Greg's Real Estate Blog

This is real power to the people.  What would your life be like without electricity? That's probably a thought you haven't had for a while. No electric lights and no refrigeration just to name two things we would be without. For many remote villages in Laos, that is how people have lived for cent...

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation MLS Trends reports that the Newfoundland and Labrador MLS sales were 1,504, a 11% decline in the third quarter of 2009, over the 1,695 in the third quarter of 2008.  During the same period, average MLS residential house prices climbed 13% to $206,852 over t...

Cape Spear, Newfoundland is the most easterly point in North America. A few months ago, I wrote a post about a place not far from St. John's.  That place is Cape Spear, Newfoundland, the most easterly point in North America.  It was called A Badge Of Honour For The Taking.  I was not long bloggin...

Mama Soula’s Greek Restaurant at 411 Torbay Road, St. John’s Newfoundland is without a doubt my favourite Greek restaurant.  The friendly staff are always pleasant and will go the extra mile to make your visit a memorable one.  The decor is attractive and clean, and you quickly feel cozy and warm...

This is the Free Home Sellers Resource Manual for home sellers in Newfoundland.  I have put this together to provide helpful information for existing home sellers.    Have you ever wondered how to find a package of information that will help you learn about the home marketing process?  You will ...

This is the Free Home Buyers Resource Manuel for home buyers in Newfoundland.  I have put this together to provide helpful information for the new home buyer.    Sometimes I am asked by home buyers for a package of information that will help them learn about the home buying process.  You will fi...

The Wind of Flatrock Newfoundland - For Friends Far Away When God blows wind in Newfoundland, it moves the trees, that grip the land. It moves the sea, the boats come in.  It moves the heart, the thoughts of Him.  Some winds will take your breath away and carry where the seagulls play.  So oft th...

The H1N1 Vaccine is available and about to be distributed in Newfoundland free of charge.  Now what?  While it is not mandatory, the health minister is recommending that everyone have the H1N1 flu vaccine.  Is this the right advise from the minister?  Should we all have the H1N1 flu vaccine? Here...

* * * *  *  *  *   *   *     *        **       * * **** * *   * * * *  * *  ** *    *  *  **  * This past weekend my wife and I, along with two friends of ours, (Jeff and Diane White) went out to central Newfoundland for our last weekend golf trip for 2009 at the Terra Nova Golf Resort in Port Bl...

Some parts of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland were underwater after a another major rainfall this past weekend.  According to Environment Canada, the city had been deluged with 52 millimetres of rain over an eleven hour period.  To add insult to injury, it had also been hit by high winds with gusts of ...