Lynn's Nanaimo Real Estate Blog

Real Estate in Nanaimo - Absorption rates as of December 31 2013  The upswing in the Nanaimo real estate market continues. The real estate market in Nanaimo is balanced and continues to lean toward a sellers market . A sellers’ market is a real estate market where there is a low inventory of home...

Nanaimo Real Estate market for the year 2013 – What happened? Another year has come and gone, the Holiday season is behind us, the days are getting longer (slightly) and we are now writing 2014 on our correspondence.   The beginning of a new year is a great time to review what happened in the rea...

How To Sell Your Home In The Wintertime Winter usually isn't the ideal time to sell your home in Nanaimo, but sometimes circumstances leave us no other choice.   There might be a job transfer or a personal situation might arise when you have to sell your home right away, no matter if there's snow...

Things To Do In Nanaimo This New Year January is just around the corner . . . and who can believe that it's already 2014? Here are a few fun things to do in Nanaimo as you ring in the New Year: An artsy way to ring in the New Year is by taking in The Claim over at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. The Cla...

Top 10 Real Estate Terms Are real estate terms or abbreviations throwing you for a loop? Here are the top 10 most often used real estate terms and what they really mean: 1.  Agent - also known as a Buyer's Agent or Seller's Agent, this is the professional, licensed individual who represents you i...

Top 10 Repairs To Do Before You Put Your House On The Market If you've been following my blog for a while then you already know the importance of doing a pre-listing home inspection before you put your Nanaimo home on the market. But what if there are a lot of repairs to be done, or your budget i...

How To Make Sure That Your Home Never Sells If you want to single-handedly guarantee that your home in Nanaimo never sells, then all you have to do is make sure that you are always present when a prospective buyer is shown your home. I'm writing a little tongue-in-cheek to be sure, because of cou...

Things to do in Nanaimo in December It looks like this Holiday Season is going to be better than ever!  Take a look at some of the fun events to see in Nanaimo this December: The 15th Annual Nanaimo Art Walk begins December 1st and features the work of more than 50 artists.  You'll be able to vis...

How To Tell Why Your Home Is Not Selling Have you ever put your home on the market and immediately had a lot of activity . . . but no takers, only to see your traffic dwindle down over the course of a few months, leaving you scratching your head, trying to figure out what's going on? While home b...

How To Prepare For A Home Inspection If you've been following my blog for a while and applying some of my tips, tools and techniques, then you know that you've nothing to fear when you're under contract and your buyer is ready to do their home inspection. Just in case you're a new reader, or if y...