Check these photos I snapped this morning downtown near the Blue Cross Center, City Hall and BMO building. Sometimes winter isn't so bad.
Posted by Paul Burns
on November 25, 2008
The New Brunswick Real Estate Association (NBREA) has adopted a new approach to show that the real estate profession and New Brunswick REALTORS care enough about the Quality of Life in our Province to activately work towards improving it. The approach is smmarized in five principles:
1. Ensuring Economic Vitality
2. Preserving the Environment
3. Protecting property owners
4. Building better ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on November 24, 2008
To go along with the several top 10 finishes we have had from Canadian Businesses "Best Places to do Business in Canada" surveys, we now have been honoured by the Canadian Real Estate magazine as one of the Top 5 Safe Havens for Real Estate in Canada. The other in the top 5 were Victoria, Winnipeg, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Barrie. No other city in Atlantic Canada finished in the top 10. ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on November 14, 2008
Contrary to all the doom and gloom hear from the National media, our real estate market remains strong. At the end of July, year to date listings were up 4%, and the dollar volume was up 8%. Our number of units sold was off a bit at 5%, but the increased prices kept our volumes good. This is compared to the 2007 numbers which was a continuation of several years of record volumes. ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on September 11, 2008
Hi everyone;
I have been asked once again to "ride the Big Bike" for a fund raiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of NB. Since my Dad had his by=pass surgery about 4 years ago, I saw the high quality of care he received and also knew that heart problems run in Gail and my family. Sooo, I figured this would be a godd place to do some fund raising. I have been asked ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on August 7, 2008
The Greater Moncton Real Estate Board's Dragon Boat team showed what they were made of on Saturday by raising the most money ($5500) of any team in the annual competition on Jones Lake. More importantly, over $90,000 was raised during the day for Charity.
This was the rookie season for our intrepid paddlers who went by the catchy name of the Realtor Care Rowers. Leading ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on July 29, 2008
I spent Tuesday to Thursday in Gatineau for CREA's Annual conference. Great meetings as always. One of our guest speakers at the Leadership meetings was Justin Trudeau. Very impressive speaker and really knows his stuff. he has retired from teaching and has moved back to Montreal to run for the Liberals in the next election. I suspect he will be Prime Minister in less ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on April 13, 2008
The citizens of the Metro Moncton area came through again with big support for the IWK Telethon. It was held at Champlain Mall and was promoted as a joint effort through two local radio stations - C103 and XL 96. A little over $70,000 was raised in just two days, and we were pleased to match our last year's contribution of $360.00. The staff of Century 21 Countryside has, over the ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on March 15, 2008
Last Wednesday the Atlantic Brokers and their sales associates gathered in Halifax for our annual meeting. As always Century 21 put on a great function with three very good guest speakers. However, the highlight for me was Catriona LeMay Doan, one of our very successful Olympic Speed Skaters. She is now retired and she spoke about her Olympic experiences and the value of goal setting ...
Posted by Paul Burns
on March 10, 2008