Recent Blog Posts by Paul Gentile

Spring 2012

Every day there are more listings uploaded. Choices grow as Spring rolls in.

Canadian home sales stable in July

Click here to read the article. Canadian home sales stable in July

Spring is the Time to Buy

There are lots of new listings coming on the market very day.  All signs report a slow but steady increase in buyer confidence.

Worst mistakes first-time home buyers make

From DIANNE NICE Globe and Mail Update Published Sunday, Feb. 06, 2011 4:41PM EST   Last updated Monday, Feb. 07, 2011 7:18AM EST When Chris Kiskuna bought her first house in 1985, she was so anxious to close the deal quickly, she skipped the home inspection – a decision she paid for the first time she turned on the tap in the bathroom sink. “The water’s running and ...

Dress your House for 'Sale'

Check out this link for some useful information. Click here  

Preparing to Sell Your home

How To Prepare Your House For Sale By Elizabeth Weintraub, About.com Guide   Prepping and staging a house. Every seller wants her home to sell fast and bring top dollar. Does that sound good to you? Well, it's not luck that makes that happen. It's careful planning and knowing how to professionally spruce up your home that will send home buyers scurrying for their checkbooks. Here is ...

44 King Street Picton $319,900

Multi Residential solid brick home in a great part of town. Includes separate, totally renovated, 1 bedroom 1 ½ storey brick carriage house, plus a separate office/sewing room/guest house. Main home can be easily returned to a duplex for 3 income units. Features hardwood floors, old oak trim, 9 ½ ft ceilings, gas fireplace, upstairs kitchen and 2 outdoor hookups for your BBQ , New roof ...

Picton Rotary Cash Calendar - Available Now

    Picton Rotary 2011 Prize Calendar   Fund Raising Lottery          Why should I support the ‘ROTARY PRIZE CALENDAR LOTTERY’?   1)         It is a great looking calendar this year outlining all the worthwhile efforts of Picton Rotary locally and worldwide.   2)         ...

Prince Edward Lennox & Addington Home Incentive Programme

FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS Prince Edward - Lennox & Addington Social Services (PELASS) in conjunction with the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program is offering an exciting home ownership opportunity. Down payment assistance may be available for up to 5% of the maximum purchase price of $210,000 for a new or re-sale home. Residents of the Counties of Lennox & ...

Decide When to Sell

Decide When to Sell Status report - Is it a buyer’s or a seller’s market? When there are lots of people looking for homes but not many for sale, this is called a ‘seller’s market’, because the seller has something everybody wants. When there are more homes for sale and not many people buying them, this is called a “buyer’s market” because buyers have ...

How to Break 80!

There is nothing like shooting in the 70's

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Monique Michaud

Picton Rotary Concert - Tickets on sale now

The Rotary club of Picton Presents  ‘Come Together’ An evening of Live Music featuring Monique Michaud and Friends Regent Theatre, Picton Saturday June 12, 2010 7:30pm   The Rotary Club of Picton brings together local musical artists for an event to raise money for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation and One of Rotary’s many endeavours, Polio ...

Picton Rotary's 'Come Together' an Evening of Live Music

The Rotary Club of Picton brings together local musical artists for an event to raise money for The Picton Hospital Foundation and Polio Eradication  The evening features live musical entertainment featuring Monique Michaud, John and  Penny Kitchen,  The Frere Brothers, Caleb and Megan Hutton. Plus other musicians. Music from all eras and for all ages. The evening also ...

Improving Market

The Real Estate Market in Prince Edward County has been positive throughout the summer and in general the demand for real estate is high. We are again seeing a buyers market swing to a sellers market as homes, when priced competively, these homes sell reasonably quick.

Summer in Prince Edward County

Go to http://www.pec.on.ca/ to find out what is happening in Prince Edward County.

More things are happening as the weather gets warmer.

I am ready to get my golf clubs out of storage!   Before the courses open for the season the Picton Rotary Club is preparing for the 7th Rotary Wine Festival Dinner in Picton the the Crystal Palace on April 25th. Co-Chairing this event this year means that I am keeping busy co ordinating the gourmet meal and procuring auction items. Go to the Rotary web site for more details. ...