Hants Realty Limited
736 Nova Scotia Trunk 2 B2S 1E9 Elmsdale, NS, Canada

$259,900 MLS 71 Little Liscombe Road This home looks out over your secluded access to Nova Scotia’s Atlantic Ocean. Restore the wharf across the road to dock ...your boat. The spacious 2 bay garage has a 2pce bath and office. 10 minutes to historic Sherbrooke village with most amenities. Just a nice little affordable retirement home on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Call Larry 1-902-483-0754 or email [email protected] Hants Realty Limited https://www.hantsrealty.com//8639278-MLS-202106041-na-71-L

$299,900 MLS 176 Highway 277 Lantz. Fully rented bringing in $1950 per month. Solid brick bungalow with basement apartment. Municipal water and sewer. Call Larry 1-902-483-0754 Hants Realty Limited www.hantsrealty.com

$229,900 MLS Attention entrepreneurs ! Here’s your ground floor shop with nice apartment to live in or rent out. Located across from Canada’s oldest general store in historic Maitland. Call Larry 1-902-483-0754 Hants Realty Limited www.hantsrealty.com

https://www.zillow.com//ccdd0be3-b9bd-49eb-bdd8-36ff6a66/ New Listing $179,900 MLS 8877 Highway 215 Maitland take the tour.

Meet our Team of licensed professionals Larry Matthews 1-902-483-0754 Matthew Ward 1-902-305-7126 Patti Adams 1-902-999- 3067... Doug Glaser 1-902-880-2891 Bo Wambolt 1-902-751-0797 Natasha Head 1-902-223-0584 Colin Castle 1-902-789-3446 Jenny Yorkston-White 1-902-750-1377 Martina Ward 1-902- 920-5601 www.hantsrealty.com Hants Realty Limited Serving Nova Scotiians For over 40 years. Real Estate- Mortgages- Appraisals- Business Brokerage 1-866-584-1444 email [email protected]

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I wrote this article December 2nd 2020. Now it's Feb 18th 2021. Read the article first then this update. Nova Scotia Real Estate 2021 First Two Months. AS we al...l know the pandemic is still with us. Here in Nova Scotia we have done better than most and our real estate market has continued to break records. Inventory levels are the lowest on record. What that means if you are house hunting is that you may not be able to find anything and if you do there could very well be competing offers with a sale price over asking. Personally in 2020 I closed 100 ends and our company Hants Realty Limited had one of the best years in our 43 year history. That pace has continued into 2021. January and February I'm personally at 43 ends. (Note in the real estate industry there are buying ends and selling ends. When we sell our own listing it's called a double ender because we get paid for both ends.) In short it's a great time to sell a house but hard to buy. I just firmed up a sale for buyer clients that I worked with for 6 months on 5 offers we were out bid on finally getting the 6th house we bid on. In the middle of all this our appraisal division completed over 250 appraisals in 2020 and 2021 has been just as busy. So why did this apparent real estate boom happen in the middle of a pandemic ? Here's why 1. We were due. In 2008 the real estate market tanked and for the next 10 years buyers were scarce to the point I remember I had over 100 listings and listings that took 7-8 years to sell. It was a 10 year buyers market. Prices did not go up much due to lack of demand. In 2019 it started to turn around. 2020 was just the turning point. 2. Although demand was limited and prices didn't rise much building costs including land, material and labor went up which wasn't reflected in the market. Again a correction was coming. 3. The lowest interest rates in my memory made home ownership more affordable than renting. 4. Nova Scotia gained world wide attention for how Covid 19 was handled and the pandemic sped up technology where remote working became acceptable to many employers so there was a movement to Nova Scotia as a good and safe place to live and work from home. 5. Many apartment dwellers were isolated at home with time to decide they wanted to move from the city and made the effort to move outside the city. (Note It takes time to get pre approved and buy a house suddenly people had time.) 6. Because of Covid 19 many people didn't list and the supply of homes for sale began to dwindle. 7. Technology again had it's impact as most good agents have their buyer customers set up to receive listings via the collaboration center so that the buyers all get the information at the same time creating competitive bidding something we didn't have before technology. So the big question ! Will it continue ? This sellers market ? I believe so certainly for a while. Eventually the economic impact of the pandemic and higher interest rates will come but it will take a lot of homes coming on the market to bring supply back to normal and with the increase of people moving to Nova Scotia I think it will be some time before we see a buyer's market again. Time will Tell Larry See more

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Down Sizing When do we do it? When to down size ? It doesn’t matter where you live the pandemic has had an impact on your life. Many of us have seen our retir...ement plans disrupted and have put off selling our homes and down sizing. In our area the past year has been great for home sellers and being able to sell has enabled many of my clients to move on with their plans . There’s nothing more frustrating than being ready to make a change but unable to sell your house. I’m concerned this sellers market maybe derailed by the economic consequences of Covid. My advice ? Sell your home now while you can and are able to get a good price. I do see a recession just around the corner and you might be sorry you didn’t act now. Thanks Stay Safe Larry PS Call me if I can help See more

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www.hantsrealty.com Take the time to read this John Whidden and W Junior Sanford were both teachers who worked for our firm. They were two of the finest men I e...ver met. This story reminded me of them. As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers. At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise. Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around.." His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle." His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken." Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class." By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper That he got from a grocery bag Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume.. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to." After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.." A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling* her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life. Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life. Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD. The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together. They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for* believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference." Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you." (For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.) Warm someone's heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every time I read it. Just try to make a difference in someone's life today? tomorrow? Just "do it". Random acts of kindness, I think they call it? "Believe in Angels, then return the favor."

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Real Estate Stories They contacted me from Toronto doing a survey on business brokers. I sent them the information they requested and we were ranked in the ...top 25 business brokers in Canada. I remember 45 years ago when Bill Lawrence called me to sell his garage in Rawdon. We were discussing the terms of the deal on the phone when Bill said Don’t say another word Surprised I asked why? Bill said so and so listens in on this line all the time! Before I could respond we heard I Do Not ! Followed by a loud click as the receiver was slammed down Bill just said Told you! My next business deal Reg Hingley called me asking are you the guy putting up all those real estate signs I see ? When I replied I was he said Well I have a dance hall in Birch Hill I want you to sell Long storey short I sold it to my ball coach. A week before it was supposed to close he called me up and said I can’t go through with this sale! When I asked why he said I’m scared to death! Those big farmers will kill me! I solved the problem by agreeing to be the bouncer for the first 6 months after he bought it Another Real Estate Story Stay Safe Larry See more

$119,900City: Byers Lake Postal Code: B0K1V0Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 1 Old Debert Road 20 minutes from Ski Wentworth. This 12 year old cottage is off grid on a gov...ernment road. 2 BRs with loft and open concept, spring on site, propane lights, wired for generator, composit toilet and outhouse, shed. One acre lot with stream. Ideal year round weekend retreat. Contact Larry 1-902-483-0754 or email [email protected] Hants Realty Limited See more

RED SKELTON'S RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE 1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship. She goes on ...Tuesdays, I go on Fridays. 2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California and mine is in Texas. 3. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back. 4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen. 5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops. 6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. She said "There are too many gadgets, and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair. 7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was. She told me, "In the lake." 8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off. 9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said, "No, jump in!". 10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce. 11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was 'Always'. 12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her. 13. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?" I said, "Dust!". Can't you just hear him say all of these? I love it. These were the good old days when humor didn't have to start with a four letter word. It was just clean and simple fun. And he always ended his programs with the words, "And May God Bless" with a big smile on his face.