Christie’s Luxury Real Estate Comes to the Okanagan
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The Okanagan has reached the big leagues when it comes to luxury real estate.
Two brands immediately identified with prominent UK art auction houses have lent their names to high-end real estate companies in the Okanagan.
Sotheby’s has had a real estate sales office in Kelowna for years.
And now Christie’s is moving to the Okanagan through Vancouver-based Faith Wilson Christie’s International Real Estate.
âOver the past few years, the Okanagan has grown into a luxury real estate destination for people who want to live here full time or buy their second, third or fourth home,â Wilson said.
âIn particular, Kelowna has reached a new level of recognition and prestige for its four seasons, recreational lifestyle where you can ski and golf and go out on the lake and visit wineries. “
In fact, Christie’s highlights vineyards, orchards and lakes like the famous Okanagan trifecta.
Faith Wilson’s Vancouver-based real estate business is a subsidiary of Christie’s and the Okanagan business is an extension of it.
âWe are a local business, but also a global business because we market properties that we have offered for sale internationally,â Wilson said.
The company already has two Kelowna-based real estate agents, Terese Cairns and Taylor McFadyen, and two others covering the South Okanagan – Jeffrey Sefton and Audrey Zimmermann.
Faith Wilson plans to open a Christie’s brick and mortar office in Kelowna’s Cultural District in February.
Sefton recently sold a 7,300 square foot post and beam home in Okanagan Falls, and the 185 acres that go with it, for $ 3.2 million.
Sefton and Zimmermann put the Seven Stones Winery in Cawston up for sale for $ 8.7 million.
And Cairns has the 306-acre Thomson Flats property in Kelowna’s Upper Mission listed for sale, but the asking price is only available on request for people who are serious about inquiring.
The most expensive property Wilson has listed is a $ 24 million, 5925 acre ranch in a 100 mile house.
While many of Christie’s listings match the luxury expectations of millions, the company also represents mid-priced homes and condominiums.
âLuxury means different things to different people,â Wilson said.
“Luxury is not a price, it’s a service. And we treat all of our customers with the same respect and the same marketing of their property.”
Although Wilson has spent most of her 30 years in real estate in Vancouver, she has ties to Kelowna.
Her parents and brother live here and she graduated from George Pringle High School in West Kelowna.
âMoving to Kelowna is like coming home,â she said.
“I think we’re going to make a nice addition to the community.”
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