Mar 18, 2022 | BLOG, Buying, News, Real Estate Market Stats, Selling, tips
By Connie Adair -Mar 18, 20220 Multiple sellers and buyers, a lot of planning and many moving parts – the scenario may be common in industrial/commercial deals but not so much in the residential world. However, real estate agent Karen Willison of Royal LePage...
Dec 18, 2021 | BLOG, Buying, News, Real Estate Market Stats
CAROLYN IRELAND Globe and Mail TORONTO PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10, 2021 Talk of rising interest rates may create a spurt of buying in the real estate market as buyers rush to get in ahead of rate hikes. But rich prices across most of the country – combined with higher...
Nov 18, 2021 | Buying, Events, Holidays, News, Real Estate Market Stats
There’s a chill in the air and we already had our first taste of snow, are you as excited for winter as I am? With ski season just around the corner, we are now getting a bigger picture of how Real Estate performed in Southern Georgian Bay in 2021. An...
May 16, 2021 | BLOG, Buying, News
Why the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive is struggling to gain traction https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-why-the-first-time-home-buyer-incentive-is-struggling-to-gain-traction/ MATT LUNDYECONOMICS REPORTER SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS The federal...
Mar 25, 2021 | BLOG, News, Real Estate Market Stats
Highlights: A house in Ontario’s and Atlantic Canada’s recreational property markets expected to see highest price gains in 2021, rising 17%; Quebec and British Columbia recreational markets forecast to increase 15% and 13%, respectively 91% of recreational experts in...
Jan 15, 2021 | BLOG, News, Real Estate Market Stats
Royal LePage: More than half of Canada’s largest real estate markets see double-digit price growth as national home values soar 9.7% in fourth quarter Fourth quarter regional highlights: Price of detached homes continue to outpace condominiums as Canadians trade...
Dec 27, 2020 | BLOG, Community, News, Real Estate Market Stats, Selling
Home prices are increasing in Canada’s cottage country
Dec 14, 2020 | BLOG, Community, News, Real Estate Market Stats, Selling
Canadian real estate brokerage Royal LePage expects home prices to rise 5.5 per cent in 2021, building on unexpectedly strong growth this year, driven by a shortage of properties for sale and record low interest rates. Royal LePage said the aggregate price of a home...
Nov 29, 2020 | BLOG, Community, News
November 23, 2020 – The Ontario Legislature has voted unanimously to support planning for hospital redevelopments in Collingwood and Alliston. In his latest effort to keep the issue on the Legislative agenda, Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson introduced a Private Member’s...
Nov 20, 2020 | BLOG, Buying, Community, Events, Holidays, News, Real Estate Market Stats, Selling
As we experience some unseasonably warm temperatures this week, it is the perfect reflection of the red hot real estate market in our region. Southern Georgian Bay’s volume and unit sales continued to rocket onward first spiking in the summer, then a brief decline and...
Nov 10, 2020 | BLOG, Buying, News, Real Estate Market Stats, Selling
In This BBC News Article, Karen Willison weighs in on the massive sales boom in Southern Georgian Bay. The home office is a “huge factor in our exponential growth,” Willison says. Nor does she believe the trend will end once the crisis is past. “I believe 80% will...
Aug 31, 2020 | BLOG, Community, News
In an open letter to The Meaford Independent, a local resident has voiced her concerns over the proposed pumped storage plant. Read her comments here :...