About Saint John County, NB

I originally was googling another local agent's website, when i came across the ActiveRain Network, and I looked it over. Here's my reasoning for joining ActiveRain on March 29th, 2008 and why I'm still in it.

1st reason, To join it was FREE, and as a "New" REALTOR, anything free was great in my book.

2nd reason, I had to enter a profile, of myself, which to this point, hadn't thought of it as a REALTOR.

3rd reason, I had to create blogs and give my opinions, and since I had many too give, I loved it!

4th reason, I absolutely loved the fact, that I could LEARN NEW SKILLS, on my own time.

5th reason, I learned how to create my website, give it personality, add widgets that I thought were

relative to my blog, create links, and learn much more HTML code.

6th reason, Which I think is one of my BEST REASON, I've gained some WORLDLY FRIENDS, and a few

enemies (that help me reason better). ;>)

Now, since I've hit the 20,000 point plateau, I now feel like a true blogger! What should I do now???

I think I'm going to work on taking more local photos and then creating short videos, to display my love of the Saint John and the other local communities of New Brunswick, Canada. I've really adopted this community and would love to display it to other people around the world. So please be patient with any "bad looking" photos I might take, and I'll be accepting any "constructive criticizm" that will help me create better photos.

So, till next time, when I hit my 30,000 points!!! LOL

;>)

The fast moving market of Saint John, New Brunswick has slowed down a bit for the last few weeks of August. Most people are trying to squeeze in as much as they can these last few weeks of summer, including back to school shopping.

The Saint John market is clearly still in a sellers market, with the low listing inventory we have right now. This has significantly lowered the average time on market, and many homes are selling as soon as they come on the market.

Due to such low inventory, it's important that buyers move quickly once they decide to make a move. It's important that they sign up to recieve listings in their email so they can get a one up on their competition. It's also extremely important that as a buyer, you have an agent that answers their phone when you call and is ready to move along with you.

I anticipate that the market will pick up this fall once kids are back in school and more listings are available.

Last but not least, 100% financing is almost gone! If you are depending on 100% financing, now is the time to make your move. If you miss the boat, please contact your mortgage specialist to find out what your options are.

If you're thinking about making a move, or need to talk to a mortgage specialist don't hesitate to contact me and I'll make sure you're in good hands, no matter where you're located.

Thanks for reading, and have a great time before fall is here.

Luther Harrity

Royal LePage Atlantic

1-866-593-7446

www.sellwithme.ca

With a recent Telegraph Journal (local Saint John newspaper) article for Tuesday, August 5, 2008 and in the Business section; the article indicated that currenting the New Brunswick tourist marketing campaign was "GENERIC, LACKING and UNSUCCESSFUL."

This area is becoming the Atlantic Canada's "ENERGY HUB" and growing rapidly.

With 102,000 members in the world of ActiveRain and growing in numbers daily, I wanted the rest of the world to be aware of the Saint John, New Brunswick area. Well, after realizing that CANADA had 28 regional markets and none for Saint John or New Brunswick, I finally created the first GROUP.

I thought a symbol would be more effective than a photo, due to my creativity. I began by using WordArt to create the letters, the lightening bolt was a Microsoft image, which I stacked on top of each other. Then, I joined them together as one object, pasted the object in Visio, where I saved it as a .gif file.

This group is for anyone in the Saint John Real Estate business (ex: brokers, Realtors®, bankers, mortgage specialists, trainers, home stagers, media, appraisers, inspectors) and any energy personnel to meet, exchange thoughts and ideas, create effective strategies, discuss economics, network for referrals and discuss anything about Saint John and its surrounding communities.

I encourage all of you in the ActiveRain network to contribute your thoughts, ideas and lessons learned, so that WE can build a stronger, diverse Saint John!

By the way, this was fun creating....

The address is:

"http://activerain.com/groups/saintjohnenergizers"

;>)

Elton John is here for 2 nights, in two cities, in New Brunswick.

On September 28, 2008, Elton John will play at the Moncton Coliseum, in Moncton, NB, beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Then two days later:

On September 30, 2008, Elton John will play at the Harbour Station, in Saint John, NB, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

TICKETS: Costs between $95.50 - $149.50 + service charges

CONTACT: Moncton: Tel # (506) 857-4100 or

Online: www.monctoncoliseum.com or www.geg.ca

Saint John: Tel # (506) 657-1234 or 1-800-267-2800

Online: www.harbourstation.com

*** There is a maximum limit of 4 tickets that you can buy.

Look out Baby Boomers, their offsprings, their offsprings offsprings, ENJOY AN EVENING WITH ELTON JOHN....

Every Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 (June 19-Aug 28 2008), the town of Quispamsis hosts Markey Medley at the Arts and Cultural park (located next to Town Hall).

Market medley is a free for all event to view and purchase works by local artisans, crafters, bakers, as well as try some great food cooked on site. All this while enjoying the sounds of local musicians.

If the sun is out, be sure to drop by to see works of art by my fiance Tracy Ann Gavin along with all the other great work! I’m usually out there as well, so stop by and say hello!

For more information visit www.quispamsis.ca and click on "Calendar of Events".

-Luther Harrity