It is time once again for our monthly press release from the Kitchener Waterloo Association of Realtors. In April we have learned that sales in April were higher than they were in March! This is great news and lets us pain a positive picture, unfortunately saying that April was busier than March is like saying […]
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KITCHENER‐WATERLOO HOME SALES ‐ A SLOWER MARCH TO SPRING KITCHENER‐WATERLOO, ON (April 3, 2014) –– Residential property sales through the multiple Listing System (MLS® System) of the Kitchener‐Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR), were down 12 percent last month, compared to March 2013. There were 536 residential sales reported during the month of March, 23 percent […]
Real estate information statistics and projections are ubiquitous. It is not uncommon to read from the same source and on the same day that market activity and prices are up, down or unchanged. You can read that prices are on their way up with no end in sight or that leading economists are predicting a […]
HOMES SALES STEADY IN FEBRUARY KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (March 5, 2014) –– Residential sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) were down 4.0 percent in February compared to the same month last year and up 34 percent compared to January’s results which were hampered by extreme cold and snow. […]
JANUARY’S DEEP FREEZE SLOWS OVERALL HOME SALES CONDO SALES UP IN JANUARY KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (February 5, 2014) –– Homes sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) in January were down 5.3 percent compared to January of last year. A total of 319 residential properties were sold compared to […]
KITCHENER‐WATERLOO HOME SALES GREW IN 2013 KITCHENER‐WATERLOO, ON (January 6, 2014) –– More homes were sold in 2013 than in the previous two years, and the 6,366 residential sales processed through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener‐Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) this past year were above the 10‐year average. In a year when […]
HOME SALES DOWN IN NOVEMBER, UP ON YEAR-TO-DATE BASIS KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (December 4, 2013) –– Homes sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) in November were down 8.2 percent compared to November of last year. Residential sales have totalled 6,080 on a yearly basis which represents a 2.3 […]
October’s real estate numbers are out and the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors is reporting “Solid Sales”. This could be seen as code for not as good as last year. The number of homes sold is down slightly but our local market is still performing at a healthy level. Of course to get the full picture […]
SEPTEMBER SALES REMAIN STRONG KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (October 3, 2013) –– There were are total of 478 home sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) in September compared to 448 during the same period in 2012, an increase of 6.7 percent. Year-to-date 5,132 homes were sold, which is the highest […]
KITCHENER‐WATERLOO, ON (September 24, 2013) In the wake of news that BlackBerry will be laying off 4,500 employees worldwide, the Kitchener‐Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) has been approached by several reporters asking how this will impact Waterloo region’s real estate market. At this time, it is still unknown exactly how many local jobs will be […]
Alasdair Douglas 