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The importance of negotiating skills

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 in Tips When Buying or Selling

Negotiating is a skill that is perfected through years of experience and the hard, cold truth is the best negotiator typically wins. You want to work with a Realtor that THRIVES on winning because they won’t back down in order to wrap the deal up and get their commission.

When I represent my clients, I’m not focused on getting paid or trying to clos...

Neighbourhoods of Gibsons: Upper Gibsons

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 in Neighbourhoods of the Sunshine Coast

Nine separate neighbourhoods make up Gibsons, BC and each has its own personality and feel. Today we’re visiting the Upper Gibsons Commercial Area.

As the name implies, Upper Gibsons is higher up and further from the ocean than Lower Gibsons. Highway 101 slices through the middle of the neighbourhood with businesses and restaurants lining each side...

Market Minute - September 2018

Posted on Sep 06, 2018 in Market Minute

Buyers across the Lower Mainland are taking a “wait-and-see” approach, opting to sit on the sidelines as prices throughout most local regions are either falling or flattening.

This is also true on the Sunshine Coast. Despite having the lowest benchmark price in the Lower Mainland, buyers are no longer rushing to the Coast to buy a comparatively aff...

Neighbourhoods of Gibsons: Heritage Hill

Posted on Aug 19, 2018 in Neighbourhoods of the Sunshine Coast

Nine separate neighbourhoods make up Gibsons, BC and each has its own personality and feel. Today we’re visiting Heritage Hill in Lower Gibsons.

Heritage Hill is one of the smallest neighbourhoods in Gibsons but what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in location.

If you live in Heritage Hill, you’re always just a short walk to the ocean. Th...

Gibsons Sailing Club

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 in About the Sunshine Coast

Click here to visit Gibsons Sailing Club's website: www.GibsonsSailing.ca

There’s no shortage of summer kid’s activities on the Sunshine Coast but one of the most unique might be Gibsons Sailing Club.

According to its website, Gibsons Sailing Club offers sailing lessons for youth ages 8-to-18. Sessions are one or two weeks in length and run from 9am...

Market Minute - August 2018

Posted on Aug 09, 2018 in Market Minute

The market typically cools during the summer and this July was no exception. In its most recent news release, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said that last month’s sales were 29 per cent below the 10-year July average.

Summer means kids are out of school and adults take time off. The pace of life slows and buying a home is less of a prio...

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