KITCHENER-WATERLOO REAL ESTATE BLOG
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...
How To Handle Downsizing
Moving itself always has the tendency to sound stressful, but adding downsizing to the mix can seem daunting. There are certain challenges that come with downsizing, but that doesn’t mean it has to be more stressful. By changing the way you approach downsizing and...
2019 Christmas Events In Kitchener-Waterloo
Christmas decorations are starting to appear on houses everywhere, and the snow will be falling any day now. How can you and your friends and family enjoy the holidays here in Kitchener-Waterloo? Here are a few of the many traditional events taking place locally....
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report
October Real Estate Market Report for Kitchener-Waterloo and Area There were 670 residential properties listed on MLS in October representing a 12.4% decrease vs last year. While at the end of the month there were 691 active listings: a 26.4% decrease. Supply of homes...
Choosing The Perfect Area Rug
If you’ve ever seen a perfectly styled room, you probably noticed that the area rug was used to tie the room together. Because they come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and designs, it can be overwhelming to decide what area rug is perfect for the room you are...
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Report for September 2019 We have been talking about the divergent markets in Real Estate for a while now. Homes below the $600,000 price point are selling fast and in multiple offer scenarios while homes above $600,000 are moving...