With the ever-increasing cost of recreational real estate in Canada, do you wish you had acted sooner and reaped the same financial rewards as those who invested in areas like Whistler, Canmore and Fernie before they boomed?

The good news is it’s not too late. The resort town of Kimberley, British Columbia was quoted by Canadian Money Magazine as being one of Canada’s last bargain-priced resort areas in Canada and you can still enjoy great financial benefits by investing in this area before it fully takes off!

Kimberley is, simply put, one of the most under-valued areas around. Compared to similar resort areas like Invermere, Radium, Fernie and Sun Peaks, real estate values in Kimberley are 25% to 40% lower on average.

What are the economic indicators that show Kimberley is poised for growth?

• More development permits issued in the first six months of 2006 than all 12 months of 2005 combined!
• The Cranbrook Airport, re-named the Canadian Rockies International Airport, is expanding to handle international flights. With the airport only 20 minutes away, Kimberley will soon have the distinction of being the closest ski resort in the world to a major airport.
• Kimberley has received a 3.9 million dollar grant from the Provincial Government and an influx of 2.6 million dollars in local funding for a new Olympic and Para Olympic training facility to be built at the ski hill.
• The Kimberley Alpine Resort is scheduled for major expansion over the next several years.
• A brand new Nordic Center will begin construction in Spring 2007.
• A new Convention Center will be built on the ski hill over the next two years.

Last, and probably most important, is the stunning natural beauty of the East Kootenay Region. Did you know that Kimberley boasts more days of sunshine annually than even the Okanagan Valley? And, with more predicable and better snowfall averages than lower elevations like Fernie or Panorama, Kimberley is a true four-season recreational resort area!

Thousands of kilometers of hiking and biking trails, river rafting, boating and fly-fishing, four fabulous golf courses within minutes…the list of activities is endless!