British Columbia

The time is now to look at the untapped value or riches you may have accumulated all those years as homeowner. Does home equity ring a bell to you? Have you built enough of it?

Have you thought of investing by leveraging? Others have invested and multiplied their income and wealth through the value of their owned-real properties. Even a single owned property can create amazing opportunities such as a source of small business capital or down payment for income-property unit.

Some qualified homeowners do consider owning more properties like a vacation home or a rental condo unit. The right timing or opportunity so they say helps one consider and decide whether a home equity mortgage may be appropriate to one's situation.

If you would like to try and find out if this would be a good option for you, I welcome inquiries by phone (778-896-4493) or email.

So, all my life I've been driving station wagons, and then SUVs, it seems. You know how it goes...the kids have to be transported, then while teaching there were teams to be driven around, in extracurricular work, and now, in real estate, in the rural area I work in (only one paved road, and lots of dirt driveway style roadways!) it needs a 4 X 4. Of course, you've guessed it -- my daydream is a Porsche Carrera, preferably red with black interior, or "black on black". I once followed a Porsche down the highway, en route to a real estate board seminar, and enjoyed the daydream (it was silver, though). I also heard, at a real estate convention, that a city realtor would meet people at his office, for showings, and then say "follow me" -- he would lead the way, in his Porsche Boxter, and the clients would follow. In my area, people get off a floatplane or a ferry, and they're in my life for the day -- they've come specially, and so the realtor is the driver, from one end of the Island to the other, for the duration. Wouldn't work, then, this "follow me" routine, but I did like that realtor's style! If I don't do something about this daydream soon, though, I'll start to look ridiculous, like those people who still maintain a pony tail, even though their hair has receded in their forward "view". Meantime, I enjoyed the lead article in today's local newspaper's Home Section -- it's about a Poggenpohl kitchen called Porsche Design Kitchen P'7340. It looks very very cool. Doesn't have that throaty roar of a Porsche, though! And your dream is...???

On The Labour Day Weekend we went to the 141 st Annual Saanich Fair, it is Western Canada's Oldest Continuous Agricultural Fair.


The Local News Paper indiacted there would be 60,000 people in attendance over the three day weekend. it was held at the Saanich Fairground, I'm sure they were right.



The saanich Fair Grounds is located 1528 Stellys Cross Road, Saanichton, Victoria BC visit the Saanich Fair Grounds Web Site


Check out the...Ice Cream Eating Competion...some how We missed the Entry Form,

On Your Mark Get Set...Go!




Here's the Winner..."What.... No More!"

Lots of actvities for the whole family

Lots of Food and More.."Gotta Have Me Some of That!"

Competion for the Best of Everything from the Garden is a big event check out this Prize Tomato....
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One of the Veggie Contest Winners


More fun....Who Do you think the Couple are?



Flower Competion was Colorfull..

And The Winners Are...




See These and More Photos uploaded in Google Photos

See our Video on YouTube with one of the Dogs Lots of Fun was had by all the Dogs doing their routine's and the Fair Spectators watching the Dog Sports put on by the Capital Comets Dog Sports Club

Copyright © 2008 By Fred Carver All Rights Reserved "Annual Saanich Fair...Welcome"

There's always something going on here ...

Sept 5-6
The 16th annual Great Canadian Beer Festival at Royal Athletic Park.

CHEERS!!

Sept 13
12th Annual Easter Seals Regatta & Festival of Boats at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Sept 14
28th annual Terry Fox Run, Juan de Fuca Rec Centre & UVic Centennial Stadium

Sept 20 - 21
James Bay Art Walk Studie Tour at various studios in James Bay, Victoria

Sept 21
14th annual English Car Affair in the Park at 603 Fort Rodd Road, Colwood

Website: http://www.victoriaball.com

Sept 27
7th Annual Fort Road Hill Lantern Tour, 603 Fort Roadd Road, Colwood

Has Lower Mainland real estate evolved? The simple answer is yes, and our local housing market continues to change.

Since 1996, the development of regional and municipal town centres has been the focus of Metro Vancouver's Liveable Region Strategic Plan. This growth strategy was adopted to make complete communities with amenities and jobs convenient to where people live.

A large proportion of the population surge was planned to be concentrated in these town centres and, in particular, in smaller multi-family units - a desirable home for many baby boomers who want to downsize for retirement.

However, in the future, it's expected more people will live their entire life in multi-family buildings and, fortunately, the market is already meeting this demand by increasing the supply. For example, earlier this year, multi-family homes in Port Moody became the city's main source of available housing stock.

But consider a Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver news release issued July 2008, more here [...]

John in Port Moody

Real Estate Evolved