Here are a few examples how REALTORS(r) have been working behind the scenes to lobby the federal government to protect the rights of consumers, and the real estate industry in general:
1981 - present: Advocating policies that ensures real estate property rights and ownership has always been part of CREA's mission statement. CREA led the private sector campaign to include the protection ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on April 30, 2009
I recently returned from Political Action Committee (PAC) meetings in Ottawa. At these meetings we were given a great deal of information about the work that CREA does as it pertains to the national agenda. I will share some of this information with you over the next few blogs. I was impressed by all that they do to help all Canadians enjoy a better quality of life. I think ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on April 29, 2009
I was very fortunate to be invited, along with 3 other bloggers, to have breakfast with Mr. Robert Bell, co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum, and some of the staff from City Hall. It was an amazing couple of hours and I left very pleased to have been invited. There are some very exciting things happening in Metro and some of the technology being developed is amazing.
Here ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on April 10, 2009
Ok everyone - it's crunch time. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Mr. Robert Bell, co-founder of the Intelligent Community Foundation, will be in our fair City finalizing the choice for Most Intelligent City.
He will be having breakfast on Wednesday with community leaders and business people at the Capital Theatre and then spends the balance of the day touring local businesses and ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on April 7, 2009
I have just received March's numbers and as we have been saying, as the weather warms up, so is the market.
The month of March was up 1% in volume over March 2008, and we are now only 13% lower on our year to date numbers - a gain of 8% fro the end of February so we are going in the right direction in a hurry! It is also interesting to note that the prices have rebounded - great news for the ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on April 2, 2009
At the risk of bragging up the neighbourhood too much, here are some tidbits from the City of Moncton website:
voted #1 economical place to do business in Atlantic Canada
choosen in the top 10 places to live in Canada for the second consecutive year
chosen by Readers Digest as the most honest and polite City in Canada
50+ Magazine voted Moncton as one of the best cities in Canada ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on March 27, 2009
Sorry to be reporting great news again, but the local paper sometimes forget to get any happy news so here is some information I pulled off the latest Enterprise Greater Moncton news letter.
Moncton Building Permits - YTD (2008) : $ 4,246,806
Moncton Building Permits - YTD (2009) : $64,822,065 yes that's up about 1500%
Now in all fairness, unlike the "doomageddon" published by the papers, ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on March 26, 2009
As expected, March is starting to get very busy very quickly. February saw an increase in business over January and now March should be even better - barring huge snow storms or something. I was speaking at the Greater Moncton Home Builders last week, and they are all very positive about the upcoming season. Many are taking contacts into the summer already. All of them agree ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on March 12, 2009
For 2009 and subsequent years, the budget proposes to introduce a new non-refundable tax credit, based on an amount of $5,000, for certain home buyers that acquire a qualifying home after January 27, 2009 (i.e., closing after this date). For information about First-Time Home Buyers' Tax Credit click below http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca:80/gncy/bdgt/2009/fqhbtc-eng.html
Posted by Starlene Silliker
on February 25, 2009
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on February 21, 2009