On Monday, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released its national housing statistics for the month of May—the second full month of the COVID-19 pandemic. While restrictions have begun to lift in many parts of the country, much remains uncertain about the real estate industry. Below, CREA’s Senior Economist Shaun Cathcart provides an update on […]
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Rebalanced Canadian Economy Supports Healthy Real Estate Markets Across the Country October 14, 2015 Stability in real estate market provides safe haven for savers facing volatile capital markets Sector remains a federal election priority for major parties and voters TORONTO, October 14, 2015 – In the third quarter of 2015, home prices showed moderate to […]
BUSY MONTH FOR HOME SALES IN JUNE KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (July 7, 2015) –– It’s been a busy June with 626 home sales in Kitchener-Waterloo and area though the Multiple Listing System (MLS® System) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR). This represents a 9.4% increase compared to June of 2014, and 15.8% above the 5 […]
Many Realtors will tell you that you cannot sell your home in August. Many Realtors would be wrong as shown by the 9.2% increase in sales this past August. Read the following press release from the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors. HOME SALES REMAIN STRONG IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (September 4, 2014) –– […]
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 […]
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 […]
HOMES SALES REMAIN STEADY IN AUGUST KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (September 6, 2013) –– There were are total of 512 home sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) in August, an increase of 2.8 percent compared to 498 homes sold in the same month last year. Homes sales were also up […]
KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (March 5, 2013) –– Residential sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) were down 10.5 percent compared to this month last year while the year-to-date dollar volume of sales was 8 percent above the 5-year average. A total of 445 residential properties sold last month, a […]
KW HOME SALES MAINTAIN STEADY PACE KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (February 5, 2013) –– Residential sales through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS® System) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) were down slightly in January compared to the same month last year. There were a total of 337 residential properties sold last month, a 2.3 percent decrease […]
Here is the November press release from the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Realtors. It provides a basic overview of the bulk averages across the entire board area and all price ranges. While this can be useful to measure the level of activity in any given market but is not of any use to measure value trends for […]
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