Blog by Craig Rushton | Vancouver Real Estate | 604.505.6503

Do Open Houses Seriously Work?

August 28th, 2010

Yes.

NAR (National Association of Realtors in the States) reports that one in four hundred home sell directly from an Open House. The most important part of that stat is that ONE HOME SELLS.

As marketers we have no idea want is going to sell your home or where the Buyer for your home is going to come from all we know is that they are out there and we are going to find them. If we knew then o ...

2600 New Doors in Richmond...

April 27th, 2010

The following article is from the Vancouver Sun and I must say I am not sure how I feel about this new development. The developer has not released the details yet but I am having a hard time seeing the sustainability in building 2600 new "Luxury Residences" I am also-personally- having trouble comparing Richmond to Vancouver's Coal Harbour.

In Richmond there are currently 1152 MLS attached l ...

Customer Service in Real Estate...

December 18th, 2009

...Sucks!

Where did the service go? In an industry where the average commission is $6500 why is it OK to sit back, do little to no work and wait for the cheques to roll in?

As a Realtor is shocks me what I see some times: Lock Boxes used when they are not necessary-one could argue they are never necessary but that is a different topic. Allowing owners or even tenants to show properties. No ...