If anyone is interested. Here are some random thoughts on a few things real estate and otherwise. Capital Gains on Primary Residences? This is not going to happen. I have been asked this a few times this past month. Governments want to get elected again and having 100% of homeowners against them will not […]
This Fall will be an interesting real estate market to monitor in Ottawa. I think it will be very active but prices will continue to stabilize. I am already feeling a shift. Showing activity is down and buyers are not quite as willing to pay a premium price on some listings. They are starting to […]
The Ottawa real estate market has continued to stabilize. The record rise in prices seems to be trailing off. This is welcome news for buyers. You can see this in the numbers that were released from the Ottawa Real Estate Board. Last month there were 1,312 residential properties sold, compare that to 2,183 in July […]
The talk of Ottawa the past few weeks has been the cooling real estate market. I just wanted to add some perspective on this. The market is most certainly changing but the first quarter of this year was so hot that we may never see that type of inventory shortage again in our lifetime. […]
Earlier this year my wife and I sold our home. Being a seller myself was a great learning experience. I asked my team to put me through all the systems that any client of ours would experience. I was quite happy with the way things went! Selling with kids that are homeschooling is no easy […]
The market in Ottawa right now seems to be in transition. Homes are still selling at record prices but the upward trend in prices month over month seems to be leveling out. The first quarter of this year saw unprecedented price growth. That type of rapid appreciation can happen only over a shorter period […]
It is hard to believe that Ottawa has had lockdowns in April of last year and this year! This of course is going to have an impact on real estate sales. We are an essential service and I have had very few clients suspend their search due to the lockdown measures. The market is red […]
Have you ever sold something and then had sellers remorse? What if that something was your home. It would be a tough spot to be in. Luckily sometimes in life you get a second chance to make it right. I was fortunate enough to meet Pat and Sylvie in 2016 when they relocated to Ottawa. […]
It has been so interesting observing market trends over the past few weeks. There are some homes going way more than what they should be selling for while other ones are not getting offers on their pre-arrange offer date. I think many sellers are starting to list at the higher end of the market but […]
The market has continued its red hot pace and is favored towards the seller. This seems to be how I am starting these write-ups over the past 13 months! Hard to believe considering we are one year into a pandemic. We have less than one months inventory available to buyers out there. To put it […]
