Real Estate in Whistler is like a roller coaster!

Aug 31, 2010

Courtesty of Whistlerheather of seatoskynation.com Now we completely expected the market in Whistler to cool during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic period of February and March. We also expected that January would be slow due to infrastructure that still needed to be realized; and of course April to start cleaning up after the party… May and June are known as the shoulder months so a slight slow down was also expected during this period. That would bring us right through to the third quarter 2010.

Vendovi Island To Be Sold At Auction In Seattle, Wa On September 30th

Aug 31, 2010

Courtesy of Meghan Barry of Luxuryrealestate.com LuxuryRealEstate.com member J.P. King will be auctioning Vendovi Island, located among the San Juan Islands. Members of the LuxuryRealEstate.com staff will attend the auction event in Seattle on September 30th. Vendovi Island is a private 216 +/- acre island in the San Juan archipelago which lies across Samish Bay from mainland Skagit County and seven miles north of Anacortes, Washington. Boasting 13,000+/- feet of shoreline with six beaches, the island is one of the premier private islands in the area and has numerous dramatic vistas as well as gorgeous natural scenery. Long used as a seasonal residence, the island includes a caretaker/owner’s home as well as various outbuildings and structures. 

British media counts down Valencia’s Top 10

Aug 31, 2010

According to British journalist, Stuart White, there are numerous reasons to visit Valencia (we could have told him that long ago) but he eventually managed to restrict himself to a Top 10. Describing Valencia as “Spain’s third largest, most exciting and wonderfully diverse city”, White starts out by singing the praises o paella, a local dish that most now realise originated in the city, the world famous Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias and the imagination of Santiago Calatrava and the Turia Gardens. This 10km stretch of former riverbed, created when the Rio Turia was diverted out of the city, sports a network of wonderful nature paths, popular with walkers, joggers, dog owners and skateboarders. 

Vendovi Island to be Sold at Auction in Seattle, WA on September 30th

Aug 30, 2010

LuxuryRealEstate.com member J.P. King will be auctioning Vendovi Island, located among the San Juan Islands. Members of the LuxuryRealEstate.com staff will attend the auction event in Seattle on September 30th. Vendovi Island is a private 216 +/- acre island in the San Juan archipelago which lies across Samish Bay from mainland Skagit County and seven miles north of Anacortes, Washington.Boasting 13,000+/- feet of shoreline with six beaches, the island is one of the premier private islands in the area and has numerous dramatic vistas as well as gorgeous natural scenery. Long used as a seasonal residence, the island includes a caretaker/owner’s home as well as various outbuildings and structures. The cozy home is complimented by picnic and fireplace structures, garage, workshop, wood shed, oil shed, generator building with 400-gallon fuel tank, sawmill building, and treehouse. Accessible by private boat or floatplane, Vendovi Island has a protected harbor with a rock breakwater and a 52’x8’ pier with a 40’x4’ metal ramp and an 84’x7.5’ floating dock.The San Juan Islands has long been a tourist destination with sea kayaking and Orca whale watching as primary attractions. The serenity, beauty, and lifestyle associated with these islands continually draw many looking to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. For more information on the property or the auction being held on September 30th, please visit the property listing on LuxuryRealEstate.com.

Observe Nature....best way to "recharge".....

Aug 29, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

How often do we forget to "look"?    Muddling along in our own worlds, busy in our heads with our agendas, we rarely get beyond our skins and "really look" at our surroundings. No matter where we live, whether in a rural calm or in a purposeful city, there is beauty constantly around us...patterns of light through an office window, splashing onto desks, or sky reflecting from rain puddles, or a butterfly hovering above a flowering plant, or a sunset over the ocean, or a moonrise across a lake.....it can be anything, anywhere, but are we "looking"?

Ron and Chiara Gajar of Lawrence Realty attend benefit to save Lake Tahoe

Aug 24, 2010

Courtesy of Chiara L. Gajar of Lawrence Realty Ron and Chiara Gajar of Lawrence Realty in Squaw Valley, California attended the Saks Fifth Avenue Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show and Luncheon to benefit the League to Save Lake Tahoe. The 41st Annual Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show was at the private Fritz Estate, a gorgeous lakefront property on the shores of Lake Tahoe in early August. This event is the annual fund raiser for the League to Save Lake Tahoe, a nonprofit organization whose mission and motto is to Keep Tahoe Blue. This year the event raised approximately $500,000, the second highest amount in the history of the event…amazing given the current economic times. For more details, here is the article from the local Sierra Sun newspaper in which Chiara and Ron were named as fashionistas and friends in attendance.

Dramatic view matches this home....the best!

Aug 22, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

Here is a delectable opportunity on special Salt Spring Island! An architect designed beauty, with an extravagant wrap-around panoramic view of ocean, islands, mountains (Lower Mainland mountains, Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Southern Canadian Gulf Islands, San Juans in the U.S. -- truly dramatic!), plus privacy and great sun exposure (sunrises and sunsets). Two master sitting rooms, both ensuite, with private laundry, dressing room for each, and gas fireplace for each. Off one master, there is this super lap pool! Guest bed and bath, stylish living room (feature gas fireplace), cook's kitchen, pantry off, oceanview dining, easy access to morning and afternoon/evening decking....follow the sun! Easy care landscaping, on this pleasing 3 acre parcel, and zoned for separate guest cottage and separate studio. In an area of very fine homes, this gem awaits your pleasure. Enjoy!

Paying it forward is a way to thank those who helped us!

Aug 20, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

The Canada Geese are practicing their vee-shaped flights...around 4 p.m. their raucous call alerts you, and there they are, flying low, right over my office's parking lot, and out over Ganges Harbour....practicing their flight manouvres for that trip "south". There always seems to be a "guard goose" who whips out of formation, swoops around to tuck any stragglers back into line...interesting, that professorial role. The role of mentor is a good one to practice, after some years in the business. None of us got where we are now without help from those more experienced agents in the biz, when we were the "newbies". It's a "pay it forward" motif. Strange that we rarely get to thank our benefactors personally, as time goes on, so it makes sense to remember our debt by helping others, in our turn. Meanwhile, I'm listening to that mournful goose call, and smiling at the still ragged round the edges of this first try at the famous V formation. By end of September, when they begin their long distance flight, it will be a very smooth pattern. Isn't that the same for all of us? Practice makes perfect?

Canada-BC-Vancouver/Whistler-Global Property Grab-Luxury RE-AREA-FIABCI-Conference in Seattle!

Aug 19, 2010 — Ursula Morel, RE/MAX Sea to Sky Real Estate

Canada-BC-Vancouver/Whistler-Global Property Grab-Luxury RE-AREA-FIABCI-Conference in Seattle!Strong mainland interest in global real estate is boosting housing prices and house-hunting activities near and far. Vancouver has been the biggest gainer in this race for prime overseas housing over the past few years, as the Canadian city is among the favorites of Chinese big spenders.

"Downtown Ganges"....close and yet "apart"....

Aug 19, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

A tiny town (this is one third of Ganges Village, on Salt Spring Island), which can't get any bigger (the Islands Trust, a B.C. Provincial Government body, created in 1974, to protect all of the Gulf Islands for the benefit of all B.C. residents, as a "preserve" area, capped growth and "fixed" the boundaries of Ganges Village), offers beauty, all amenities that make life in the 21st Century pleasing, and enjoys proximity to major centres while still retaining that yesteryear allure...vert special!
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