Dean Manton's (deanmanton) Blog

Is it over? How do you know when a recession is over? If you're waiting for someone to announce it from the top of the highest hill you'll probably be getting the news about 6 months too late. Just like when we heard we were in a recession, we had been in one for about 6 months. Whether we're rid...

                                                  Have you ever noticed that things never turn out as good or as bad as we imagine? I remember 6 months ago when the possibility of the big three auto-maker's going bankrupt was first being discussed. What a potential disaster! The media conjured im...

Nothing stimulates the real estate market like the arrival of spring. Now, I'm not referring to the March 21st kind of spring when you're more likely still scraping ice off your windshield than visiting the garden centre. I'm taking about the birds chirping, buds budding, perennials blooming and...

                Real Estate & I-PODS   My 3 year old daughter asked me for an I-POD recently. She obviously isn't aware that we're in the middle of "The worst recession in 50 years". Or at least that's what they're calling it now. I'm going to wait a little bit longer before I call it anything be...

There are only two kinds of real estate markets, buyer's markets and seller's markets. It's easy to sell a house in a seller's market, practically any Realtor can do it. In a buyer's market it takes skill and determination. I don't believe we are experiencing a true buyer's market (at least not y...