About Saint John County, NB

Despite the recent economic trouble Saint John's economy has been growing. Over the past couple of years Saint John has had some major energy projects on the go, although most of these projects are completed the economic spin offs are under way.

Whether or not you're local you don't have to look far to see how well we're doing here. All throughout the city ground is being broken on all kinds of developments. Now that most of the industrial development has been completed, Saint John is seeing a BIG boom in retail development.

Here's a list of some of the latest developments:

• Complete renovation and over haul of the McAllister Place Shopping Center
• Ongoing building of the East Point Shopping Distric, now underway is the new Costco Store and TD Canada Trust building.
• Lancaster Mall on the West Side of Saint John has seen several new business including Java Moose, International Clothers, Fairweather, Urban Planet, Great Canadian Doller Store, along with the addition of a new waiting area for the bus stop (which was moved closer to the mall in the parking lot) and complete renovation of Zellers.
• New Lawton's store underway.
• New Sobeys & Strip Malls (Bulk Barn, Dollarama, Staples and more!)

If you're looking for a city that a safe bet, look no further!

Resources:

Harrity Real Estate Services Inc (Property Management & Investments)

Sellwithme.ca

So we are celebrating the bountiful harvest!!!

Each year, for the last 2 years, I have been chosen to be the Mascot for our Royal LePage Atlantic Kiosk. The Kiosk is located at the local mall here in Saint John, New Brunswick, and is located in the center aisle of the mall. At our Kiosk we have photos of existing homes for sales on moveable display cases that potential buyers and sellers love to go and flip them over. We also have a computer with a countertop so potential buyers or sellers can sit and discuss any details with the Realtor. Each year, very young kids and their parents come in around 5:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. and do their "Trick or Treating" from store vendor to store vendor... It's especially a busy place when the weather is probamatic; today being windy and rain showers.

This is a GREAT time and an effective marketing strategy for getting business cards out to potential sellers and buyer!!!

Last year I played Maleficent the "beautiful" witch from the Sleep Beauty story. This year I played "The Grinch" with a few modifications. My Grinch costume consisted of lime green tights with two pairs of socks; one with strips and the small ones with bells and finished off with elf slippers. (Had to stay comfortable!) The rest of the costume had the official Santa look with "The Grinch" written across the front, with lime green winter gloves and the official "Grinch" mask. Since the mask was warm to wear, when I had it off, I still looked like one of Santa's elves, so I could play two roles in one.

Going back to handing out business cards, this is the way I do it. I get two pieces of "Good candy" and one business card that I put in each Halloween bag. This way I feel like the possibility of getting future clients are higher, since most of the parents will check the candy, they will hopefully pull out the business card and give the candy to their kids, if they don't eat it themselves. LOL Getting the candy bags ready is time consuming, but I believe well worth it.

When I was ready to hand out the candy, it was FUN to see all of the kids & adult costumes and interact with the parents & their kids. The parents and their kids usually start out from one end and work the whole mall through. I usually stay on one side to give all the kids their treats. Today, I gave out 370 BAGS OF CANDY...

I highly recommend this to other Realtors, since it's wonderful to interact with the community on different levels, especially the "humane" and compassionate side of us. All Realtors should have fun with this day, it's a Great time to let loose and make connections with the community and at work.... especially if you've had a Halloween Barbecue at your office the day before!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN....

Canada's national resale housing activity climbed to the highest level of any third quarter on record. MLS systems of Canadian real estate boards totalled 135,182 units in the third quarter of 2009, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). This is the highest level of activity on record for the period from July to September. The number of transactions was up 18 per cent from the third quarter of last year, representing the biggest year-over-year increase since early 2002. Climbing to $327,736, the national MLS® residential average price rose 11 per cent from the same quarter last year.

This information can be found on the CREA Stats website, dated today, October 15th, 2009.

http://creastats.crea.ca/natl/

Do you believe the trend will continue up?

Own a Piece of History, With this Brick 1883 Victorian Italianate Style Home In Uptown Saint John!

4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Year Built: 1883, Sq. Ft. 2500 $249,000 CDN

Live in this designed builder's home, that William N. Dewitt built for himself in 1883. in the early 1900's real estate Broker William Earl Anderson obtained the home. this fabulous architecturally designed victorian solid brick home, Italianate style with 2500sqft, walking distance for a professional family in the heart of uptown saint john. park the car and walk to irving corp offices and uptown jobs, schools, theatre, entertainment & fine city restaurants. enjoy living is a spacious victorian home with high ceilings, crown moldings, and beautiful stained glass window. other architectural elements include: irregular shaped roof-line cornice, corbel bands, sandstone sills & lintels, pressed brick, rectangular vertical sliding windows, two hexagonal bay windows, decorative entablature over the entrance with a star in the centre, large vertical transom windows above the door and a pair of wooden doors with glass panels. improvements; new private back deck w/garden, all new windows, skylights, ceramic tile & countertops, cement flooring in basement, security w/alarm system and wood stove. this price won't last!

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This past month we at Harrity Real Estate Services announced we would be joining forces with the real estate sales company Royal LePage Atlantic. Harrity Real Estate Services offers Saint John Property Management services and will enable Royal LePage Atlantic to offer a one stop shop for investors looking for real estate investments in Saint John.

Harrity Real Estate Services provides a wide variety of property management service to manage and maintain our properties, increase the rental value of each unit, and improve the overall resale value of the property. Just a few things we take care of, rent collection, tenant placement, maintenance, project management, and more (visit our site for details).

We take care of everything you can imagine and more. For more information about our Saint John property management services, please visit our website at www.harrityrealestate.ca

Please let us know if we can help!

Luther Harrity - Harrity Real Estate Services