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July Real Estate Stats for Ottawa

Price improvements happening in Ottawa! If you’re thinking about buying – make sure you get your rate LOCKED IN TODAY and lets get active! If you’re thinking of selling – I’ll get your home sold with my VERIFIED LISTING PROGRAM! Pricing is currently sitting at 2021 levels – down from this years peak…

June Ottawa Real Estate Stats Are In!

Average sale price definitely up from last year but down apx 60k from earlier this year. Call to discuss your situation – so many opportunities for buyers and sellers in Ottawa! Interest rates set to go up tomorrow so LOCK IN those rates…

Ottawa Real Estate Settling Back into a normal August

OTTAWA, September 3, 2021 – Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,572 residential properties in August through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® System, compared with 2,006 in August 2020, a decrease of 22 per cent. August’s sales included 1,175 in the residential-property class, down 25 per cent from a year ago, and 397 in the condominium-property category, a decrease…

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Top Home Cleaning Hacks!

When you go to the store there’s no shortage of cleaning products lining the shelves. From scent-free toilet cleaner to specific sprays to clean stainless steel appliances, it can sometimes feel like we’re spending more money on cleaning our homes than decorating them! If only there was a way to clean our homes using household…

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Pent-up Buyer Demand Drives January’s Resale Market

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 964 residential properties in January through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® System, compared with 778 in January 2020, an increase of 24 per cent. January’s sales included 674 in the residential-property class, up 21 percent from a year ago, and 290 in the condominium-property category, an increase…

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Ottawa Up Apx 20% through 2020 – 2021 Expected to be STRONG

OTTAWA, January 6, 2021 – Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board (OREB) sold 1,002 residential properties in December through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® System, compared with 757 in December 2019, an increase of 32.4 per cent. December’s sales included 710 in the residential property class, up 33.7 per cent from a year ago, and…

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CMHC Tightening Real Estate Lending Guidelines – Others NOT following suit!

*Canadians of all stripes were blindsided on June 4, when the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation suddenly revised certain key underwriting guidelines. The story got a little more interesting on Monday, when CMHC’s competitors in the mortgage insurance space, Genworth Canada and Canada Guaranty, both announced they would not be following suit. “Genworth Canada believes that its risk management…

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No change to Bank of Canada key rate

  The Bank of Canada announced today that it is keeping its benchmark rate unchanged despite a weaker economy in the fourth quarter of last year and expectations that growth in the near term will be weaker. Should the recent slowdown in growth be more persistent than forecast, we may see a rate cut. In…

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