I think I should buy stock in Nike, Reebok or some other comfy shoe company. My feet are tired; my pretty summer shoes have been tossed into the back seat of the car and there are no “sold” stickers left in St. John’s. What’s happening? Its no big secret, the provincial government signed a memo
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08/31/2008
Has anyone read Marc Davidson's article 100 Web sites, one unfulfilling experience online at Inman News Opinions? He put into words some of the same thoughts I've had about real estate websites in general, http://www.inman.com/opinion/guest-perspective/2008/03/3/100-web-sites-one-unfulfilling-exp
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03/13/2008
Rain is pouring down outside my St. John’s, Newfoundland home today and that may not sound strange to many of you but it is to us – it should be snowing. Here we call it Sheila’s Brush (which is a snow storm just before St. Patrick’s Day). Now I know most of you would take rain over snow any da
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03/13/2008
How will the Canadian housing market fair with the U.S. Federal Reserve dropping the rate by another .25%?Our Canadian economy has seen good growth over the past few years while our neighbours south of the border have had, to put it mildly - a hard go of it. An unpopular war sucking billions of
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11/02/2007
The third quarter Multiple Listing Trends for Newfoundland are in. After a tumultuous beginning to the year, it looks like we are beginning to see the "balanced" market all Realtors hope for; a well priced home selling within a reasonable time frame to qualified buyers. Nirvana!Residential sale
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10/30/2007
We got the news, we got the graphs to prove it, and hot off the press are the MLS Trends for the second quarter in the Eastern Region of Newfoundland. There's no mistaking it now - its a Buyers Market!!!! We danced around the "balanced market" but Realtors know a bit about economics so when mor
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07/25/2007
Actually there's two money shots. One is the first iceberg in St. John's in more than five (5) years. Hopefully a treat for all the Oceanographers visiting this province for a CMOS conference this week in June. While its not warm in St. John's by any stretch of the imagination, I kinda felt th
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06/02/2007
It is said (mostly by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation) that a Million Dollars goes a lot further in Atlantic Canada than anywhere else in Canada and perhaps the US.Seems logical, our cost of living is low due to moderate housing costs, our heating costs may be higher its all relative. I was on
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05/16/2007
The MLS Sales Activity Report for the Eastern Region of Newfoundland and Labrador is out and, drum roll please, looks like first quarter residential sales are up over the same time last year. Exhale. Fortunately for buyers but unfortunately for sellers the market has remained flat during the qua
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04/19/2007
I just finished commenting on an article from our local paper about affordable housing in St. John's, NL when I came across an article from the Financial Times of London, and not London, Ontario (nothing against you folks) but London, England - where the Queen lives most of the time (when she's n
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04/18/2007
