Real Estate – Miranda O'Sullivan

April 2021 Statistics

Following last month’s record-smashing number of home sales, the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) posted the second-highest number of monthly home sales in April. There were 843 residential homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service®...

TINY HOMES IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO

It’s official – the tiny homes movement will soon be coming to a neighbourhood near you. Just this week, Kitchener City Council unanimously approved a motion to allow additional dwelling units to be constructed on qualifying...

COMMUNITY PROFILE: STRATFORD, ONTARIO

For this week’s final post, we’re moving a little farther away from Waterloo Region and our previous community profile on New Hamburg. Perth County is our immediate neighbour to the west and composes one of...

COMMUNITY PROFILE: PARIS, ONTARIO

In February, a short article outlined the dynamics which are causing smaller-market towns all over Southwestern Ontario to experience a surge in buyer interest and new home construction. As a quick recap, there are two primary forces...

COMMUNITY PROFILE: NEW HAMBURG, ONTARIO

Earlier this week, we got underway with the first of what will be an ongoing series of short community profiles about some of the smaller real estate markets which surround the Kitchener-Waterloo area. As prices...

COMMUNITY PROFILE: ELORA, ONTARIO

Today, I’ll be picking up where I left off with the next part in a continuing series of community profiles – highlighting some of the smaller towns and cities which surround the major real estate...

17 years as Your Real Estate Resource!

April 15th marked 17 YEARS as “Your Real Estate Resource” for the Waterloo Region and surrounding areas! I’ve had the pleasure of working with so many amazing clients over my career (many whom have become...

COMMUNITY PROFILE: ELMIRA⁠, ONTARIO

⁠Keeping within the borders of Waterloo Region for this week’s community profile, we’ll be looking at Elmira, Ontario. Set only 20 minutes north of Uptown Waterloo (and an even shorter drive from the attractions of...

CANADIAN REGULATORS MOVE TO STREGTHEN MORTGAGE STRESS-TEST

Inflation and real estate aren’t two things we often see mentioned in the same sentence. Our notice of the effects of inflation is usually limited to everyday purchases – food, clothing, gas or other household...

March 2021 Real Estate Market Update

Highlights: Average sale price up over 30% since March 2020, but the pace of month-to-month increase has come back down to Earth: only 1.5% since last month. Average sale price of single detached is actually...