Recent Blog Posts by Paulette Upshall

Home Owners Expo & Social

June 10, 2011; 6 to 9pm - HP Firehall & Community Centre The Hammonds Plains community, from Kingswood to Tantallon, is rich with many different people, organizations and businesses - We thought that it would be a great to get to know each other. This is a FREE expo for the members of the community and organizations within the communities in the Hammonds Plains area; or those interested in ...

Juggling Life - My First 5 Years in Real Estate

I am now 5 years into my career as a real estate agent and I'm still loving my job! As I grew up in Pasadena, Nfld in the 70s to 90s, I always appreciated the time my mother had for me and my other 3 siblings. She was a stay-at-home mom that was there for s all the time with love, support, food, and activities to fill our days. I always wanted the same for my children when I grew up! I ...

Testimonial

Our experience Selling the House with Paulette Upshall and Century 21... Paulette was our realtor for both purchasing the house in Aug 08 and selling it in Jan 10. She was upfront, unrelenting and very professional. Because realtors assist people in life altering decisions as they are involved with buying and selling probably the biggest and most important purchase of our lives, they should hold ...

Paulette Upshall joins Century 21 Team One Realty Inc.

David Yetman and Patrick Johnston, Owners of CENTURY 21 Team One Realty and Paulette Upshall, Owner of CENTURY 21 Admiral Cove Realty are pleased to announce that they have merged companies under the CENTURY 21 Team One Realty umbrella. Paulette joins the office at CENTURY 21 Team One Realty effective  February 1st as Associate Broker.    "Paulette brings with her great experience and ...

Constant Contact with Clients & Customers

Over my almost 5 years in real estate, I've been a firm believers in keeping in "constant contact" with my clients, friends, colleagues, business associates, and family. One never knows when or where the next referral will come from. Besides that, it's important to develop a relationship with each and every contact you make. Todays internet really makes this easy for us...we have Twitter, LinkedIn, ...

SPRING MARKET - DON'T MISS THE BOAT!!

Believe it or not, the SPRING MARKET has already started to grow. Many real estate agents are commenting about a rise in the number of homes on the market and the larger number of buyers than last year this time. It is anticipated that 2010 will be a better real estate year. Are you ready? Seller - you need to start planning now. Interview for a REALTOR (R), clean the home and declutter, stage ...

Century 21 Admiral Cove Realty merges with Century 21 Team One Realty Inc.

David Yetman and Patrick Johnston, Owners of CENTURY 21 Team One Realty and Paulette Upshall, Owner of CENTURY 21 Admiral Cove Realty are pleased to announce that they have merged companies under the CENTURY 21 Team One Realty umbrella. Paulette joins the office at CENTURY 21 Team One Realty effective today, February 1st as Associate Broker.  "Paulette brings with her great experience and knowledge ...

Hot month of December 2009

Typically in December, I'm in quiet prepare for Christmas mode. Not this past December! Besides taking the Broker's course and passing (yippee), I was down with a major case of the flu...it would've been nice to have down time. But that wasn't in the cards ... Instead I listed a home in Halifax for $349,900 (6410 Chebucto Road), got an offer at the 4th viewing, we offered on another home on ...

Signage

Century 21 is a classy real estate office...Gold and Black are our very distinctive colours.  We are the "Local Experts", we set "The Gold Standard", we are amazing.... Then why are we destroying ourselves with signage that looks tacky and unprofessional! Take a look at this picture of current signage being used in the HRM area....   I know that the sign itself is to Century 21 standards...but ...

HRM 2009 Fall Market

  October 2009 - the kiddies are back in school, extra-curricular activities have started up, and Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas are just around the corner.  I know that in my own household, things have started to tick at a normal speed with Taekwon-Do 3x/week, swimming 1x/week, regular homework coming in from HPCS. Believe it or not, the real estate FALL market is also in ...

Halifax (HRM) Municipal Taxation Reform

To: Mayor Peter Kelly and members of HRM Council We the Homeowner Associations of District 23 (listed below) representing approximately 25,000 residents strongly urge that HRM Council continue the process of reforming the municipal taxation structure. We support the general thrust of the Tax Reform Committee report that was presented to Council on June 17, 2009. We appreciate that change is never ...

SEPTEMBER - CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL

Well it's finally here, the day parents have been looking forward to since the kids were released from school in June... !!! RETURN TO SCHOOL DAY IN NOVA SCOTIA !!! It was my first day actually going to the bus stop and watching my two boys walk onto the bus! Wow - what a great thing to finally experience! Of course, I hoped in the car and drove the distance to the school and waited for them to ...

Sojourn Dinner Competition

Sojourn Sponsored a Golf Hole during the July 2009 Tournament.  This picture is in a competition to win a free dinner. Email    photocontest@sojourn.ca and VOTE #56!!

Steal of a Deal

Century 21 Admiral Cove Realty got steals and deals for you this April!! We have Open Houses, Extra Air Miles, and specially priced homes! Plus - it's a buyer's market - so get out there and either buy a new home or sell your present home and buy up!! It's a great time to get a larger home for a "steal of a deal!!" Call us today at 902-835-HOME (4663) - Paulette Upshall (877-8851)

Positive RBC Housing Poll!!!!

And it'a about time!! It is time to BUY!!! The markets for BUYING are awesome! " A survey of 2,026 Canadian consumers, conducted in the second week of January, found that 65 per cent of respondents believe it is a buyers' market now and 27 per cent say they intend to buy a home this year or next. "Additionally, almost half indicate it makes sense to buy a home now versus waiting until next year."  ...

First-Time Home Buyers' Tax Credit

Proposed in Federal Budget 2009 Action to Stimulate Housing Construction The Government is providing $7.8 billion to build quality housing, stimulate construction, encourage home ownership and enhance energy efficiency. Measures include a Home Renovation Tax Credit providing up to $1,350 in tax relief to an estimated 4.6 million Canadian families, up to $750 in tax relief for first-time ...

169 Abbey Road, Halliburton Hills - Upper Tantallon - Just outside of Halifax, NS

Unique contemporary home, overflowing with natural light, waiting to host your first social gathering. This spacious home screams entertainment and personal space at the same time. When you walk into the large foyer with sky lights, you will have a panoramic view of the living/dining room, abundant kitchen, and enormous family room. The main floor of this home is over 1800 sq ft and includes a full ...

420 Laurel Ridge Road, Lost Creek, Beaverbank, Nova Scotia

Scotian Homes presents 2-level, 3 bedroom home with garage in beautiful Lost Creek Village. This home features 7 year `Atlantic Home Warranty`, 1 yr `Scotian Home Warranty`, roughed in central vac , dining nook and separate dining room, front den or office, roughed-in powder room in basement, 9 x 10 rear deck, main level laundry room, side entrance to garage and walk-out from basement, energy efficient ...

GREAT TIME TO BUY!

STYLEATHOME.COM STATES "With all the doom and gloom we've been hearing lately about the softening real estate market, one important fact is being overlooked: it's a great time to buy. Housing prices in many Canadian cities are flat or actually lower than they were this time last year, houses are staying on the market longer, and the supply of available homes is increasing, making sellers more willing ...

September Flyer Ready to Go!

Our first major Flyer Marketing Attempt will commence next week in the Hammonds Plains, White Birch Hills, Maplewood, Glen Arbour, Highland Park, Westwood, Halliburton, Timberlea, Lakeside, Beechville, and Bedford areas!  Ellen Olfdford of HLC will be assisting with the sponsorship of this endeavor!  Here are the flyers!

Robert Pearce

I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Robert Pearce to the Century 21 Admiral Cove Realty office!Robert graduated from the NS real estate course in June 2008 and is happy to make our office his home!! He comes to us with a strong background in customer relations.  He can be reached at 880-5807 or via email at robert.pearce@century21.ca Welcome Robert!!

New SIGN for Century21 Admiral Cove Realty!!

Cetutry 21 Admiral Cove Realty was in need of a new sign on the busy Bedford Highway.  Thankfully, we were able to work with a great company, Cornerstone Signs & Graphics (Kevin Landry) to come up with a sign for our office. The sign below was installed last week. It has definitely increased exposure for our office!!  

Exciting Spring Market

Well the Spring Market definitely did bloom this year! We have been working with numerous buyers and we've managed to sell a couple of our listings in the past 6 weeks. When I speak with other agents, they also comment that they are "crazy busy" right now. So if you're not listed, this is the time to get the ball rolling. If you are buying, there is a large inventory on the market right now to pick ...

MLS Sats for First Quarter of 2008 - Hammonds Plains

  MLS Stats for First Quarter of 2008 - Hammonds Plains The MLS area of Hammonds Plains is quite large encompassing Kingswood, Glen Arbour, Maplewood, White Birch Hills, Highland Park, Westwood, stillwater Lake, and Halliburton Hills!It has been a good year so far for the Hammonds Plains region. Prices in Hammonds Plains have grown from an average of $269,452 in 2007 to $299,083 so far in 2008! ...

Active Rain Website

About ActiveRain   ActiveRain is a Bellevue, WA based technology/media company hybrid that operates the largest and most active social network in the real estate space. Our roots go back almost 6 years but unlike many new "real estate technology" companies we are not trying to change the business model, but rather provide the technology to augment an existing one. Over the years ...