Real Estate | The market today…

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At a recent international real estate conference that I attended, realtors from other secondary home/discretionary areas, including hard hit Spain, were noting that tiny baby steps of uptick in sales volume were being detected…just since end of August, so it’s very recent, indeed.

Some saavy and major developers, in Canadian cities, are also newly targeting early Spring as going to be very different, on an upward momentum, for sales volume if not prices, in spite of continuing media reports of impending double dip concerns for the U.S. economy, over supply of inventory in many sunbelt states, and jobless numbers increasing.

It’s almost a given that what used to work won’t anymore, and what is emerging as the new paradigm will work. This is true of the real estate industry, too. Franchise models are in disarray, the entire mls system in Canada is dramatically changing, for the benefit of consumers, (a.k.a., the “enduser“) and the sacrosanct referral system of old is vanishing as a key element in a real estate agent’s business model

A recent Time Magazine (U.S. Edition) article drew attention to parallel universes in economic conditions: digital worlds (iphone 4, ipad, etc) being one kind of Jobs report, and manufacturing aspects being an opposite jobs report. One more example of the schism between the known of the 20th and the unknown of the 21st centuries.

It’s almost a given that what used to work won’t anymore, and what is emerging as the new paradigm will work.

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Nature’s Estate | Burgoyne Bay Road

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First Nations

First Nations | Monument

Burgoyne Bay

Salt Spring Island’s real estate speaks for itself (as does its beauty). The natural parks and landscape of the Island are what make the island so attractive for second and third home buyers—even in a market like today’s.

Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park

Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on southwestern Saltspring Island near Fulford Harbour and facing northwest to Sansum Narrows, which is the channel between Saltspring and Vancouver Island. It is 334 hectares in size and was established via private land acquisition. Mount Maxwell Provincial Park lies adjacent, to the north. Burgoyne Bay was named in 1859 by Captain Richards for Commander Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, an officer aboard HMS Ganges.

Burgoyne Bay was a First Nation gathering place.

There is much spiritual and cultural significance connected to this land, including the creation story of the Hul’qumi’num people.

From the more recent past, there are various old and historic farm buildings in the park which are currently being restored.

Burgoyne Bay

129 Burgoyne Bay Road

Today, this area contains the last undeveloped salmon-bearing estuaries on Salt Spring. Stroll the beaches or hike the surrounding trail and enjoy the peaceful solitude of this protected bay

129 Burgoyne Bay Road, Salt Spring Island | Nature’s Estate

Wonderful as new custom timber peg home offers an appealing organic design and lovely finishing choices.

Mainly level property offers arable land/pasture, plus a woodlot forest (walk your own trails) — one could be self-sufficient here! Property also offers double garage / workshop / “barn” structure, and a separate studio.

Located close to hiking / walking trails, adjacent to huge park / greenbelt reserve acreage, and just mere minutes to Burgoyne Bay. One could have a mooring buoy for your boat here!

A beautiful home on beautiful land; come & enjoy the pastoral setting!

Also, there is an Adjacent undeveloped 10 acres, with pasture and forest, which is also available for purchase.

Price recently reduced to $1,095,000. An extremely rare find, indeed.

North Trail Island | Mr. Webber’s Salish Sea

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North Trail Island is another rarte opportunity to secure one of Salt Spring Island real estate‘s private islands – truly one of the finest offerings to date.

A unique and beautiful private island opportunity in the amazing Pacific Northwest Coast. Nestled in the Salish Sea (now known as Georgia Strait). North Trial Island is part off the Thormanby Group of islands, off Sechelt, BC.

North Trail Island, a 33 acre private island, offers a rural farm, with all the amenities of Sechelt (including a hospital) at your doorstep.

Incredible viewscapes, ocean, islands, mountain vistas. A stellar opportunity to enjoy of this beautiful coast. Secure an irreplaceable gem for your future — a family holding, a hard asset investment to protect your capital, an immediate pleasure quotient of the best of the best.

Origin of the term “Salish” (as Wikipedia says)

Bert Webber a.k.a The Father of the Salish Sea

The first known use of the term Salish Sea was in 1988, when marine biologist Bert Webber from Bellingham, Washington created the name for the combined waters in the region with the intent to supplement the Georgia Strait, Puget Sound, and Strait of Juan de Fuca waterway names. The adoption of the term, he said, would raise consciousness about taking care of the region’s waters and ecosystems. Webber’s efforts are credited with the official recognition of the term in the US and Canada, although Webber’s original proposal also recommended the removal of the terms Georgia Strait, Puget Sound, and Strait of Juan de Fuca from official recognition.

Coast Salish people

according to the Wiki

The Coast Salish are a grouping of indigenous peoples who live in southwest British Columbia, and northwest Washington state and share a common linguistic and cultural origin. For most of their collective histories (which date back to 8,000 B.C.E.) there was no overarching term to describe these people as a whole. Today the Coast Salish are seen as one of the main cultural and linguistic branches of a larger group known as Salishan or Salish. There are five recognized divisions of the Salish language family, with Coast Salish and Interior Salish being the primary two. The Salish family consists of 23 separate languages.