4/29/2008 8:36:00 AM
A Beginners Guide to Buying an Investment Property in St. John's
St. John’s real estate is on a good many investors radar these days. Some of these people are seasoned real estate investors; others are just beginning to feel their way. If you’re new to the game it’s often hard to know where to start? As ...
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4/27/2008 2:35:00 PM
7 Tips to Ensure Building Your Dream Home Doesn't Become a Nightmare
In seven years I have handled 100+ new homes builds with my clients. New home builds are always trickier to manage than buying a resale home. This year it became a little more complicated. For instance, I have a client whose costs to build just went up $12,000.00 ...
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4/2/2008 5:48:00 AM
St. John's Real Estate - March Stats Reveal Best Areas for Buyers and Sellers
I always like to drill a little deeper into real estate statistics. It generally gives you a better picture of how a particular set of numbers affect your personal situation. NLAR released their March statistics on Monday and little analysis proved interesting. ...
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3/20/2008 3:42:00 AM
Why MLS.ca is not your best real estate buddy.
It’s simple really. The listings are old news before they hit MLS.ca. There is a reasonable explanation. Remember when you had to write a school essay entitled “A Day in the Life of a Penney”? I’ll do something similar here, and take ...
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3/14/2008 8:50:00 PM
Freshwater, Placentia Bay and International Ice Dancing Competitions - There's a Connection???
For our family there is. We're from Freshwater and proud of it and my brother Ted's daughter Allie is in Sweden competing in the World's Ice Dance Competition. And needless to say we're very proud of her. Forgive an uncle if he takes an opportunity ...
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3/13/2008 5:19:00 AM
Home Staging for Top Dollar – Equity vs. Ego
I offer all my vendors a free home staging consultation with a professionally trained home stager. Even now when the market is on fire, I encourage clients to use the service. For sellers this is an opportunity to maximize the equity in your home. The following ...
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3/12/2008 5:18:00 PM
So How Does a Buyer Survive the Bidding Wars
It's old news that homes are getting snapped up the day they hit the market, often for more than the list price. What’s a buyer to do? Make a clean offer they can’t refuse! Mortgage Pre approval tops the list – I can’t overstress ...
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3/8/2008 7:36:00 AM
St. John's Real Estate Wins the Oscar for Best Market Picture
Why Such a Big Prize This past week CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) presented their annual real estate review and projections for the coming year. Once it was all said and done the St. John’s CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) area walked ...
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2/26/2008 4:02:00 AM
What a wild ride for St. John's real estate
- this past week. I spoke to four agents that had listings sell well above asking within days of being placed on the market. There's a qualifier though. All of these homes were priced between $150,000 - $200,000.00. Based on the facts, it's a pretty ...
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2/8/2008 6:12:00 AM
Technorati - It's blogging business.
This is a short post to tend to some blogging bisiness. It's always a good idea when you begin blogging to claim your blog at technotari. To do that I must post a link to my Technorati Profile
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