A few things to be considered before you buy
byA recent survey by TD Canada Trust polled over a thousand women and found there are a few things they wish they had considered before…
Real Estate
The March Report
byAccording to one agent I was speaking with earlier, “the nuttiness is over”. I hope he is right. Here is my activity report for…
Word: Absorption rate
byA market’s absorption rate is one way to figure out whether a certain area is behaving for the benefit of the buyer or the…
Stats: Bungalows up nearly 9%, two-storey 14%
byLast year, the price of bungalows in Waterloo Region increased by 8.7%. Two-storey homes increased by14%. The average price of a bungalow rose to…
List: 15 movies about real estate
byI can’t help it. I like movies about real estate. Here are 15: Glengarry Glen Ross Pacific Heights The Big Short The Money Pit…
KWAR Feb stat highlights
byIn the face of lower than low inventory, and high buyer demand the number of home sales in February according to KWAR (Kitchener Waterloo…
The February Report
byFebruary is over and many home buyers will be happy about that. It was a very unusual February in Kitchener Waterloo and in our local…
Numbers: $336K in 2013 = $413K in 2017
byBig Numbers I remember when I bought my first house in Kitchener Waterloo back in 2001. It was less than $200K. I remember thinking that…
Link: 13 charts to help you make sense of Canadian real estate craziness in 2017
byI wish I had the time and knowledge to write about how we got to where we are today. I don’t. But here are…
Map: LRT route to Cambridge
byThe LRT to Cambridge route map was announced last week. Here is the map and the story.