KITCHENER-WATERLOO REAL ESTATE BLOG
While You Are Home, Why Not Increase The Value Of Your Home!
While you are at home, why not increase the value of your home. Small improvements can really pay off! Curb Appeal Counts Curb appeal is one of the easiest and most effective ways to create a lasting impression of your property. It will impact both your home's...
Working From Home: Productivity Tips
Although I work from home regularly, this is a new experience for many. Here are some tips to help you stay organized and productive during this time. # 1 - Get ready for work Some may disagree with me, but i cannot feel fully productive in my day without...
COVID-19 AND THE IMPACT ON THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO REAL ESTATE MARKET
KW Real Estate Market – insight into its current state with Covid-19 We are all experiencing anxiety because of the current state of the World. Fighting something invisible with potentially deadly consequences is something a lot of us only could imagine through...
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report- February 2020
I apologize for the delayed report! Here's the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report for February! At the end of February there were just 447 Active Residential listings on MLS in Kitchener-Waterloo: a 39.4% decrease compared to the end of...
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report – January 2020
Active Listings Down 63.7% compared to 10-year Average. 392 active Residential Listings at the end of January. Down 38.7% vs last year and down a whopping 63.7% compared to the 10-year average! “Hello? houses for sale – are you there?”. Inventory is so low right now,...
Keeping Your Personal Items Safe While Your Home Is For Sale
Tips For Keeping Your Personal Items Safe While Your Home Is For Sale When preparing to put your house on the market, usually your main concern is making your home look as appealing as possible. Cleaning every corner, fixing what needs fixed, and making sure it is a...
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report For 2019
$3.1 Billion of Residential Sales in 2019 It was a year that was supposed to be slow. There was to be a Real Estate correction. There was fear – I was cautious and worried. But instead we bought and sold 10.9% more residential Real Estate than the year before:...
Long Distance House Hunting
Regular house-hunting isn't always easy, but adding distance into the mix can present challenges you don't have when looking a few neighborhoods over for a new home. While it may not be a walk in the park to buy a home from far away, it is possible. If you find a...
What You Need To Know For Winter House Hunting
While house hunting in the winter was never really a thing of the past, today’s culture keeps things going year-round - which means finding a home can be done at any time of the year. While exploring in the cold might be your focus or concern, house-hunting in...
Waterloo Region Luxury Real Estate Update
In the last 365 days there were 6949 reported closed residential sales through the MLS for Waterloo Region. The luxury home market in Waterloo Region – homes valued over $1,000,000 – saw 123 closed deals in that same time. The Luxury market in the Region is a niche...
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report for November 2019 18.7% - yes, that is a huge number. That is the price increase we just experienced in November compared to November 2018. The average price of residential homes sold just popped to $566,866. That’s...
The Do’s + Don’ts of Listing Photos
When you’re preparing to put your house on the market, you are probably already aware that most of the first impressions made on potential buyers will be via your listing photos. It is important to take the time and make sure that the photos taken will attract those...