Kim Clark, Sales Representative Volume 2, Issue 7
EXIT Realty Twin Bridges
Local Real Estate News
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MOVING TIPS 1 Month Before Moving Day: •Time to start packing! To make it easier, begin with the items in your home you do not use regularly. Be sure to clearly label or number your boxes to make the unpacking easier. •As you pack, make note of items of significant value (i.e. stereo systems, flat screen televisions). Depending on your insurance agreement with your moving company, you will need to declare items of value in case items are lost or damaged. •At your local postal office, fill out a change of address form with your new address. •Inform the following companies and institutions about your new address:
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A Few Days Before Moving Day
TIP: Many companies now offer the convenience of changing address information online.
•Re-confirm arrival time of your moving truck. If moving yourself, re-confirm your reservations with the truck rental company.
2 Weeks Before Moving Day •Confirm your reservations with your movers or truck rental company. •If required, cancel or transfer your newspaper delivery service. 1 Week Before Moving Day •Most of your packing should be done one week prior to moving day.
July 2012
•Prepare a detailed map and directions for your movers including a cell phone number you can be reached at on moving day.
Poetry Corner
2
Real Estate Re-Invented
2
Canadian Real Estate Report
2
Bulletin Board
3
Inspiration Corner
3
Feature Home of the Month
3
A Moment with Kim Clark and EXIT Realty
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•Pack a travel bag with the items your family may need on moving day such as tooth brushes, change of clothing, medications, hair bushes, soap, toilet paper, paper plates and cups, aspirin, etc. •If you are moving yourself, start dismantling beds and other large furniture. To read the full article, visit:
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o Banks http://www.hgtv.ca/articles/ articledetails.aspx? ContentId=1914&by=3&cat=3
o Cable and phone providers o Insurance companies o Hydro and utility companies o Credit card companies o Doctor and dentist offices
•Set aside the items of importance you wish to transport to your new home yourself (i.e. jewellery and passports). Want to find out where all the OPEN HOUSES are held in Sarnia-Lambton? VISIT: http://sarnialambtonopenhouses.ca/
CANADA DAY “QUOTES”
HAPPY CANADA DAY JULY 1, 2012
POETRY CORNER Read it… Write it… Live it...
We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mountaintop of human wealth, freedom and privilege.
I am so excited about Canadians ruling the world. John Diefenbaker
Jim Kale
If you don’t believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin’ someplace else.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.
Stompin’ Tom Connors
Pierre Burton
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CANADIAN REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION WWW.CREA.CA OTTAWA – June 15, 2012 – According to statistics[1] released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity softened in May 2012 compared to April. Highlights:
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•Home sales down 3.1% from April to May. •Actual (not seasonally adjusted) up 9% from levels in May 2011. •The year-over-year increase continues to reflect the slowdown in sales a year ago following changes to mortgage rules that came into effect in March 2011.
•The number of newly listed homes edged up 0.3% from April to May. •Easing sales activity and a small uptick in new listings resulted in a more balanced national housing market. •The national average home price edged down 0.3% on a year-over-year basis in May.
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A LITTLE INSPIRATION TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY As the sun rose, a dew drop became aware of its surroundings. There it sat on a leaf, catching the sunlight and throwing it back out. Proud of its simple beauty, it was very content. Around it were other dew drops, some on the same leaf and some on other leaves round about. The dew drop was sure that it was the best, the most special dew drop of them all. Ah, it was good to be a dew drop. The wind rose and the plant began to shake, tipping the leaf. Terror gripped the dew drop as gravity
pulled it towards the edge of the leaf, towards the unknown. Why? Why was this happening? Things were comfortable. Things were safe. Why did they have to change? Why? Why? The dew drop reached the edge of the leaf. It was terrified, certain that it would be smashed into a thousand pieces below, sure that this was the end. The day had only just begun and the end had come so quickly. It seemed so unfair. It seemed so meaningless. It tried desperately to do whatever it could to cling to the leaf, but it was no
use. Finally, it let go, surrendering to the pull of gravity. Down, down it fell. Below there seemed to be a mirror. A reflection of itself seemed to be coming up to meet the dew drop. Closer and closer they came together until finally... And then the fear transformed into deep joy as the tiny dew drop merged with the vastness that was the pond. Now the dew drop was no more, but it was not destroyed. It had become one with the whole. Written by Peter Hughes
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A Moment with Kim Clark July is now in full swing and
across the line into home-
even earned yet, towards
the new mortgage rules
ownership. This may force
credit purchases, that they
have come into effect. The
them to stay out of owner-
would be in deep trouble if
government has changed
ship until such time as
their pay cheque is de-
the maximum amortization
they can qualify under the
creased or lost completely.
rules from a 30 year, down
new restrictions.
Most Canadians are only
to a maximum of 25 years. They expect this will curb homeowners from taking on too much debt.
In my own personal opinion,
if
the government
wanted to combat consumer debt, I believe the
This is pretty much back to
credit companies should
the old rules, as many years
not be extending so much
ago, we only had maximum
credit to the public. Soci-
25 year amortizations. The
ety is promising away so
people it will affect are ones
much of their future in-
that were just slipping in
come that they haven’t
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one or two pay cheques away from financial ruin. I believe the public needs a reality
check
when
it
comes to overall finances and the overspending that most people do. We need to get back in line with the old saying, “If
you can’t
afford it—don’t buy it.”
©Copyright 2012, Kim Clark.