Guide to house swap holidays: Scotia free

February 11, 2009

If the economy has done for your regular family holiday, a house swap may be just the ticket. Sara Wheeler traded Camden for Canada.

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London Office: UK Pound Serling still strong against Canadian $

February 11, 2009

Print PDF Strong Canadian Currency Stimulates Real Estate Interest One of the great drivers in the global world of real estate is currency.  Fluctuations in currency create the ebb and flow that stimulates and suppresses demand. Our London office reports that with the Euro and US Dollar behaving strongly against the UK pound, Canadian property [...]

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London Market Report – 2009 – First 30 days

February 3, 2009

Print PDF A View From London   by Nick Churton, Director, Mayfair International Realty Nick Churton assesses the first few weeks of real estate market activity in 2009 and suggests that while the economic picture may still be grave in both the US and Europe, local market activity in the housing sector seems to be far [...]

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We have dodged the Slump

August 25, 2008

Print PDF EVERYONE LIKES NUMBERS The article below got me to thinking what our company numbers might be compared to the number published in the Chronicle Herald last week on the provincial real estate sales. I thought it would be interesting to compare our province wide company numbers with the aggregate province wide numbers. The [...]

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Sea Smoke

January 2, 2008

Print PDF This is a new category I am starting called Photography. I am going to post what I consider worthwhile images that I take from time to time. For the first image, I want to give you a sample of a recent photo I took at the Tancook ferry wharf in Chester, Nova Scotia. [...]

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A New Year: 2008 Nova Scotia Market Update (Part One)

January 1, 2008

Print PDF It is Tuesday morning January 1, 2008 and I am rededicating myself to writing in my Nova Scotia Real Estate Blog. I have taken more than a year off from writing and have missed it quite a bit. Nova Scotia real estate has been very exciting over the past few years and continues [...]

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Nova Scotia’s first all luxury stone facade waterfront condominium opens model suite

December 2, 2006

Print PDF Anyone interested in seeing exactly how GJR’s attention to detail will translate into reality at Sheppard’s Island can now drop into the model suite, located at 600 Windmill Road, just down from Country Hearth and Fireplace. The model suite isn’t an actual unit from the development, but instead is a representative sample of [...]

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Currency Specialists: Protecting Your Clients from a Risk They Never Knew Existed

November 29, 2006

Print PDF There are many aspects for your Canadian clients to consider when they are purchasing property within the country, such as the quality of local schools, the cost of financing, etc. Fortunately, as REALTORS® you have the resources to make their purchase process as easy and stress free as possible…. Even though the price [...]

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Luxury Real Estate Up in Metro Halifax

November 26, 2006

Print PDF In the village of Chester three properties sold late in the summer at asking prices of $1,500,000 (Back Harbour), $1,975,000 (Peninsula) and $990,000 (Front Harbour). All three of these properties were on the market for over 2 years and the starting asking prices when they came to market a few years ago were [...]

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A gathering of house renovators that blog

October 30, 2006

Print PDF It is at HouseBlogs.net http://houseblogs.net/ Of the hundreds of members, 20 in Canada, there are two from Nova Scotia The Bookyeti and his house called “Pemberley “, then there is the King of Kentville and the “Kentville Money Pit “.

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