Inside Collingwood - Blue Mountain, Ontario

There has been a definite real estate trend of people buying homes closer to the downtown core.  Houses within a few blocks of shops and services tend to sell more quickly and often at much higher prices than those located farther away.  It makes sense really.  Many people have become either more...

I'd like to ask you a question about the place where you live.If I came to visit you, what would be my first impression of your town or city?  Would it make me want to live there?  What about shop or invest there?  Retire there?  It's very difficult, isn't it? In our business, I think perhaps we ...

Back in 1976, my husband and I purchased our first home which was a condominium in a high-rise building in Oakville.  Back then, condominiums were an unknown entity as they were a very new concept.  My Dad however, predicted that this was one trend he believed would really catch on and that could...

In less than a decade, the web has gone from being a novel idea for advertisers to an essential part of our economy and everyday lives.  In terms of real estate, the majority of potential buyers now come through the internet and the latest statistics say that roughly 80% of all home buyers start ...

"Ultimate Lifestyle Homes"    "Live the good life every day"     "Life as it should be!"These are some of the current slogans being used by new homes projects here in our little corner of Ontario.  They all try to encapsulate what we love about South Georgian Bay namely, the lifestyle that we are...

This small little house in Collingwood, Ontario used to be rather non-descript and easy to miss.  It sits on a small lot tucked between two larger buildings just a block off of our historic main street.  When it went up for sale a couple of years ago, most people didn't give this sorry little fel...

A few years ago, an article in Toronto Life magazine referred to the South Georgian Bay area as "Toronto's very own Hamptons."  The kind of bugged me because it suggested a possessiveness or entitlement that doesn't do justice to those of us who actually live here.  Nonetheless, it did get me thi...

The October MLS® statistics are in from the Georgian Triangle Real Estate Board and there were a few surprises.  Typically, sales numbers drop off a little after the end of August however, this year, the number of sales climbed to 200 units for the month which is up from the 168 sales posted in S...