The BC government recently announced a tax credit for first-time buyers of new construction who purchase before March of 2013.  This credit is based on household income and can be as high as $10,000.   The attachment below provides more information.

Our experts at Dwell and Winsome Hill are happy to help you assess your eligibility and can also lock in interest rates for a new home in one of our lovely communities!

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The Next Top Designers promotion is a unique partnership between the Interior Design students at the Centre for Arts & Technology and Momentum Interiors. Split into two teams of four, the students are designing two display homes at the new phase of Dwell as part of their practicum. The new displays will be open to the public on April 14th.

The genesis of the idea came from Darcy Nyrose, who is managing sales at Dwell. Because most of the buyers at Dwell are young... ....

Since my last post, we’ve sold close to 20 townhomes in Kelowna, which sounds pretty good when you consider the state of the market. (Of course, it has been 8 months since my last post – sorry follower.) During this time, there have been some other success stories out there that have usually had a significant “price component” to the offering. They have either been promoting really low starting prices or they have had a distressed sale at “HUGE % off original pricing.”

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Every once in a while I’ll hear someone say something like “I don’t want to pay more for a new home because of the marketing” or “I’m worried that I could be misled by all the fancy marketing.”

As a marketing guy, I receive these comments with a mix of understanding and deflation. How could someone not care about all my hard work?

This led me to start thinking about whether or not buyers should care. Should they be suspicious?... ....