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I just flew back from a vacation in the States. This is the time of year when the Real Estate Market in Halifax, Nova Scotia and surrounding area just starts to wake up. If you know someone ready to buy or sell a home please contact me. I am never too busy for your referrals. Here is a photo I to...

Below is the latest data from CHMC (The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp) on housing starts for Canada. There were strong everywhere except Newfoundland. Here in Nova Scotia where they were flat. (Actually the same as last year which is not particularly bad news). "It is too early to make particu...

Family farming has been made unprofitable by the provincial and national agricultural policies of the past decades. Increasingly farmers feel pressured to sell their farmland for development. That temporarily solves the farmer's financial problems, but the long term consequences for us all is dev...

When I speak with people everyone is so happy that their Real Estate value is going up throughout Halifax and Nova Scotia at large. Because their homes are worth more, right? Real Estate prices in Nova Scotia were up an average of 4.2% in 2009. But the flip side of that is the property assessmen...

You know it's interesting to read all the different articles that come from basically the same source. (New Real Estate Stats were released last week as I reported on and you can see in my previous posts). However, I think this is the best article. It was from Roger Taylor for the Chronicle Heral...

A very common question I get asked as a Halifax Real Estate Agent is, "Mike, you're a Realtor, what is going on with the market. Is my house value going up or down?" Well here are the statistics so you can answer your own question from CREA. This is follow up from my post yesterday: Please click ...

These stats were just released, today, from CREA (the Canadian Real Estate Association). Residential sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) of Canadian real estate boards numbered 27,744 units in December 2009. This stands 72 per cent above activity in December 2008. Please clic...

I'm looking for some people who will provide me a link to my website on their blog or site: iListinHD.com Please link my site with the text Halifax Realtor and/or Nova Scotia Real Estate Agent. (This could be two links).   In return I'll will write a blog post back to your blog or website.   WHY ...

Here is good news if you were thinking of buying a home in Nova Scotia. The Bank of Canada is not going to be raising interest in the near future. Although it is interesting to note that some "experts" are saying there is a housing "bubble" beginning to form. I say interesting because last year ...

We all know the historically low interest rates will not last forever. This means it is still a very good time to buy a house. Or, for that matter, a great to sell also as there are more buyers. But how long will all this last? Above is a great article from the National Post that goes in depth a...