Recent Blog Posts by Paul Burns

Local Governance - Provincial Gov't style and McHappy Days!

Tuesday night I attended a meeting at the Riverview Lion's Center hosted by Bruce Fitch, NB Minister for Local Governance.  The Minister is touring the province speaking to groups about three areas: Property Tax and Assessment, Regional Service Delivery, and Municipalo Funding arrangements.  There was a very good turn out and the room was full. NB is still a fairly rural Province with about ...

Market improves with the weather

We have received the Moncton Board stats and, as expected, they are a big improvement over March.  Number of sales for the month is up 11% over April 2010, the dollar volume is up 17%, which has put our year-to-date numbers into the positivies (finally) at 1%.  Average saleprice is now $169,754, up 0.5% over the same time in 2010. Weather plays such a big role in our market for the first ...

So you like the snow??!!

Here are a few shots around I took around the City over the past few weeks where you can get a feeling of the snow and the fact that it can be pretty as well.  I hope you enjoy these: This is a shot of my backyard from my dining room window. There was fog on the river one Saturday morning when I took these next photos. Occasionally we will get fog on the river when the tide comes in.  ...

Olympic flame comes to Greater Moncton

It was s suitable party as over 12,000 people gathered at the new track and field stadium at U de M to welcome the Olympic flame to our area.  It had made its way over from PEI earlier in the day and went through Moncton last night. This morning it wound it's way through Riverview and headed towards Fundy Park, Sussex and on to Saint John.  My wife and I watched as the torch was passed ...

Two NB High School's drama classes going to Scotland

Here is another example of NB hitting above its weight.  Fredericton High (FHS) and Moncton High(MHS) have been selected to be among only 7 high schools in Canada to attend the International Performing Arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.  This is one of the largest such festivals in the world. I think it is so amazing that we have 2 of 7 schools chosen from Canada coming from ...

Two new listings in Riverview

I just listed two excellent properties in Riverview that are worth looking at if you are in their price ranges. The first is a sweetheart of a condo located at 126 Lakeside Dr - unit #30.  This is part of the Tara Court Development.  This one is in immaculate condition and is a pleasure to show.  It has two bedrooms, a big oak kitchen and nice size living room with patio doors and ...