to avoid improving sale-ability in what they see as a 'bullish' market.
I am hearing from Sellers and Realtors alike here in with listings not moving on the market over 6 weeks. These are typically vacant unstaged listings that are being called about - or properties off the market awhile and re-listing.
The sellers often sound anxious and a little agitated in the phone. They are reluctant before they even find out what they stand to gain. The realtors sound hesitant … (6 comments)
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real estate: Bar Stool Heights Ergonomics & Selection * Living Spaces Staging Interior Design - 10/18/07 11:21 PM
Clearing up some confusion about bar stool selection, they are in fact easier to select than regular dining chairs. One reason being that bar stool seats are not as deep, removing that concern. The second reason is simply that you are accounting for height that is relative to the counter or bar height and not leg length.
So the biggest question that consumers most ask, then is - what are the appropriate heights?
Kitchen counters are typically 36" high. Counter stools are 24" high to seat top.
Bar height is usually 42" high. Bar stools are 30" high to the seat top.
Heights can vary somewhat. Always measure before … (4 comments)
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real estate: Stage Vacants - Kelowna Home Staging - 10/10/07 06:56 PM
Vacant homes can take the longest to sell. Consequently the original asking price can also depreciate considerably. They are often taken off the market. The longer on the market, the less appealing property becomes and don't kid yourself, people remember! Potential buyers are not likely to come back once they have already viewed a property that they cannot see themselves in.
Less than 10% of people can visualize spatially. They cannot see the end from the beginning. They will breeze through an vacant house so fast, because there is nothing stopping them! They need a reason to stop and say, "Oh, I like this reading corner", … (8 comments)
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real estate: Sellers - Finish Renovations Before Showing - Kelowna Home Staging - 10/10/07 06:51 PM
Sellers can be in too much of a hurry to list and show their properties. It is understandable to be concerned to get the sale underway, but what needs acceleration is completion of renovations first. The very thing you want - quick profitable sale will very possibly be undermined by showing prematurely. Your realtor may not tell you this, being in a hurry to get the sale going also.
63% of buyers are willing to pay more for move-in ready status. Most people do not want to be bothered with renovations and repairs.Less than 10% of all people are able to visualize … (6 comments)
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real estate: Why Do I Need A Stager In Kelowna? - 09/30/07 04:23 PM
It is a hot, hot real estate market in Kelowna. Sales activity is brisk and has been for some time. There appears to be no end to the development, construction and investment in the valley.
Some mistakenly think that because sales are high the market is 'bullish' enough to avoid staging. Countering the high rate of sales, is the fact that there are also many properties on the market. Everyone wants to be in on the action while it is lucrative. Construction is high. Renovation also enters the competing foray.
Staging gives the edge in fact in any market. In a market like the … (5 comments)
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real estate: Cycling - 'Fraiche Aire' - Black & White - 07/20/07 07:03 PM
Thanks Lola for your 'Black & White' update - http://activerain.com/blogsview/151924/RendezVous-in-Black-White It caused me to clarify for myself that we've gotten to a consciousness of environmental issues that can no longer be considered 'gray' at all, but in fact are clearly black & white.
In response, I don't know the scientific terminology & understanding of the various particulates in the air as per tonnage of carbon, etc. The broad term pollution is what I know. I have begun to understand the grave concern for quality of life & affected earth cycles.
My personal concern has caused me to take personal measures. I am fortunate for many reasons to live in the downtown … (6 comments)
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