In our First Quarter Update which we posted in early April, I had predicted that the normal seasonal adjustment would gradually show up across most of our trading areas. To a degree, it did. But not from the normal factors that tend to cause this to happen. Normally, listing inventory increases and, as the buyers get more homes to choose from, the market begins to calm down. Simultaneous to the ...Read More

  What a first quarter in the Real Estate market. Sold over asking. Bidding wars. Bully offers. It seems it was what so many talked about or heard about. No doubt, the first 3 months of 2021 has been a wild ride. A little side note for clarity. Did you know that we had pretty much the same number of listings in the first 3 months last year? In fact, in the first 3 months of 2021, we had mo...Read More

“It’s like the wild west out there. 2017 on steroids.”   This is how I summed up the market recently when a client asked for my thoughts.   We thought 2017 was a wild start to the year. Back then, we at least had a 3 - 4 week gradual build up.  It started slowly and then, like a high-speed train, it took off. So far, 2021 has been an all-out sprint from the start. ...Read More

“Health Crisis. Not A Housing Crisis.” I heard that expression early in the pandemic. I was fascinated by the interpretation at the time. It was late March and we had entered the second week of our ‘locked-down’ reality. None of us had any concept of what was happening and what our world would become. All we knew was there was this new Coronavirus and it was changing our li...Read More

                                                         Is this really November? The leaves have fallen. The grass has begun to go dormant for the winter. Yet we are experiencing an Indian Summer like no other. I trust you are taking full advantag...Read More

   CURRENT LISTINGS Click on my picture to see me! 121 Woodroof Crescent, Aurora 3  Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Semi-Detached, 2 Storey $800,000 342 Lorne Avenue, Newmarket 4 + 1 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Detached, 4 Level Backsplit $829,000 1343 Butler Street, Innisfil 4 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms, Detached, 2 Storey  $857,700 COMING SOON! 187 Avenune Road...Read More

2019 Year in Review and What to Expect in 2020  On behalf of our entire team, I would like to extend our best wishes for an amazing 2020 ahead. The start of a New Year is always filled with such incredible optimism and reflection of the year just past. YEAR IN REVIEW  2019 was a fascinating year in most of our real estate trading areas. The downward pressure on prices continued throug...Read More

Welcome to Autumn! A chill in the air; the changing of the colours; and the countdown to Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas!! My personal favourite time of the year.   And we are pleased to update you with a positive market at this time. We are back to a normal and reasonably predictable market. Throughout most of our trading area in York Region and South Simcoe County, prices have stabi...Read More

  What a July!! For me personally, summer is a chance to hang out with family and friends, play some golf (and get in a little bit of real estate related work).  January – June is so frenetic in the Real Estate world and I look forward to the summer months to rest and recover and catch up on some missed (and sometimes neglected) relationships.   I trust you, too, are taking t...Read More

  Happy Summer. As we dip into a seasonally slower time of the year for Real Estate, I wanted to explore the lower than normal activity we are seeing in the market.   One of the things that dictates price is the inventory level and the choices that buyers have when making a purchasing decision. Numerous homes available allows the buyers to be pickier in their selection. And negatively, ...Read More