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Earlier today RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada released its Housing Market Outlook Report for 2009. The RE/MAX Housing Market Outlook for 2009 examined residential real estate trends in 22 markets across the country and found that average price held up remarkably well in 2008, despite 13 centres r...
12/11/2008
Inspecting your home on a regular basis and following good maintenance practices is the best way to protect your investment in your home. Whether you take care of a few tasks at a time or several all at once, it is important to get into the habit of doing them. Establish a routine for yourself an...
12/11/2008
The number of residential sales for the cities of Kitchener - Waterloo dipped to pre-2005 values for the month of October while average sale prices held steady at $261,948.Today the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Board released it's October market results. Download the entire Media Release by cli...
12/11/2008
Every few years when the province re-assesses our properties the newspapers fill up with a lot of hullabaloo about increasing property taxes.  The past couple of weeks when we received our new assessment notices in the mail was no exception.  The notices reflected an increase in our property valu...
10/16/2008
The average sale price of all residential properties sold in Kitchener-Waterloo and area held steady at almost $266,000, down only slightly from last month's average of $267,500 and up from last year's overall average of nearly $248,900. Industry experts from RE/MAX and CMHC predicted average pri...
09/11/2008
Sales of residential properties in Kitchener-Waterloo and area rebounded last month, more than matching July 2007 results. There were 657 home sales last month, surpassing July 2007 results by two sales. All price categories above $225,000 experienced double-digit sales increases last month, whi...
08/14/2008
I attended a presentation this morning by a Market Analyst from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation entitled 2008 Housing Market Outlook. I just thought I'd summarize the highlights from my notes. I apologize that I didn't keep track of the exact numbers, but the main points are bulleted belo...
03/17/2008
Well, 2008 is off to a great start! Sales of residential properties in Kitchener-Waterloo and area last month mirrored January 2007 results, positioning the local real estate market for another strong sales year. There were a total of 381 residential sales last month recorded on the MLS® system o...
02/09/2008
A hot topic of discussion here in the great white north is, "what's going on with the market and are we in for what they're experiencing down south?" Well there are a few fundamental differences between us and them, and no - it's not that we say "eh" at the end of every sentence, watch a lot of h...
01/10/2008
The 6,808 homes sold in Kitchener-Waterloo and area last year set a new record for total annual sales in the history of the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board.  Last year's results were the continuation of a steady climb in sales since 1990 (3,501 total sales). Dollar volume of all residential ...
01/09/2008
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