Our lower fixed overhead and independent broker status has allowed us to help sellers optimize their selling costs, without giving up any service levels.

We say “optimize” because too often, sellers feel they must either brave the “for-sale-by-owner” challenges or pay a 5% Realtor a large chunk of their accrued equity to get their home sold.  We believe we offer a great middle of the road approach that may be “just right” for many sellers, especially those that are also buying. 

Here are some programs for residential properties currently available: 

Full MLS® listing including buyer representative commission: 3.5% +HST

Buy and Sell with us and pay only 2.5 or 3% full service commission +HST

Exclusive (non MLS®) listing: 2.0% +HST

some conditions apply, not intended to solicit those with existing representation agreements.

You can do the math on what you would save by dealing with us compared to a 5% Realtor but our sellers routinely save $10,000-15,000 by working with us.  Oh yes, and we have been doing this for over 12 years now with hundreds of satisfied customers.

If you wish to see the level of support provided for our MLS® listings, you can click here and we are sure you will see that you get the same level of excellent Realtor support, you expect. https://www.oasisrealtyottawa.com/Sellers_What_we_do_for_you/page_2526954.html

Give us a call and we would be happy to schedule an introductory meeting to discuss your housing plans and to see if you feel there is a good fit for working with us.  You can also check us out further online via our social media sites and blog below.

Gord McCormick, Broker of Record
Principal Broker, Ottawa Real Estate Board
Dawn Davey, Broker
Oasis Realty Brokerage
513-435-4692  613-371-9691
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Many sellers often look at the costs of selling real estate and seem to have two very disparate options:  either going with the large, brand brokerage and typically paying 5% to sell their property or taking a chance on the for-sale-by-owner sites and hopefully cut down the selling transaction costs.  What has emerged, however is a whole new middle option, which we are calling the "hybrid" broker which affords some excellent choices for both buyers and sellers.  Check out our blogpost here, to review how commission splits work and how you can save with a smaller brokerage: http://wp.me/p8m8ue-19D  

Ottawa real estate showed a slight unit sales increase in the month of February 2019 of 2.8%, just a handful of sales ahead of last year.  Continuing listing inventory shortages pushed prices up but curtailed unit sales increases.
Here is a snapshot of key indicators for the month’s sales:

Unit sales:
Residential sales were up 3.8% during the month and condo sales were flat compared to last year.

Average prices:
The average residential sale was up 8.6% to $466,540 and the average condo sale was up 5.6% to $288,354

Listing inventory:
Residential listing inventory is 20.1% below last year and condo listing inventory is 31% lower than last year.

New listings:
Further compounding the listing inventory situation is the fact that new listings during the month were also on the negative side, with 6.5% fewer new listings during the month and 21.9% fewer condos. 

If these trends continue, we should see continuing upward price pressure and a continuation of the sellers’ market conditions.

For your neighbourhood specific details, contact your Realtor or the undersigned.

Gord McCormick, Broker of Record

Oasis Realty Brokerage  613-435-4692 oasisrealty@rogers.com

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January is normally the 2^nd lowest monthly sales in the Nation’s Capital which would be no surprise to most.  This year however, buyers and sellers shook off the winter blues (and the snowiest January on record) and pumped out a 15.8% unit sales increase, in what was a record January.

Listing inventory remained a key factor, as residential inventory was 20.3% lower than a year ago and condo listing inventory was down 30.9%.

New listing trend is somewhat positive, as new residential listings were up 2.2% from a year ago, though condo listings were down 11.8%.  So our seller’s market conditions continue.

Some average price growth, with residential properties sold up slightly by 1.5% to $432,829 and the average condo selling price was $283,990 up 7.7%

With our seller's market conditions and limited listing inventory, it might be easy to think that listing a property this year is a pretty simple matter.  There are still quite a number of key decisions to make however and we have discussed some of these on our blog here: http://wp.me/p8m8ue-Qh

Many sellers must be asking themselves this question after watching “ For Sale” signs go up and then get marked “ Sold”  in just a few days or seeing endless online posts about how fast a listing has sold and for over asking price.

Seller’s Market:
We are in a sellers’ market in Ottawa in 2018 and listing inventory is scarce, prices are rising and things are selling much more quickly than in a typical balanced market. (a balanced market is one where there are roughly equal numbers of buyers and sellers)

Agents earn their keep…but..
A sellers’ market brings different challenges and experienced Realtor expertise is still important in getting the marketing strategy right and managing the complexities of offer dates, bully offers and multiple offers to a successful result.  Clearly however, the marketing time and cost has to be lower, so shouldn’t the seller get a lower rate?  After all with average prices increasing (8% in March 2018) the Realtor is getting an automatic raise, since their remuneration is based on a % of the selling price?

Why not save $7,000-$14,000?
Our programs offer full MLS® service by two experienced brokers and most of our sellers will save the above commission and HST using our 3.7% or 3% commission programs. (not intended to solicit those with existing representation agreements)

Example provided is based on current residential average selling prices and savings will vary by property being sold.

Gord McCormick, Broker of Record
Dawn Davey, Broker
Oasis Realty Brokerage

613-435-4692  oasisrealty@rogers.com

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