Abbotsford, BC

Just wanted to take a minute to let you all know that there is a new shopping center called Abby Lane coming to the Mt. Lehman interchange, it will be massive in size.

This is great news showing signs of a steadying economy as well as a strong belief in the Abbotsford community. Being the in the top best 3 cities to invest in Real Estate in Canada it only goes with out saying it is high time for this project to get underway.

Here are a few links from other new media on what's going on with this shopping center.

Abby News

Vancouver Sun

Hope you enjoy and keep your eyes peeled for the buildings that will be coming up soon.

Cheers!

I was sitting down having coffee with a friend of mine Owen Greaves who happens to be heavily involved in social media, technology and IT strategic planning for business. We got to talking about how in all reality most business over the next 3-7 years will move to online at home business, this is will exclude big box stores like wal-mart, best buy, etc. just because your overhead is lower and people just naturally go to the Internet anyway.

86% of home buyers start there search online, the stats might have even climbed since the last time I looked, and a large number of sellers look online to determine what there home might sell for. So this is where my article really begins.

If you are interviewing agents for the job of selling your home or trying to find a agent to help you find a home. You need someone who is using these tools. If you aren't familiar with them or don't use them your self, don't worry they are still extremely important to the sale of your home or helping you find a home.

Real Estate is largely based on the size of network that a person is connected too, in Abbotsford, British Columbia (my local market) has 500 Realtors in it at this time, which is great because 92% of homes sell because of agent connections, mostly through other agents. This 92% also includes personal network, and referrals. This is why using social media to grow ones business is absolutely vital in this market place.

Ask your agent if they are activley using tools like Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, YouTube, Blogging, etc. because if they aren't they are already behind the 8 ball. If you want your home exposed to the mass in a hurry and bring the the ability to have your home found 24/7 this is the only way to do it.

If you don't think internet and social media is important in the sale of your home. Guess again and ask your agent when the last time they sold a home off of a newspaper ad, why tell your Realtor to spend your hard earned dollars on print advertising, when they could be using it to get your home sold.

I know I use these tool and if you want to see more just click on the links and see what I am doing. If you want something different that works, chose the extreme difference and call me today to see the difference this is making for my clients.

Cheers!

For the Realtors reading this post I will do an article geared toward the Realtor community regarding similar info.

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Louise Henry, Home Staging consultant is passionate about staging homes for sale & Redesigning homes for living and shares her passion and knowledge giving talks at Home shows & the Chilliwack & Abbostford libraries.

In today's competitive house market home owners need to put a greater effort into making their home stand out amongst the competition when it comes to selling their home. I remember the days when buyers would come knocking on our door wanting to buy our home, well those days are long gone.

In Todays market the buyer wants alot more for their dollar and if your home does not meet their expectations your home may well sit on the market for a long, long time and time often means money. If your selling your home you obviously have other plans to do something with the money you will get from the sale of your home so Create a Positive First Impression with your "NEW LISTING" and bring potential buyers over the Threshold of your Home

So where does Home Staging come in? A professional home stager will give you a 1 - 2 hour consultation depending on the size / condition of your home and provide a list upon request of all the items they feel need to be taken care of to your home "Open House Ready" and in "Move in Condition".

A few to do's to get you started

• De-clutter & elimate items you no longer like or use
• Have a professioanl Paint interior of home to create broad buyer appeal (definately a return on your money when selling)
• Clean, Clean & More Clean

We all like to think our home is worth more than it is, however the market will dictate what it s worth, you can do little about the location and just need to make the most of your home where it is.

Create Curb appeal as buyers will often drive by your home once they've seen it listed on MLS

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