On Monday, November 23, 2009 the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will arrive in Moncton.

The convoy will consist of three vehicles leading, followed by the runners and more vehicles and police cruisers.

The route is as follows:
· Begins at Wheeler Boulevard and Main Street at 5:30 p.m.
· Turns right at Vaughan Harvey
· Turns right at St. George Street
· Turns left onto Botsford Street
· Turns left onto Mountain Road
· Turns right onto Connaught Avenue/Morton Aveune
· Finishes at the Université de Moncton campus

The community celebration will take place at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships stadium under construction on the Université de Moncton campus at 6 p.m. with the flame arriving around 7 p.m.

Detailed street level maps are available on the Vancouver 2010 website (http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/olympic-torch-relay-interactive-map/)

"© VANOC/COVAN".

As I write this post on the last weekend of summer, the signs of of my favourite New Brunswick season are abundant. The leaves on the maples have started to turn, the Canada geese are starting to gather in larger flocks, the last crop of hay will soon be cut followed by the harvesting of the cow corn. Fresh catches from the sea (crab, lobster, mackerel, scallops) are widely available, and the farmer's markets are loaded with local products.

Autumn in New Brunsick is a delight to one's sense of nature in a changing season. In Autumn you will experience some warm, sunny days and some frosty nights. Even some white precipitation in late Autumn.

This is the Season You'll Fall for New Brunswick! Gotta love it.

In New Brunswick, Canada you can live the rural lifestyle and still be less than a half hour drive from an urban area. I help buyers find rural properties that fit their needs. And I maintain a website devoted exclusively to rural properties for sale in New Brunswick, Canada  - www.rural4sale.com

Buyers will find properties for sale in all price ranges like this secluded bungalow overlooking a brook and comes with 63 acres of wooded land. Find more pictures and video on www.rural4sale.com

From my perspective it's looking like this year could be a late blooming summer for residential real estate sales in the metro Moncton area. The sales to listings ratio for July was over 70% in the metro area. There are some good deals to be had by savvy home-buyers who have their own agent representing them. I represented four buyer clients in making smart buys in July.

Today I composed my Canada Day Metro Moncton Real Estate Market Report, hung out the flag, did a little weeding in my front perennial patch, and made appointments to show a couple of houses tomorrow.

Now a lot of people in the greater Moncton area are hoping the clouds that have blocked the sun all day won't release any rain tonight to spoil the fireworks . The highlight of my Canada Day will be going to an outdoor performance by a local rock 'n' rolk group at 7:30 this evening- The GTO Band .  Video to follow.

RAIN, RAIN , STAY AWAY

The total number year-to-date of residential sales within the City of Moncton reported to the GMREB is down by 28.5%. This number stands out when compared to the City of Dieppe (-8%) and the Town of Riverview (-17.5%). The overall number for the three municipalities is down 22.7%. Learn how to take advantage of the current real estate market on my blog - www.blogMoncton.com.

Because a significant percentage of residential sales in Moncton are new construction housing, I prepared a chart for existing and a chart for new.

The coast of New Brunswick along the Northumberland Strait offers the warmest seaside water temperatures in the Summer months of all the East coast beaches north of Virginia.

This seaside chalet is located in Grande-Digue, Kent County, New Brunswick - just a thirty minute drive from the Moncton International Airport and fifteen minutes from Shediac. This area of Grande-Digue is uncrowded, unspoiled and serene. Find more information and video on the web at www.GrandeDigue.info

*Update - there is now a pending sale on this seaside property. If you would like some help finding the seaside property of your dreams then please contact me about my services to Buyers.

Now that Winter has melted away the Moncton housing market should be warming up. But that is not the case so far in 2009.

Both new and existing residential unit sales reported on the Greater Moncton Real Estate Board MLS® are down. If fact residential unit sales are at the lowest year-to-date level in the last 5 years.

Also single detached and multiple new housings starts reported by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for the Moncton Census Metropolitan Area indicate lower numbers in both categories.

For the latest numbers in a larger visual format just click on the graph.

According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, single family housing starts declined in the first quarter of 2009 for all three of New Brunswick's major urban centres.

Last year single detached starts in the Moncton CMA were also the lowest in the first quarter. However by the end of 2008 single detached starts in the Moncton CMA easily surpassed starts in the Saint John CMA and the Fredericton CA. Will this scenario repeat itself in 2009? I predict it will.

(Preliminary single family detached housing starts data supplied by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)

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