Our new home at 38 Markham Drive in The Porches of St. Philips is coming along just great. As you can see, the walls are just about completed. A new home is so exciting and the smell of fresh wood…wicked! Professional and capable describes the construction team from Terry Walsh Contracting. Our new family is…
It’s a beautiful Daaaaaay! A new family has purchased Lot 38 on Markham Drive in The Porches of St. Philips. We are so happy for them and their children. 🙂 Imagine, putting down roots in a brand new neighbourhood and, like them, your children can also enjoy an easy walking distance to a new school,…
In the words of one couple who recently decided to buy a new construction home: “It took about six months of searching real estate listings before my husband and I settled on buying a new construction home. The properties in our price range would all need significant updates and renovations to get them looking how…
For the past few years we have all had our time dealing with somewhat negative trends. Whether they be personal, business, work or the climate we live in. What do we do?….battle on, or so we think. The one thing we are sure of is to forge into the current to keep us where we…
STOP! GO SLOW! Scratch-n-Patch Pavement. Truck Bullies. New Roundabouts. Rude, Speeding Drivers. Crosswalk Zombies. Has the city gone crazy? Lately, it seems many people are just out for themselves. What ever happened to having respect and courtesy for one another? Where did our sense of community and neighbourhood go? If you’re like me, you probably…
Our economy has been through some challenging times over the last several years. Recently, the CMHC shared these encouraging highlights concerning past, current & future projects designed to generate wealth in NL: 4 Major Oil Producing Fields: Hibernia, Terra Nova, White Rose & Hebron Long Harbour; Muskrat Falls and Voisey’s Bay Underground Expansion White Rose…
Recently, Trulia, a U.S. site for buyers and renters to find homes and neighbourhoods, reported that “Nearly five in six Americans (84%) said the neighbourhood would be equally important or more important than the house if they were searching for a new home.” This is so true. I have met a lot of people viewing…
In my 36 years of Real Estate, I’ve seen three low markets. This has been one of them. I might point out, anyone buying property in any market in the St. John’s general Avalon area, holds on to it for five or so years, will increase their equity 99 times out of 100! Why you might ask?
We’re seeing plenty of good news lately from the Bank of Canada lately. For instance, twice in the last two weeks, we’ve seen headlines stating interest rates on hold for 2019 and into 2020.