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91 Skinners Road, Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Newfoundland, is SOLD!

03-04-10

Real Estate, St. Johns, Newfoundland R. Greg Osmond, Realtor

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91 Skinners Road Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Newfoundland is SOLD.

Announcing the sale of this beautiful single family home in Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Newfoundland. The closing is due March 11, 2010. A very nice young couple is purchasing their first home and are looking forward to getting settled in the very near future.

The vendor is delighted with the new owners and is especially happy to now have a purchase and sale agreement in place so she can complete her move to the new home she has built. She is looking forward to taking care of just one home instead of two. 91 Skinners Road SOLD. If you want your home sold, call R. Greg Osmond at 895-2500

This all came about through my online marketing system and utilizing the power the Multiple Listing Service. The home was listed on over 50 unique websites on the internet, posted to Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Greg's Real Estate Blog, and through my personal networking and corporate internal marketing efforts.

There have been over 2700 views from one website, over 78 Realtor views, over 1200 purchaser views from the MLS, over 15 on site viewings, and I have handled many phone calls and email requests.

If you would like to have your home marketed with one of the most cutting edge marketing programs today, give me a call. Its what I love to do and I would be happy to help you achieve your real estate goals too!

Remember, SOLD feels so good!

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About the Author: R. Greg Osmond is a Platinum Award winning Realtor dedicated to serving the people of St. John's, Mount Pearl, Paradise, Kilbride, Goulds, Conception Bay South (CBS), Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Torbay- Flatrock- Pouch Cove, and Logy Bay - Middle Cove - Outer Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. For over 21 years Greg has been practicing in Real Estate. He can be reached at 709-895-2500.

Want to get in touch? Email rgosmond1@gmail.com. For more information, please visit http://www.rgregosmond.com. Thinking of selling your home? I have a passion for helping my clients with buying and selling real estate! If there is any way I can be of service to you today, please feel free to contact me!

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No Time To Write and This Just Can't Be Right! Right?

03-02-10

Real Estate, St. Johns, Newfoundland R. Greg Osmond, Realtor

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There is just no time to write and this just can't be right. Right? As bloggers, we all go through periods when you just don't know what to write. You have all the time in the world to do research and think about your audience, your work, your experiences, but nothing flows from the brain to the screen.

Then there are times when you just want to write about this and that and something else but every day you are running from one task to the next with simply no time to write. Ahh! How life can be a little crazy sometimes!

You may know that I have been working on my MBA at Memorial University. I was at my Internet marketing class last evening and the topic of Blogging was being discussed. The professor made this point and it stood out from the other 399.

If you are going be a blogger, allocate a regular time. Set a time each week to write your blog. Make it an appointment that just must kept!

Ok, I have to be honest. I don't do that. I tend to write when I can. Like now, after midnight.

He suggested 1/2 hour on Monday mornings as an example. I was nodding and affirming all the way until he said 1/2 hour. What! I don't know about some of you but I don't write diddly in 1/2 hour. Each blog post usually takes me at least and hour to sometimes three!

For me, these last two weeks have been one of those crazy periods when I wanted to write but just have been driven by other pressures and have not been able to get to it. So tonight I thought I am going to write!

So here are some of the things that have kept me from doing the right thing.

I went with the family skiing in Corner Brook, Newfoundland on the weekend. Marble Mountain was fun even though the snow conditions were less than perfect.

While in Corner Brook, I received an offer on my listing at 91 Skinners Road, Portugal Cove-St. Philips. That deal is done now and looks good for closing at the end of the month.

While in Corner Brook, I wrote an offer for a couple of buyer clients who saw a beautiful home at an open house the Sunday while I was on the ski hills. Thanks to the on site web forms produced by the Real Estate Board we were able to get the deal put together using fax, cell phones, and Internet right from my hotel room. You got to love technology.

Since getting back in town on Wednesday past, I have been showing houses, completing paperwork and writing offers for two other clients.

Those two deals went together this week too.

I took one morning this week and helped my client do a home inspection on their new home.

In the mean time, I have been writing two papers for my MBA course, meeting with my group members, having an interviews with the client and generally running from one thing to the next.

Yea, I got a game of squash in today. I need to keep exercise a part of life. We all do!

Ok you get the idea. Finding time to write a blog in the last two weeks has been nearly impossible. So much for having a dedicated time to write. And just so my blog readers don't take too much offense, my Twitter feed, Linkedin networks and Facebook friends have all heard very little from me too. One day, I mean to make amends!

When I get through the next four weeks, my wife and I plan to head west to Alberta to visit our son and his wife and do a little R & R with some skiing in the mountains of Lake Louise. I can hardly wait!

In the meantime, did I mention, I love being busy?

There! This post is done! And that is all "write" with me!

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Google Street View of St. John's, Newfoundland

02-10-10

Real Estate, St. Johns, Newfoundland R. Greg Osmond, Realtor

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The Google Street view of St. John's Newfoundland will allow you to walk down Duckworth Street looking for the Thai Restaurant, check out the bars on George Street and then take a spin up to Signal Hill and have a look at the ocean.

I have posted a couple of things about St. John's previously with stills. Here are three examples. I am St. John's After The Great Fire of 1892, Some Moose Love The City Life and one of my favourites A Badge Of Honour For The Taking. All of them give you a little different perspective on the city.

But now you can have a look at the historic landmark Signal Hill almost as if you are standing right at the edge of the road. If you have never been to St. John's before, play around with this Google Street view map of St. John's. There are a few people who have been captured by the passing camera but as far as we can tell, nobody was sunbathing in nude. But don't let that stop you from checking out the views. They are great!

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Click here if you are interested in looking at homes in St. John's.

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First Anniversary of My Blogging About Real Estate in St. John's Newfoundland

02-09-10

Real Estate, St. Johns, Newfoundland R. Greg Osmond, Realtor

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Today is the first anniversary of my blogging about Real Estate in St. John's, Newfoundland. I began blogging on ActiveRain one year ago today. The last year has gone by in a flash. I have written 108 blog posts (including a couple of reblogs) with 3 of them being featured posts.

Many of them have been about St. John's, Newfoundland or some other community that I serve. I have 35 subscribers from AR and a few from outside who subscribe by RSS feed. I have gained a total of 61,248 points (I can fly anywhere ActiveRain flies). ;)

As of today, I am ranked by ActiveRain as number 1 in Newfoundland, number 1 in Avalon Region and number 1 in St. John's. I have established at least 50 new friends both on ActiveRain, Facebook and Twitter as a result of my blogging about real estate on ActiveRain.

My First Post on the blog was about Negotiating For Real Estate in St. John's Newfoundland. I still use that post as a resource to pass along to prospective buyers and sellers though I have made a few improvements along the way.

I can't tell you all I have learned about marketing on the web through blogging. I have learned about Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and sundry other great social media. I know about linkbacks, pingbacks, search engine optimization, wiggets, Wordpress and Wombits (You heard about Wombits right?).

I have networked with hundreds of real estate people all over North America through blogging. Best of all, I have grown my business as a direct result of my writing. Yet I have gained a lot more than business. It has been a real blast!

Thanks to all you ActiveRainers who have made the last year well worth spending with you. Thanks to all my clients and prospective buyers and sellers who have commented on my real estate blog both in person and sometimes in the comments at the end. I have gained knowledge, business and satisfaction from the experience so I want to take this opportunity to thank you all! Dory tells Merlin to "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming."

So where do we go from here? I hear the words of Dory the little blue forgetful fish in the movie "Finding Nemo". She encouraged her friend Merlin to "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming." Its good advice for all of us who blog about real estate.

There are so very few real estate bloggers in St. John's Newfoundland. If anyone of them is reading this and would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch. I would be glad to help you find your own voice.

My goal is to keep on blogging and grow even more so that I will be better a year from now than I am today. The key is to never stop improving and when it comes to blogging, there is lots more to learn.

If you are buyer and/or seller of real estate in St. John's or the surrounding areas in Newfoundland, I want you to receive the best information I can give to help you along the way. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch. I am happy to assist in any way I can!

To Look At Real Estate in St. John's.

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Heady Real Estate Market in St. John's Newfoundland

02-05-10

Real Estate, St. Johns, Newfoundland R. Greg Osmond, Realtor

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We have a heady real estate market in St. John’s, Newfoundland right now. Perhaps we should ask, "Is it getting a little too heady? Are buyers beginning to be too aggressive? Are consumers just resigned to the fact that prices are climbing more?"

For many years our market in St. John's was balanced and prices were advancing modestly. A two to three percent rise was the norm. Then, Newfoundland's average prices were third lowest in the country. But things are different today. Annual increases in average prices have risen by >10% in the last two years. Average prices in Newfoundland are now 5th lowest in Canada. Current listing prices are now pushing the limits. House with an upward trending graph

I have recently seen some regular single family bungalows listed and selling for over $300,000 and some rather ordinary two story homes selling in the $400,000 range. Larger homes that a couple of years ago were listed at $500,000 or $600,000, are now in the $800,000 to even a $1,000,000 range.

Are Newfoundlanders losing the value of money all together? If buyers will pay any price, sellers will keep asking for more. Why wouldn’t they. The “greater fool theory” is alive and well.

I have real concerns that when home owners begin to see interest rates rise later this year there will be an increase in financial pressure on quite a few families. In the last 21 years I have seen a sellers markets swing to buyers market on a few occasions. This market could turn back if people have to unload their homes at aggressive discounts just to avoid financial demise. Prices can fall as easily as they climbed, especially if there is little economic support for inflation.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has made borrowing for a home easy in Canada. Perhaps it is a little too easy for Newfoundland right now. Low down payment requirements and low interest rates are driving demand. The Federal Government seems unconcerned that people are spending their way out of the recession. Indeed they encourage it. But when money supply tightens, we know what can happen to real estate prices. The American market has demonstrated that very well in the last two years.

Just as the price chart trend is pushing to new highs today it can quickly fall back down when this bubble pops. While Canada's economy is in recovery mode, the real estate market in Newfoundland is riding to a new high. Perhaps it's time it took a little breather.

My advice to home buyers today is to be careful. Make sure you can afford the payments if the interest rates rise by as much as 3%. Keep your common sense about you so you don't over spend because in my view, buyer demand and market speculation are getting a little out of hand in St. John's Newfoundland.

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