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The Niagara Greek Festival!
This weekend features the Niagara Greek Festival! The festival will take place from September 7th through September 9th, in the north-end of St. Catharines, at 585 Niagara Street (corner of Linwell and Niagara). For more information, you can go to Niagara Greek...
Your Family’s Safety
My full-time investment specialist, Karl Regier, and myself help many clients purchase properties while their child(ren) attend Colleges or Universities (in our area, Niagara College and Brock University). Their children have an affordable place to stay and, at the...
Interesting…
My real age life is only 46 and my life expectancy is 81. Boy, I am healthy!! Here's a world counter for various issues: The Spirit of Now After a couple of clicks, I was led to a nifty interactive "Real Age and life Expectancy" calculator that may be of interest:...
Well Football Fans…!
Tonight is the first football game in the NFL (National Football League) between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. This blog allows me to let everyone know that I'm a devoted Buffalo Bills fan and I'm hoping, at least this year, we will be in the...
About Jim Gifford…
Jim was born and raised on a large farm near Quebec City, but lived in the Niagara Region since he turned 18. In 1970, he was employed by Canadian Tire Acceptance in Welland where he held several jobs and eventually progressed to the position of Personnel Director....
Current Mortgage Rates
In the interest of providing the most up-to-date real estate related information, we will be posting the current mortgage rates available in our area, courtesy of Paul Croteau, Mortgage Specialist with BMO Bank of Montreal. Rate Term 5-Year Fixed 5.75% 3-Year VRM...
Annual Grape & Wine Event
I have had a few clients e-mail me already looking for information regarding the Annual Grape & Wine event held in St. Catharines. It usually takes place the last 10 days of September and the parade is the last Saturday of September. This link should answer all...
Community Care Launches Food Drive 9/1/07
I found this in The Standard and thought I should let everyone know about this food drive to assist local families: Community Care Food Drive.
Old Survey Maps
A recent article that I read in the St. Catherines Standard in August 2007, was talking about the collection of old survey maps of the second Welland Canal. Over the years, I have had clients from out of town especially, ask me about the original Welland Canal. Seems...
Timothy Salisbury Attends National Conference
You might have seen this in the St. Catharines' Standard recently but, just in case you missed it, here it is again. I attended a Real Estate Conference in Arizona back in July. It was probably the best conference I've been to in over 7 years! Also, have you ever left...
“A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.”
Hi and welcome to St. Catharines Real Estate blog! I’m Timothy Salisbury and, along with my associates, Terry McCallum, Karl Regier and Sally Dollar, I look forward to sharing real estate tips, information on buying or selling a home, trends and other exciting...