Killer Photos Provide Your Vacation Rental with a Marketing Edge

There’s a wide spectrum of photo quality out there. On the extreme end of bad, there’s photos showing a bed with a bump in it — to possibly depict someone getting “a good nights” sleep — or a kitchen counter crowded with a mess of stuff! Mostly though, vacation rental photos are not terrible, but they also don’t “wow” your potential guests. Photography can work for you or against you…Photography can work for you or against you…

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Mortgage Broker Advice: How to Get your Best Possible Mortgage Rate

First of all, why all the big fuss over interest rates? Does having a slightly lower rate change that much for a potential home buyer? Let’s take a look at an example. Perhaps you need to borrow $400,000 and have two lenders that are competing for your business. The first lender is one of the “big banks” and offers an interest rate of 5.99% while the second rate has been secured through a broker and is around 4.99%.

Source: John Antle

Life at home in the Okanagan

In front of you on a slate-grey plate sits a ribbon of walnut crusted, ice wine smoked salmon, with fresh goats cheese and asparagus carefully placed alongside it. Beside your appetizer that could pass for a piece of artwork sits a glass of wine, small beads of condensation forming on its exterior from the peaceful afternoon heat. As you lift the glass up to your nose, you detect honeycomb and lime peel and when the liquid finds your mouth, you wonder if you are sampling a taste of heaven.As you lift the glass up to your nose, you detect honeycomb and lime peel and when the liquid finds your mouth, you wonder if you are sampling a taste of heaven.

Source: Sean Skuter - Kelowna Real Estate Company

Glenvalley: An Ideal Location Built Into Knox Mountain Park

As you walk into the yard, you will be greeted by wildlife and nature around you. A few steps away from your yard is a private trail, leading directly to the heart of Knox Mountain Park’s many trails and walkways. You would expect that this is far from the city, but actually Glenvalley is within 15 minutes of downtown Kelowna, Orchard Park Shopping Centre, and Kelowna International Airport. Such a central location, without compromising on your natural setting.

Source: Kelowna Art and Home

Best Tips for Selling Your Okanagan Home

Kelowna Life Real Estate Group wants you to be successful in your relocation endeavour. If the time has come to upgrade to the beach, downsize to a condo or simply find a neighbourhood that reflects your best interests, we can help!

Source: Kelowna Life Real Estate Group

Okanagan Real Estate Price Gains More Sustainable in 2017

In 2016, Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley saw a 14% average increase in home prices, fuelled by low available inventory and high demand.
Going into 2017, the market is still poised for additional growth, but it is somewhat tempered by the 15% tax on foreign buyers in the Greater Vancouver area, as well as more stringent requirements for CHMC insured home loans.

Source: Sean Skuter Kelowna Real Estate Company