The scene at The Cottages at Cultus Lake has owners lounging poolside, children splashing in the creek, neighbours hosting BBQs, families cooling off in the lake, and more.

With nothing else to do but enjoy blue skies and sunshine, owning a cottage just 90 minutes from the city makes for a lazy weekend that feels like you’re on vacation…a vacation that you and your family can take every weekend!

Come and check us out this week! The Sales Centre & Showhomes are open daily from 12noon to 5pm (except on Wednesdays). See you soon.

The Cottages at Cultus Lake is a fresh take on traditional cottage country living, within the safety and convenience of a private, gated community just 90 minutes from Vancouver. The Cottages is a well established recreational development that is already 90% sold out, and to learn more about what current owners have to say about the neighbourhood they belong to, click HERE

Make sure to pick up a complimentary issue of Homes & Land this month, featuring The Cottages at Cultus Lake on Page 20 & 21!
The issue also offers advice on what to look for in a vacation property and how to determine your vacation property personality.

To flip through this issue online, click HERE 

1. A year-round vacation spot; a holiday that seems to last forever
2. Lets your family “unplug”  from modern day technology and reconnect with each other
3. A lifestyle investment where the rewards are more than just financial
4. Allows you to live your family legacy now rather than it behind
5. Give your children the opportunity to experience the simple pleasures of life
6. The joy of meeting new people who are sure to become old friends
7. To remove yourself from hectic city life and recharge in the tranquil setting of cottage country
8. Living out past family traditions while creating new ones with your children
9. A central social gathering that draws all generations
10. Discover a lifestyle that you may otherwise never know exists

Saturday Market in the Park:

Every Saturday until September 3rd, Cultus Lake hosts a mini market at the North End of the lake.

Check it out between 10am – 3pm, and pick yourself up some home baking, fresh produce, jewelry, crafts and much more.

Families and investors have more cash to buy a second home as a booming real estate market increases the value of their residences, according to the 2014 recreational property report published by Re/Max on Wednesday.

“The equity gains in urban center homes have led to increased demand in recreational properties,” Gurinder Sandhu, executive vice president of Ontario and Atlantic Canada for the firm [Re/Max], said by phone from Toronto Tuesday. “They’re leveraging that to purchase cottages. As a result, you’re seeing an increase in the number of cottages changing hands and a steady price increase.”

Click here to read the full article

The Cottages at Cultus Lake wishes you and your family a
Happy Canada Day!

We’d like to invite you out for the day to spend some time
touring the community and show homes.

The Cottages will be open on July 1st from 12noon – 5pm.

RE/MAX released its annual Recreational Property Report, showing healthy activity across much of the country and forecasts modest increases in sales and prices through the rest of the year. With schools out and the coming Canada Day long weekend marking the unofficial start of summer, national recreational property sales and listings have rebounded from a slow start caused by the late spring and cold winter experienced in many markets throughout the country.

National Trends

While there are nuances and specific attractions that define local markets across the country, a number of broad national trends have been observed.

Buyer Profiles

Two groups of buyers are driving the majority of recreational property sales in Canada. The first is made up of families with younger children, who have built up equity in their primary residence and are using that money to purchase a vacation property. The second group is made up of near or recent retirees who have purchased a recreational property with a plan to use it as a primary summer residence and launching pad for winter travel.

Residential Spillover

Canada’s hot residential real estate market in urban centres has had a spillover effect on recreational property sales. This is particularly true in markets within a two-hour drive of the country’s large urban centres, where price appreciation has allowed homeowners to use equity gains in their primary residence to purchase a second home for recreational use.

Evolving Use

The way buyers are using their recreational properties is changing. While in the past, properties were largely used for weekend getaways and a week or two of summer vacationing, today many are purchasing a property from which they can work throughout the summer. Furthermore, a majority now see their recreational property as a four-season vacation option, rather than just a summer retreat.

Written by www.newswire.ca. Click here to read the full article.