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I bought a collection of Cartoons Several Years ago to use..320 to be exact. I thought I might Share them with you all, Have a good laugh:O)

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Fred Carver
Re/Max Camosun-Oak Bay
Victoria, BC
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Copyright © 2009 By Fred Carver "All Rights Reserved" "Saturday night humor from Fred Carverl"

What is Going on In Real Estate in Victoria this 23rd Day Of May

I thought I would share with you the Current Heart Beat of the Victoria real estate market place Today around Greater Victoria. This Morning I looked up on our MLS system different districts throughout Victoria for Current residential single family Listings and Pending Sales...Surpising to see the Amount of Activity in Pending Sales...Wow.

Here are 14 real estate areas of Victoria that I searched

• Oak Bay there are Currently 85 Homes For Sale and 50 Pending Sales.That's better than 58% of the Listings in Oak Bay are Selling

• James Bay there are currently only 8 Homes For Sale in James Bay & 3 pending Sales..sales are down here from April
• Fairfield there are currently 24 Homes For Sale in Fairfield with 24 Pending Sales...Wow What Slow Market, popular area to live:.
  
• Gordon Head there are currently 42 homes For Sale in Gordon Head with 38 Pending Sales. 90% of the Listing are selling
• Maplewood there are currently 10 homes For Sale in Maplewood with 12 Pending Sales...Wow over 100% of the listings are selling here, soon there may not be a home here to buy..
• Broadmead there are currently 13 homes For Sale in Broadmead with 8 Pending Sales with an average selling Price of $ 741,000, up from April
• Cordova Bay there are currently 43 homes For Sale with 13 Pending Sales..Popular area of Victoria with still some great choices
  
  
• Gorge there are currently 12 homes For Sale in the Gorge with 12 Pending Sales..100% of the Listings Are Selling, up from April..
• Glanford there are currently 12 homes For Sale with a Whopping 21 Pending Sales...WOW !! This area is getting bought up Fast, up from April.

• Northridge there are 5 Homes For Sale in Northridge with 4 Pending Sales...If this Keeps up it will be hard to find a home here to Buy.
• Tillicum there are 6 homes For Sale in Tillicum with 13 Pending Sales...Wow The Average selling Price Here is $ 414,000 down from April.
  
  
• Esquimalt there are 28 homes For Sale in Esquimalt with 21 Pending Sales...75% of the Listings are selling throughout this area
• Colwood & Langford there are 223 homes For Sale with 130 Pending Sales...58% of the Listings are selling.
• Sidney there are 36 homes For Sale with 13 Pending Sales.. with an average selling price of $499,000

As you Can See there is an active Real Estate Market in Victoria, Low Mortgage Rates are Helping Homes Sales throughout the Victoria Region

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Fred Carver
Re/Max Camosun-Oak Bay
Victoria, BC
250-598-2963

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Copyright © 2009 By Fred Carver "All Rights Reserved""What is Going On in Real Estate in Victoria this 23rd Day of May"

We here at Fred Carver Real Estate Sales and Marketing continuously monitor local real estate statistics to keep our clients informed and ahead of the real estate trends.

I thought I would search our recent Sales and current Listings of homes for sale in the Oak Bay Municipality to See what's happening around the Real Estate Gardens of Victoria this Spring.....from April 1 to May 12, 2009

There seems to be considerable Real Estate activity since Last winter as Home Sales in this garden community appears brisk.
This report may not indicate a market trend in the coming months in Oak Bay BC, however it should give you an idea of the current real estate activity with single family Homes,Condo and Townhouses sales,along with the current inventory of these properties for sale in Oak Bay District of Victoria BC .

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Current Number of Single Family Homes For Sale in Oak Bay = 92
Average Asking Price = $ 1,356,818 9 (46 Homes over 1 million for sale)
Average Days on the Market = 64
Current Pending No Sales = 46
Average Pending Selling Price = $ 740,952
Days on the Market = 33
Single Family Homes Sold in 2009(completed sales jan 1 to May 12/09) = 64
Average selling price = $ 711,525
Average Days on the market = 76

Current Number of Townhouses For Sale in Oak Bay = 5
Average Asking Price= $ 582,560
Average Days on the Market = 82
Current Pending No Sales = 3
Average Pending Selling Price= $ 500,000
Days on the Market = 144
Townhouses Sold in 2009(completed sales Jan 1 to May 12/09) = 4
Average selling price = $ 353,000
Average Days on the Market = 44

Current Number of Condo's For Sale in Oak Bay = 26
Average Asking Price = $ 442,644
Average Days on the Market = 54
Current Pending No Sales = 9
Average Pending Selling Price = $ 588,100
Days on the Market = 68
Condo's Sold in 2009(completed Sales Jan 1 to May 12/09)) = 18
Average Selling Price = $ 295,744
Average Days on the Market = 65

Information source Victoria Real Estate Board database on Matrix
Data complied by Fred Carver who has 35 years experience selling real estate in Oak Bay for Re/Max Camosun.

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Fred Carver
Re/Max Camosun-Oak Bay
Victoria, BC
250-598-2963

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Copyright © 2009 By Fred Carver "All Rights Reserved""Oak Bay real estate in victoria bc homes sold and currently for sale on mls"

Now it Just Got Easier for Placing Furiture in your New Home...Imagine going home after seeing your Dream Home and Placing your Favorite Furntitre in your New Home...Re/Max of Western Canada Developed an interactive Space Planning Tool for Consumers to place their futiture in rooms. It's fun and easy to use this software. So take the Guess workout of placing your futiture in the rooms of your New Home before Moving Day or to See if your furiture will fit in the Rooms of a home before you make an offer to buy it....Enjoy :O)

Here's what it looks like at the Re/Max of Western Canada Web site....

Enjoy :O)

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Fred Carver
Re/Max Camosun-Oak Bay
Victoria, BC
250-598-2963

Find Hundreds of Victoria Homes For Sale

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Copyright © 2009 By Fred Carver "All Rights Reserved""Re/Max of western Canada has an interactive software for consumers for placing furniture in rooms"

The Current Sale of Real Estate Has picked up over the last few weeks,
so this report may not indicate a market trend in the coming months in Oak Bay.

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Current Number of Townhouses For Sale in Oak Bay = 7
Average Asking Price= $570,843
Average Days on the Market = 143
Current Pending No Sales = 1
Pending Selling Price= $555,500
Days on the Market = 125
Townhouses Sold in 2009(completed sales Jan 1 to April 8) = 4
Average selling price = $353,000
Average Days on the Market = 44

Current Number of Condo's For Sale in Oak Bay = 22
Average Asking Price = $494,975
Average Days on the Market = 72
Current Pending No Sales = 4
Average Pending Selling Price = $733,225 ( one sale at 1,8 million raising the average, other wise the average from the other 3 would be $377,633)

Days on the Market = 49
Condo's Sold in 2009(completed Sales Jan 1 to April 8)) = 15
Average Selling Price = $293,500
Average Days on the Market = 67

Information source Victoria real estate board database on Matrix
Data complied by Fred Carver

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Cheers

Fred Carver
Re/Max Camosun-Oak Bay
Victoria, BC
250-598-2963

Find Hundreds of Victoria Homes For Sale

Victoria Homes and Properties For Sale

Copyright © 2009 By Fred Carver "All Rights Reserved""Oak Bay BC condo and townhouse sales review January to April 2009"