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Larry Estabrooks, Moncton Real Estate

New web site design service based in Moncton

I recommend this IT professional. Manjit Hall and her immediate family recently immigrated from England to Canada. They chose Moncton, New Brunswick as their new home. Manjit can help you with your web page design wherever you live. Have a look at Manjit's web site for her qualifications and experience:

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Take a Buyer's Agent for a Test Drive !

If you can test drive a vehicle without signing a commitment why can't you test drive the services of a Buyer's Agent when considering a housing purchase?

Well of course you can! And just like car dealers, if one Buyer's Agent won't allow you a test drive without commitment, then go to the next one.

While inspecting some properties during your test drive of the Buyer's Agent, try some questions like this.

  • If I select you and your Agency to represent me as my Agent in buying a property, what will happen if I become interested in a property where your Agency is representing the Seller?
  • If I select you and your Agency to represent me as my Agent in buying a property, will you continously act in Single Agency and undivided loyalty or could I be asked at some point to agree to Dual Agency?
  • What if I want full representation throughout the process and I tell you now that I won't ever agree to Dual Agency?
  • Will you research and disclose the complete market history of any property that interests me?
  • Will you prepare a comparative market analysis for a property I'm prepared to offer on, before I make the offer?

And even before you take the test drive you should inquire about the Buyer Aqent's experience, real estate credentials and any special skills such as construction, interior decorating or others.

The best Buyer's Agent for you is out there somewhere.

And like finding the best vehicle, consumers really should take a test drive so they aren't disappointed.

How REALTORS® Help - Do you like me now?

Last week I attended the New Brunswick Real Estate Association Annual General Meeting where Bob Linney, CREA's communications guru, delivered an outstanding presentation. One item covered the complete redesign of our Canadian Real Estate Association public web site - How REALTORS® Help - www.howrealtorshelp.ca.

Bob explained that a recent survey of Canadian consumers indicates that a youger demographic is now most likely to be buying a home in the next two years. So it was time for a website makeover to make the REALTOR® message more appealing to this younger group of potential homebuyers.

Here is a screen shot of the home page. Please have a look and feel free to comment on this post. It's a public site so if you like it you can include a link to it in your blog or home page. I'm sure Bob will appreciate comments from both sides of the border.

how realtors help

Moncton OPEN HOUSES THIS WEEK

Up to date information on OPEN HOUSES for Moncton, Dieppe, Riverview, Shediac and other areas in South-east New Brunswick is now available online.

Below is a screen shot of the web site. You can search for open houses in specific cities or towns as well as specify dates and price ranges.

Just click on the image more more information about planning your OPEN HOUSE tours.
realator.ca open house search

New Brunswick Housing Starts Lower - January 2009

Information just released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation indicate that total housing starts declined in New Brunswick's urban centres in January.

The Saint John CMA (- 24%) recorded the most total starts for January.

The Moncton CMA (- 36%) fared slightly worse than New Brunswick as a whole ( - 33%) but better than Canada as a whole (- 40%).

Fredericton (- 38%) recorded the most single family detached starts of all the urban centres.

Was it our colder than normal January or the global economic uncertainty effecting our housing starts?

As the weather and our construction season heats up, will our housing starts rebound?

Time will tell.

Total Housing Starts January (source - CMHC - 2009 preliminary)

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I'm an independent real estate agent, licensed in New Brunswick, residing in Moncton

Contact me with your real estate market questions at www.LarryEstabrooks.com