Keller Williams released our monthly This Month in Real Estate report today, and there is some terrific information in it: All around signs appear to be brighter than they were this time last year – banks are profitable, confidence is up, employment is on the upswing lately, and the housing market is moving. Ottawa’s Centre [...]
Archive | January, 2010
Few more quick stats on the ‘09 KW Real Estate Market
Following up on the recent post What happened in Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate in ‘09, here are a few more detailed statistics on residential home sales on the KW Real Estate board in 2009: The most active residential price segment were homes $200,000-$250,000, with 1794 sales Overall there was more than $1,680,000,000 (1.6+ billion) worth [...]
Check out these Open Houses in Kitchener Waterloo
Looking for a new home, or just some design ideas? Pop into these Keller Williams open houses this weekend around Kitchener Waterloo and Ayr, Ontario $460,000 ~ 211 Reed Place, Ayr ~ Sun Jan 10th 2-4pm Stunning 4000 sqft home located on cul-de-sac in exclusive section of Ayr! Open concept 5 level, 3+1 bedrooms, 4 [...]
Amalgamation talks for Kitchener & Waterloo (not pictured – Cambridge)
This morning on twitter a few of us, namely Kurt Wissent (@kwissent), Darren Shaw (@DarrenShaw), @greenspotting and I (@benjaminbach), have been discussing the recent news that talks towards amalgamation of Kitchener and Waterloo are progressing: KITCHENER — Amalgamation may be back on the local political agenda, but only for two cities. Councillors for Kitchener and [...]
What happened in Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate in ’09?
This morning we looked at the strong sales the KW Real Estate market saw in 2009, with sales up from last year and 2nd only to 2007’s record sales volume. In this video, I look at the year that was, in terms of residential sales volume, and what segments of the market saw the most [...]
2009 Kitchener Waterloo sales 2nd highest
Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market Update in 2009, there were 6467 homes sold on the Kitchener Waterloo real estate board Multiple Listing Service (MLS), which by my count is the 2nd highest annual number of sales next to 2007′s total home sales of 6509. More details and statistics to follow later today; remember, you can [...]
Stocks vs Real Estate in the US over 10 years
I saw a very interesting graphic on an American commercial real estate blog, SDHomeGuy.com It looks at the 10 year return of different stock market indexes, the Dow Jones, the S&P and the NASDAQ vs the Cash Shiller index of (US) real estate prices. If you invested in any of the three major stock [...]
