Kyle Hislop

Our provincial board is starting up a task force to look at social media and whether or not there should be rules on how agents interact with it. I've been elected chair of the task force and am looking for any feedback, opinions, examples from your boards, on this topic.

Has your board had to deal with agents using social media in a negative way?

Does your board or broker have rules ...

Hey I just added a Chilliwack property search engine onto my website. It's really fast, much quicker than going to REALTOR.ca, which is a good site, but a little cumbersome when you are in a rush. To use it, hover over the "Properties" tab at the top of the page, click on "Property Search", and off you go. You can do a basic search of all of Chilliwack and surrounding areas, or sharpen ...

The Bank of Canada increased the interest rate by 25 basis points to 1% today. They felt that the economy is still growing, though slowly, and that financial conditions remain "exceptionally stimulative". Here in the BC economy we see the same thing. Our economy is growing, job losses are less, and unemployment is decreasing. The real estate market has been slow during the summer mon ...

Here are the stats for August 2010. The real estate market in Chilliwack has had a very slow summer, which again, is pretty common for us. As we look at the numbers we always compare them to the previous year. However, 2009 was a very unusual summer for real estate in BC. Because it came off the heals of the 2008 recession the summer of 2009 was abnormally busy due to pent up demand. ...

I have been getting so many questions about how the HST works here in BC. Even with all the press releases it still seems to be a complicated subject (which it is). What I want to do is show some real pricing examples below of the cost of HST on New Construction properties. If at the end you are still confused feel free to contact me via email with any questions you might have. kylehisl ...

Apple's iPad will be a perfect addition to any Real Estate agents daily routine. First, the ability to sign documents on the screen instead of having to print off endless contracts will make the profession even more mobile. Especially with apps like Zosh that make signing on the iPad or iPhone so easy. Right now I usually carry a briefcase full of contracts which has to be updated on a ...

Wow...what a slow July!!! We only had 144 sales in July...we haven't seen it this slow since 2000. No need to panic, should pick up in the fall. A lot of things could be contributing to the slow market. Warm summer, new mortgage rules, higher interest rates and HST. If you are looking to buy a home now is a great time. There is tons of listings on the books, sellers are motivated a ...

I own a Honda CRV. If you live in Chilliwack you have probably seen it because my face and company info is all over it (my wife hates driving it). I think the best part about owning a Honda, and I'm sure other Honda owners will agree, is how little you have to put into them. I've owned mine since new, 2005, it has 135,000 km, and other than the typical maintenance I haven't had to spend ...

My first game out this year and I chose to play the Royalwood Golf course located just off the Trans Canada highway - Chilliwack. There are a couple courses in town that seem to get better every year and Royalwood is one of them. Their greens, this year, are nothing short of amazing. And really, that's where most of the frustration in the game lies...there is nothing worse than hitting a ...

Hey everyone, just a little heads up that we now have a Mr. Lube in Chilliwack. They are located on Yale road just past 1st and the Southgate mall. The reason I'm telling you this is because I had my car serviced there yesterday and was very impressed with the quality of people they have employed there. All the guys did a great job, were quick and helpful when explaining things. They we ...