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Larry Culham: Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 4:34 PM
An up-tick in first quarter real estate activity in the Georgian Triangle is
especially good news for people selling homes under $400,000.
Million-dollar homes aren’t moving so much anymore but the Average Joe, or
Jill, is seeing increased sales activity in the homes they can afford.
That isn’t necessarily an indicator of higher prices.
The number of houses sold is up but in many cases the average sale price is
variable.
In Clearview Township
(including Stayner) the average sale price of 71 residential homes sold in the
first quarter was down about 10 per cent. |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:45 AM
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Larry: Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:11 PM
We've been trying to preach the gospel of local market knowledge and here's the best illustration I can find today.
The Globe and Mail is reporting today ("Canadian home sales top expectations") that Canadian Real Estate statistics the show Third Quarter 2011 real estate sales are up 1.4 per cent from 2010, October sales were at the highest level since January 2011 and the national average price is up 5.5 per cent from Oct. 2010.
That's just not the case in Meaford, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach and Stayner/Clearview. |
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Larry: Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 11:54 AM
Okay, this note is for the techies out there who also happen to be looking at real estate.
The Realtor.ca website -- yes that's the marquis site for professional real estate in Canada -- is now offering a mobile real estate app for iPhone, Blackberry and Windows 7 and (soon) Android phones. And yes it's free thanks to your Realtors across the country.
So you can search the Collingwood, Meaford, Wasaga and Stayner areas for properties that fit your criteria
In combination with your Blackberry, for example, you can use the handheld's built-in GPS, get up-to-date |
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Larry: Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:55 AM
It's not all bad news in the Canadian economy.
Some of the fundamentals set us apart from a number of other countries.
Here are some interesting points about the Canadian housing market.
Did you know that 70 per cent of Canadians are homeowners and that rate of ownership is the highest in the world.
And furthermore, 40 per cent of Canadian homes are owned free and clear of a mortgage.
Half of the homes purchased in Canada in the last two years have been purchased by first-time buyers.
And that's largely due to the fact that interest rates haven't been this low in 63 years! |
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Larry: Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:17 PM
Your home is typically your biggest investment and a 45 minute job early in the fall could prevent thousands of dollars in water damage over the winter. Now that wind has taken most of the leaves from the trees it's time to climb up and clear out your home's gutters. Keeping the eavestrough open maintains the drainage system that takes rainfall and snow melt off the roof and directs it away from the foundation of your home. A back-up of leaves or pine needles could lead to a costly back-up which, combined with ice-dams along the eaves, could send water inside along the roofline or down into the foundation. |
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Larry : Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011 1:19 PM
Marketing sales pitch in Stayner From time to time there are sales efforts to our members by out-of-town firms with aggressive sales approaches.
Many of you will have experienced with this type of service.
This is simply to advise that a Chamber member notified us this week that they consented to a sales call based on what they were told was a referral from another Chamber member.
There was no referral and the salesperson appeared to be using "name-cropping" to get a foot in the door.
If you are approached in such a manner, we would recommend that you take the time to place a call to the referring company and see if they actually did recommend that you be contacted. |
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Larry Culham: Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:51 PM
I don't need to tell you that continuing education is a part of staying on top in the real estate industry and Tamara and I are investing a great deal of time and effort there.
Wednesday I spend the day at a trades and technology conference for Realtors from Stayner to Meaford, Wasaga Beach to Mulmur.
Going in to the event I would have bet my lunch -- and a really nice one it was -- that technology would fail. Sure enough, I called it. The sound didn't work on the video clips in the first workshop. |
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