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(Surrey, BC) – The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) processed 1,522 sales on its Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) in November, an increase of 200 per cent compared to the 507 sales during the same month last year and only 10.7 per cent less than in October.

“Interest rates continue to be a strong motivator resulting in unseasonably high real estate sales for this time of year,” said Paul Penner, President of the Board.

“We typically see both sales and listing activity slow in November as people start to get ready for the holidays and we did experience that on the listing side, but not in sales. This was the second busiest November Fraser Valley REALTORS® have seen in ten years.”

The number of active Fraser Valley listings in November decreased 5.4 per cent from October, dropping to 8,334 listings. This represents a 29.4 per cent decrease from last year. The MLS® saw 2,093 new listings come on stream in November, 26 per cent fewer than were received in October, however, 12 per cent more than were received in November last year.

The benchmark price of a detached home in October was $497,697, an increase of 6.5 per cent compared to November 2008, when it was $467,497.

The benchmark price of townhouses increased 2.3 per cent from $308,647 in November 2008 to $315,890 last month. The benchmark price of apartments also increased year-over-year by 1.9 per cent, going from $231,498 in November of last year to $235,842 in November 2009.

“Although prices are edging up, buyers seeking value and lifestyle continue to find both in the Fraser Valley,” said Penner. “In November, 70 per cent of all homes and 46 per cent of single detached homes sold for under $500,000, indicative of a diverse housing stock across our six communities.”

Penner says the average days on market in the Fraser Valley remains competitive: 56 days on average for single detached homes; 46 days on average for townhomes; and, 58 days on average for apartments.

Information and photos of all Fraser Valley Real Estate Board listings can be found on the national, public web site www.REALTOR.ca. Further market statistics can be found on the Board’s web page at www.fvreb.bc.ca. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board is an association of 2,968 real estate professionals who live and work in the communities of North Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Abbotsford, and Mission.

Full package:
http://www.fvreb.bc.ca/statistics/Package%20200911.pdf

For my first post I thought I would just post a profile of my team.

We specialize in selling White Rock real estate.

Offering Honesty, Service & Experience

Dave and Cindy have lived and worked in the White Rock and Langley areas all their lives and feel it is really one of the nicest locations in the world to live and raise a family. We are blessed with a resort sea side community, minutes to the border and within an hour of mountains to ski on and lakes for boating.

Dave and Cindy pride themselves giving back to the community. We are members of the local Chamber of Commerce, donate to various charities, run an annual winter blanket drive for the homeless, spring community garage sale, summer coloring contest for children and a complimentary brunch for valued clients.

Dave a 13 year REALTOR® and Cindy a 15 year REALTOR® are both consistent top producing agents selling up to 100 homes in a year, anywhere from entry level to luxury properties, with business mostly derived from friends, business acquaintances and repeat clients.
Dave and Cindy on average have not carried more than a dozen listings at any time, yet combined yet turn over more real estate than other agents consistently carrying a larger portfolio. Plus sell a large share of homes to buyers in the area.

Dave and Cindy feel their success is due to client satisfaction from their extensive real estate background, producing a steady stream of referrals of possible clients. –>
Dave offers an extensive 25 year building and development background working with his own funds and hiring REALTORS® in the market place, building over 200 homes, an apartment building and subdividing numerous parcels of land.

Cindy comes with a banking bank ground and loads of energy selling 22 homes in her first year of real estate. She is also a current 7 year mortgage broker providing clients the information and assistance to get properties sold for top dollar and buyers to make a sound investment.
With Dave & Cindy’s knowledge and experience they are able to provide their clients they believe accurate information, solutions for problems and marketing, not relying on a text book, consultants or various professionals.

Dave and Cindy are in control of their business, they are the REALTORS® you hire and the ones working your listings or with their buyers, not unlicensed assistants, unlicensed spouses, REALTORS® in training or our children.

Dave is generally first to show our listings and attend home inspections, as he has the calm personality and the building experience to promote quality and resolve problems. Cindy manages the office, produces market evaluations, markets the listings, follows up on leads, answers phones, emails and provides weekly updates to sellers. Both Dave and Cindy work with the buyers drawing on each other’s resources to assist clients in the best fashion possible.
Dave also likes to personally walk through seller’s homes early in the listing to address potential mechanical or cosmetic issues prior to a buyer viewing and being spooked by a small problem or assist buyers through a home inspection by providing solutions. We have to say, rarely do our deals fall apart. With problems addressed and documents in order prior to a buyer viewing a property, this puts everyone involved in the sale or purchase at ease and we find properties sell faster & for better dollars.

Dave and Cindy have first hand knowledge of the complexity of real estate including: location, layout, quality of workmanship, renovations and demolition, construction of new homes, septic fields, leaky condo’s, new home warranty, official community plans, subdivision of property, mortgage alternatives, writing enforceable contracts, negotiating a contract and after sales service. –>

Dave and Cindy over the years have put together a proven team of professionals: design consultants, home stagers, cleaning services, professional photographers, builders, trades including: painters, electricians and plumbers to prepare homes for sale and after sales service to resolve problems to ensure moves are a pleasant experience
Marketing: we feel we have one of the best systems in place, with the most advanced technology and we are continually improving.

We cooperate and work hard at maintaining a strong personal relationship the approximately 450 local REALTORS® and the additional 10,000 REALTORS® in the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby to assist in getting our listings sold for top dollar and finding opportunities for our buyers.

Dave and Cindy work to attract the most possible showings and offers by providing cooperating REALTORS® equal opportunity to view our listings, provide detailed written information, present offers, pay preferred commissions and by working for a well respected company
An old saying, “A client does not get what they deserve; they get what their REALTOR® negotiates from experience and reputation in the market place.”

Dave and Cindy each have received numerous awards over the years for top productivity and superior service, but gain the most satisfaction from satisfying our clients needs and being well respected in the community.Dave and Cindy enjoy a life together in South Surrey/White Rock having raised 3 children involved in the public school, post secondary education and extra curricular activities. As a family we still enjoy boating, water sking, boarding and the ski slope.
Our son, James a 3 Year Realtor, Sutton Group West Coast Realty burning up the Vancouver market. You can visit James at: www.vancouverwalker.com or call 604-218-2113

Our daughter Amanda a 2 Year Realtor, HomeLife Benchmark Realty and 2 Year Mortgage Broker, Dominion Lending Centres is building a cliental and setting her own top producing records working the White Rock and Vancouver market drawing on the recourses and expertise of her parents, Dave, Cindy and brother James. You can visit Amanda at: www.amandwalkermortgages.ca and www.whiterockwalker.com or call 604-761-5723

Our youngest daughter Kimberly is involved in the Marketing Program at Kwantlan College and works part time as our office assistant.

Dave and Cindy are members of the Chamber of Commerce, plus annually run and sponsor a spring neighbourhood garage sale, kid’s summer coloring contest, winter blanket drive for the homeless and a semi annual complimentary brunch for clients, averaging 400 guests.

Dave and Cindy have been top producing agents for 12 and 14 years selling 80 to 100 homes consistently for the past 9 years with business mostly derived from friends, business acquaintances and repeat clients. With the economic down turn of 2008, we are looking to move just over 45 homes.

Dave and Cindy on average have not carried more than a dozen listings at any time, yet combined sell more real estate than most top producers and we ask, “Why is this?”
Dave and Cindy’s success is mainly due to Dave’s extensive building and development background, along with Cindy’s lending experience, also licensed as a mortgage broker to get properties sold for top dollar, in the least amount time and inconvenience along the way.
Dave and Cindy are in control and work their business, they are the realtors you hire and the ones working your listing or buyers, not unlicensed assistants or realtors in training.

Dave is generally first to show our listings and attend home inspections, as he has the building experience, while Cindy manages the office, marketing, follows up on leads, answers phones and emails and provides weekly updates to sellers. Both Dave and Cindy work with the buyers.
Dave also likes to personally walk through your home early in the listing to ensure your home is mechanically sound and address concerns prior to a buyer being spooked by a small problem. In today’s market a number of sellers have been taking it upon themselves to hire a professional home inspector.

Dave and Cindy have first hand knowledge of the complexity of real estate including: location, layout, quality of workmanship, renovations and demolition, construction of new homes, septic fields, leaky condo’s, new home warranty, official community plans, subdivision of property, mortgage alternatives, writing enforceable contracts, negotiating offers and after sales service.
Dave and Cindy stay on top of the market viewing 12 to 25 homes each week, participating in the office tours and showing buyers around.

Marketing: we feel we have one of the best systems in place, with the most advanced technology and we are continually improving.

We cooperate and work hard at maintaining a strong relationship the approximately 450 local realtors and the additional 10,000 realtors in the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby to assist in getting our listings sold for top dollar and finding opportunities for our buyers.

Dave and Cindy work to attract the most possible showings and offers by providing cooperating realtors equal opportunity to view our listings, provide detailed written information, present offers, pay preferred commissions and by working for a well respected company

Dave and Cindy’s honesty, wealth of expertise, knowledge, patience plus proven team of professionals: design consultants, home stagers, cleaning services, professional photographers, builders, trades including: painters, electricians and plumbers are available to prepare homes for sale and after sales service to resolve problems to ensure moves are a pleasant experience
An old saying, “A client does not get what they deserve, they get what their realtor negotiates from experience and reputation in the market place.”

Negotiation is an art of experience, knowledge and confidence in the market place to produce optimum results for our sellers. Negotiation is not something a person can learn from reading a book, it comes from years of life experience, practice and includes: price, deposit, completion dates, inclusions and terms of the contract. An example of terms would be: subject to the sale of a home, financing, vendor take back mortgages, trust accounts, assignments, home inspection, city approval for subdivision of property or making an addition to home, multiple offers and back up offers to name a few.

Dave and Cindy look to minimize the terms coming in on our offers, so buyers are given less opportunity not to follow through with their contract on your home. Typically a buyer is given a minimum of 5 business days to satisfy their subjects. We like to research and provide the buyer information and documents of interest pertinent to the sale of your home up front to ensure they feel confident in their purchase and generate not only a sale, but a initial higher sale price. This would include providing documents and not limited to the property condition disclosure statement, title search and all related non financial charges including easements, right of ways, covenants on the property, site survey, legal map, final building inspections, home and appliance warranties, recent repair and service receipts, tenancy agreements, fire and liability insurance, if available

Dave and Cindy together believe they offer one of the finest tuned marketing plans, most knowledge and service possible, always open to suggestions and ways to upgrade and better ourselves, not only in business but to provide a better life for our family

Each having each received numerous awards over the years for top productivity and superior service, gain the most satisfaction from satisfying our clients needs and being well respected in the community generating repeat business and referrals for life times of family business.