I'm a Realtor who sells homes, but also my community
By
Mark Schadenberg
A car is the sum of its parts.
Any sports team winning a championship will talk about the role each
and every person played from the athletes to the trainers.
At the chamber of commerce awards banquet last month, every
winning company talked about its employees and the people power it takes for
success in the business world.
Real estate and the community you live in are no different.
Everyone plays their role in creating a home – whether that is the house or the
municipality you reside in.
I most certainly do my part through the Lions Club of Woodstock,
Relay For Life for the cancer society, and the city’s recreation advisory
committee.
As a Realtor, I believe it’s equally important to sell the fantastic
Woodstock I live in just as important as finding you the correct house in the
neighbourhood you want to reside in, and also possess knowledge about real estate
stats in the marketplace, school zones, local history, local sports
associations, and . . . current events such as city budgets, new subdivisions
and parks, emerging local industries, and plans for the future.
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"Individual commitment to a
group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a
civilization work." --Vince
Lombardi
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"Alone we can do so little,
together we can do so much." --Helen Keller
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Mattie
Stepanek (Died from from a rare form of muscular dystrophy at age 13 back in
2004)
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I write about these topics and much more right here at: www.markroyallepage.blogspot.com
As 2015 evaporates and everyone shares excitement for a new year,
I’d like to look back quickly at some topics I have covered on my blog. It’s a
recap, but it’s also proof positive in all the glowing comments I have already
made about why I should be the Realtor you contact when it’s time to buy and/or
sell anywhere in Oxford County.
In just about every month I have posted the latest sales stats, but
the numbers always include additional analysis such as average sales prices,
the number of current listings and historical background on years previous. My
totals usually date back to 2005 because that can always be used as a benchmark
calendar as Toyota (TMMC) announced that year it would be building a massive
manufacturing facility in Woodstock. The factory began driving cars outs off
its assembly line in the fall of 2008.
Real estate trends, my listings, Royal LePage news, and my
thoughts on items ranging from CMHC fees to interest rates to reverse mortgages
to preparing your home for the market to the importance of hiring a competent
and effective inspector as condition of your home purchase.
I also like to discover interesting area real estate stories as
anything happening for residential growth in London or Kitchener has an overall
effect on real estate in Woodstock and Oxford County. It’s also interesting to
follow such ‘coffee shop stories’ like a golf course in Cambridge which goes
out of business and a developer purchases the acreage to convert the lands into
a subdivision, or the conversion of a Pan-Am Games athletes’ village to a condo
complex in Toronto.
Here is a summary list of a few additional topics I wrote about in
2015:
LOCAL EVENTS
Relay For Life (Several times leading up to event in June)
Cowapolooza (August)
CP Holiday Train in Woodstock (December)
Big Night Out for Big Brothers (November)
Terry Fox Run (August and September)
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (September)
WCI High School Reunion (June)
Annual Rec & Leisure Fair (March)
Doors Open Oxford (May)
Ingersoll’s Canterbury Folk Festival (July)
Tillsonburg’s Turtlefest (June)
LOCAL BUILDING PROJECTS
Sierra Construction residential 5-storey project (November)
Tri-Car apartments in Woodstock (October)
New apartment building at Nellis & Lansdowne planned (June)
Claysam Homes is now Holmes On Homes approved (October)
Unique construction called TiltWall in Woodstock (February)
LOCAL NEWS
Development Office members and mayor visit Japan (November)
Northeast Woodstock recreation centre under construction (October)
Sports Wall Of Fame (December)
Woodstock hospital update (May)
Subsidized housing projects in Oxford County (March)
Habitat For Humanity (May)
Theatre Woodstock stage (March)
Woodstock working hard to attract new businesses (January)
LOCAL FACILITIES
SouthGate Centre (November)
Local Legion is listed for sale (August).
Former Beer Store listed for lease (August)
WDDS in middle of expansion plans at facility (January)
LOCAL HISTORY
‘Klondike’ Joe Boyle (September)
James ‘Tip’ O’Neill (August)
Oxford Remembers – a look back at two world wars (June)
Importance of fire trucks to local economy historically (August)
Woodstock Skating Club celebrates 80 years (February)
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION UPDATES
Renovations planned at 24 Sussex in Ottawa (October)
Why Kitchener-Waterloo is growing so quickly (June)
Woodstock’s Sierra Construction to re-develop McCormick’s in
London (July)
Re-developing SoHo district in London (March)
Re-vitalizing Thames River neighbourhoods in London (October)
NATIONAL HISTORY
John A Macdonald’s 200th birthday (January)
150 years (2017) since Confederation (April)
Canada’s Walk of Fame (March)
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