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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 Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:47 PM
Battle lines are being drawn over wind turbines.......... |
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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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Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:06 AM
"Windfall" Documentary on CBC......eye opening documentary on wind turbines, and they are coming to Clearview........
Date Time
Nov 11, 2011 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Nov 12, 2011 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM |
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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:50 PM
HEADS UP CLEARVIEW - The president of the Brampton Real Estate Board examined real estate listings and sales figures for the Melancthon-Amaranth area, home to 133 turbines in what is Ontario's first and largest industrial wind farm. "Homes inside the windmill zones were selling for less and taking longer to sell than the homes outside the windmill zones," said Luxemburger. On average, from 2007 to 2010, he says properties adjacent to turbines sold for between 20 and 40 per cent less than comparable properties that were out of sight from the windmills. |
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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:04 PM
CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP - Building activity was up in Clearview in September when compared to the same period a year ago. The numbers show that Clearview issued 41 permits in September for work valued at $2.4-million. The permits brought in $46,521.In September 2010, the township issued 34 permits, representing work valued at $7.1-million. The work brought in $52,822 in permit fees.Overall this year, Clearview has issued 231 permits for work valued at $21-million, generating $281,837 in feesWrite your post here. |
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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 Monday, October 24, 2011 12:12 PM
We like to take the temperature of the market on a regular basis to be sure that we're not missing a trend.
September sales were slightly improved across the Georgian Triangle but 2011 sales are still lagging slightly behind last year.
It
remains a buyers' market. Obviously sales and listings are
ever-changing but as of today, in Clearview Township, there is an
inventory of 12.83 months. That means at the current rate of demand, it
would take more than a year for all of the homes listed for sale today
to be absorbed by the market. |
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