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A Tale of Four Houses
It was American Thanksgiving, and I was in Phoenix doing my best to enjoy a turkey dinner whilst recovering from emergency dental surgery. In-between bites, I ended up selling a home in east Oshawa. The Sellers ended up settling a good price which helped them move to a rental and enjoy the equity their home…
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The Durham Real Estate Market is Tanking
Did I grab your attention with that headline? Headlines exist to cause a reaction, and over the past few weeks I have had 2 experiences with Agents offering on homes I had on the market for sale, where the Agent narrative mirrored was being shared in the media. The first, was with a property I…
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Real Estate Market Confusion. Bear Market? Bull Market? Beer Market? Buy? Sell? What should you do??
There is a common saying in business; “Success Leaves Clues.” What this means is that to be successful in any endeavour, rather than re-inventing the wheel, if you research successful people and businesses you can come to understand why they, in such competitive environments succeed when others did not. I joke (on a pretty regular…
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Is the Real Estate Market Cooling Down?
…or is it just winter? I returned from a Real Estate conference in Arizona on Monday. It was wonderful to be in a new area surrounded by some of the best Realtors in the USA. (I believe Wendy Starr and I were the only Canadians.) One thing we quickly came to understand was that every…
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Current Real Estate Prices in Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington. Cherry-picking the sales.
Where are we currently with pricing locally? Here is a snapshot of prices for all homes along with detached homes singled out as of Feb 22/22… 2-22-22 has a ring to it: Oshawa: All homes – $1,176,000 Detached – $1,223,000Whitby: All homes – $1,239,000 Detached – $1,567,000Clarington: All homes – $1,223,000 Detached – $1,263,000 To…
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Real Estate Predictions through a Frosty, Snow-covered window
It’s a snow day. Actually, it’s a “snowmageddon.” I am sitting at my kitchen table watching the snow float around and it looks beautiful. Until you go outside, then you realize how challenging the conditions make for moving around. This can be likened to our Real Estate market. Buyers look online at beautifully staged homes…
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Predictions for the 2022 Durham Real Estate Market
The Christmas trees are down, the New Years’ Eve noisemakers are put away for another year and the numbers are showing how Real Estate finished 2021. 2021 was a year that took everyone by surprise. Beginning with a lockdown, more lockdowns, a new variant that seems to be sweeping across our country to a banner…
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