Recent Blog Posts by Paulette Upshall

Heartfelt Testimonial

I asked recent seller clients of mine if they could write a short testimonial for me about my services. I'm humbled to have just received the following words.... "I hope who ever reads this testimony – will not gush at what seems a largely predudial evaluation of her talents and character. But none the less Paulette deserves what amounts to some very powerful accolades that are in lockstep with ...

Kitchen Style Opinions for 2011

I opened my Facebook this morning and read about one website's opinion on what 2011 Kitchens will resemble. Style at Home states, "The kitchen is the heart of the home. Indeed, no matter how lovely the living room, how comfortable the dining room chairs, you're sure to find a coterie of friends and family hovering around the kitchen whenever they're over. And no one can argue that having an up-to-date ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hammonds Plains Consolidated School - Home and School Association

Community Business and Shopping Event Hammonds Plains Consolidated School  Home and School Association Thursday, Nov 19th – 7 to 9pm  The Hammonds Plains Consolidated School’s Home and School association will be hosting a Community Business and Shopping Event. This event will showcase some of our area’s small businesses and is a great opportunity to start your Christmas ...

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 ...

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 ...

TELEMARKETERS NO MORE CALLING PLEASE

This long awaited list arrived today! And it's so simple to access and register! It works for home phone, mobile phone, fax, and voip numbers!! As your neighbourhood real estate agent, I'm emailing to let you know that those pesty telemarketing calls can now be requested to stop...log on to this national site to register your telephone, mobile phone, and fax numbers! Cheers to this!! There are of ...

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!

FALL REAL ESTATE MARKET 2008

As the children settle back into school and the adults return to their "normal" day-to-day activities, the Fall Real Estate Market in HRM is beginning to sizzle. NSAR states:  The number of new listings of homes for sale on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) of all real estate Boards in Canada set a new record in July 2008, according to MLS® statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate ...

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 ...

FOR SALE BY OWNERS

 For Sale By Owner Tips Need assistance in making an informed decision on whether the For Sale by Owner (FSBO) route is for you? Find out why buyer beware - applies with some FSBO homes. BUYERS: There are some very good FSBO deals out there. However, there are homes for sale by owner that are also greatly over-priced, some by $10,000-$30,000 and more. To be fair, there are also lots of real ...

FOR SALE BY OWNERS

Main Advantage of a FSBO?  REALLY!!!  Most FSBO sites say...."The main advantage of selling your real estate privately is that you will save the 5% to 7% commission costs a Realtor would charge for listing and selling your property." But do you really? Ask us why you do not actually save - that you actually lose that 5% and much more!! Main Disadvantage of a FSBO: The main disadvantage ...