Coastal Life Realty Ltd.

Specializing in Pender Island Properties

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Charmaine Harris
Managing Broker/Owner
 
 Real Estate Sales
Property Management
 
Coastal Life Realty Ltd.
Direct:(250) 629-9998
Toll Free:(866) 329-9998
Fax:(250) 629-6877

Coastal Life Realty Ltd
Pender Island, BC
Canada
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Welcome to my website! 
 
I am a licnesed Real Estate Agent and Licensed Property Manager who works and lives on Pender Island. Pender Island is within the Southern Gulf Islands part way between Vancouver and Victoria BC (British Columbia), Canada. I would love to help you find that perfect property and home to buy or rent. I can help you to connect to our little piece of paradise!
 
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Designated Agency

Yesterday I attended a class at the Victoria Real Estate Board about "Designated Agency". This is a pilot project beginning in our area in January 2012. Some provinces have already adopted this practice.

 

Agency defines the relationship between the Real Estate Agents and the offices they work at with their Buyers and Sellers.

 

Currently under...

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Pender Island Sales History over 5 years - Nov 2011

We are very close to the end of the year now. It is always helpful to reflect on the current market and compare it to previous years. Below is a table showing Pender Island residential sales history.
 
You can see that 2011 is an improvement over 2010.
 
 
The months highlighted in blue show us the month in the year with the most amount...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Lots that sold comparing data from 2007 - 2010

Here is some interesting real estate data in regards to lots selling on Pender Island. You can see in the previous post that home sales were down over last year but as you can see below lots are up! This is good news.
Lots Sold - Monthly
 
2010
2009
2008
2007
January
2
1
0
0
February
0
0
0
0
March
4
0
2
0
April
3
1
2
2
May
1
5
0
6
June
2
2
1
5
July
2
0
0
3
August
2
2
1
1
September
1
1
0
4
October
0
1
0
3
November
0
0
0
2
December
2
0
0
0
TOTALS
19
13
6
26
  
  
  
  
  
 
 = Month with the most sales
 
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Why would I use a mortgage broker over my own bank?

Why would I use a mortgage broker over my own bank?

 

It might make sense to use your own bank instead of a broker, but you won’t know unless you shop around.

Mortgage brokers are professional mortgage shoppers.

 

1)      They are in touch with dozens of lenders and can tell you in short order what the most competitive...

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Interest rates went up

Should you be concerned about the increase of Mortgage rates?

 If you saw the news yesterday you might be feeling a bit of a panic. It seems that anytime they can run with a ball they will. I am not going to give you any recommendations on if you should lock in your mortgage now or hang tight. I also won’t promise that rates will continue to go...

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