Paul Viau

The Condos in Halifax sales for January are in. The pending condo sales ratio to active listings
have never been higher. I've tracked the data for 3 years now and it's usually below
10% . It peaked last year at 11.5 %. 41 Pending sales / 260 actives = 15.7%!

The inventory is a bit low for this time of the year, but this is unprecedented! - Data date - Feb 05/12

The MLS(R) sales for homes is fairly healthy at 254 Homes sold in HRM (Halifax
Regional Municipality) . They are up marginally over last year.

I had a look at peninsular Halifax just to see if that made a difference but
that too remained even. All data from Condos Nova Scotia Blog

The interest in condos is real and it's been affecting Halifax since Mid- October
when they announced the Irving Shipyard Contract. At first we thought it was
just a spike in the data, but on-going condo in Halifax sales seem to tell the story!

Investors are scooping up $200,000 to $300,000 condos! The interest rates
are super low. People just wanting a safe place to put their money are making
close to 10% ROI on their money. When investors get to be a certain age
they get a bit more careful with their money.

Halifax has always been slow and steady ,but always going up. The rate was always
2 - 3 % every year. This was why during the global recession that occurred in 2007
2008 we never missed a beat!

In areas like Lakeside, Spryfield etc: the returns can be even higher but there are
no condominiums in those areas.

http://condosnovascotia.ca is the property of Stages Real Estate

Paul Viau is licensed to sell real estate in the Province of Nova Scotia.
Condos in Halifax

A new feature! I got this idea from an article on blogging!
A compilation of some of the blogs direct from Condos Nova Scotia.

Halifax ,Nova Scotia is a vibrant city. recently we won a Canadian
shipbuilding contract worth 25 Billion over the next 25 years. Basically
enough jobs for 1000's of workers - with job stability to boot!

Since November 17th -when it was announced we have had a pretty
good run on the condo market . The first two Blogs - 1-Description of the Market in Jan.

2 As first reported in December

The 3rd Blog reports on 3 The Trillium - Halifax.

The 4th is Bishops Landing - 4 Halifax's own waterfront condo!

For info on Condos - This is the place to come. Condos Nova Scotia is the most visited condo
website in Nova Scotia. We currently get over 100 visitors per day! Why not contact us if your
thinking of a condo purchase in Nova Scotia. No better internet visibility for your condo as well!

Paul Viau has been licenced to sell real estate in the province of Nova Scotia for 18+ yrs.

Between photo shoots I went to Hemlock Ravine Park with Cosmo - my dog.
We had about 2hrs to kill. I never realized how big it was. It is 197-acres ! It
was home to John Wentworth, Nova Scotia's lieutenant governor in the 1780s!
There is a big heart shaped pond down at the entrance.

Trails wind through the woods for ever! It is truly a gem amugnst residential neighborhoods
and very popular condos.

It is dog a friendly park with off-leash trails. It can be quite wet .... well its a ravine park.

Here is a shot of my dog - enjoying the the trails!

The newest tool unvailed just a week ago available for Nova Scotia real estate agents.

Unveiled by Novascotiabiz's MLS(R) - Nova Scotia home photography Services.

The photo service includes full flickr services - We make it easy to show clients the photos!

It also includes a Youtube video of the property. Here is one of my clients properties.
Includes an easy link so you can post it where ever you like!

It also includes a wordpress blog on Localbiznovascotia.com of the listing highlights.

And as of last week - it includes a blog on Active rain!

Both - are highly optimized and perform well on google!

You help pick the keyword phrases.

Both blogs have links to your websites.

This is a sample photo.

600x400 ready for immediate upload to MLS(R)

Nova Scotia home photography 902-293-1113 or prviau@gmail.com

Paul Viau is licensed to sell Real Estate in the Province of Nova Scotia.

It all started in November of 2007. It was a typical busy weekend.
I had 3 clients on the go - Two out of town buyers and an unexpected
call from a client I had worked with before. It all happened Friday
evening. I went to bed with a splitting headache.

I woke up and there was some extra ringing in my ears. It was like
white noise I had heard nothing like it before. I went downstairs and tryed
to log in to the computer. I couldn't do it. I could not get my hands to
respond. All I knew was that people were counting on me, and that what -ever
was wrong with me would pass.

I rushed to the car and proceeded to my first appointment. My wife had already left
with my kids. I soon found out that I could not seem to get a word out. when I spoke
it was all garbled. I told my clients that I had a cold and was not able to speak with them
and to write down questions and I would get back to them.

By the time I got home I knew that something was majorly wrong with me .... i just had
no idea what it was. I mumbled something to my wife. And she said I looked like a ghost!
then as I sat at the computer she came over and said the right hand side of my face was droopy.
I knew then that I had a stroke because I had managed to type in droopy face. The result was stroke!
I told my wife and she nearly fainted. We had both been coming and going with the kids and my schedule was full.

Anyway - 2 weeks later. I got out of the hospital. My blood pressure had been 200/120! I was a walking
time bomb! Took me 6 months to fully recover. But in the mean time -I became right brained.

Web sites and photography were all of a sudden in the for-front. I still kept my licence but the luster
of the deal faded further and further.

Fast forward to 2011. I operate 2 condo websites. Put together they are the most visited real estate
websites in Atlantic Canada. www.condosnovascotia.com and .ca . I refer all the deals to my 2
buddies at Stages real estate.

I operate a website www.localbiznovascotia.com , I've got a photography company that takes pictures
of homes on the MLS(R).

What a transition! Who could have called it?

And my active rain - I actually started posting listings that I photo as part of my service!