barrie listings: Latest Barrie Real Estate Market Statistics from BDAR
- 03/12/13 08:40 AM
Barrie & District February RE Market Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 294 units in February 2013. While this stood roughly in line with both the five and 10-year averages for February sales in the region, it nevertheless resulted in a sizeable (-21 per cent) year-over-year decline due to the strength of activity in the same month last year Within the City of Barrie sales activity fell 19 per cent from a year earlier. The City of Barrie saw 197 residential sales in February. While buyer activity (0 comments)
barrie listings: Barrie and area home sales were up in August
- 09/12/12 04:18 AM
Home sales edge up in August Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 406 units in August 2012, edging up one per cent from year-ago levels. This was the eighth consecutive year-over-year gain.Within the city of Barrie, sales activity recorded a decrease of three per cent from a year earlier. The city of Barrie saw 261 residential sales in August.“Home sales saw their best month of August in five years last month, driven by stronger activity in some of the surrounding communities outside of Barrie,” said Walter Doret, President (0 comments)
barrie listings: July Real Estate numbers still up over last year's in Barrie area
- 08/03/12 02:20 AM
Home sales up in July Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 418 units in July 2012, up 10 per cent from the same month last year. This was the seventh consecutive year-over-year gain.
Within the city of Barrie, sales activity recorded an increase on par with the overall region. The city of Barrie saw 255 residential sales in July, also 10 per cent above levels from July 2011.
“Resale housing demand moderated a bit in July compared to levels in recent months, but remains well above (0 comments)
barrie listings: Barrie area Home sales numbers continue to climb in June
- 07/06/12 04:15 AM
Home sales numbers continue to climb in June Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 516 units in June, up three per cent from year-ago levels. Within the city of Barrie, sales activity was up by more than the overall trend for the region. The city of Barrie saw 314 residential sales in June, five per cent above levels from June 2011. “Resale housing demand recorded another strong month in June 2012, although the year-over-year gain was considerably more modest than the 21 per cent jump we saw in (0 comments)
barrie listings: Barrie offers twice the bang for half the buck to home buyers over the GTA
- 04/20/12 12:48 AM
The Barrie area spring real estate market is different from last year's yet again. April and May are traditionally the busiest months of the year for new listings and buyer activity. This year is busier to date than last year which was also slower at this point than the previous year. Last years market got off to a late start where as this year, the buyers started out early. This year the demand for housing dramatically increased in February at record levels in a month when traditionally most Realtors have yet to see their own shadows. March and April so far has (0 comments)
AFFORDABLE HOME IN BARRIE'S EVOLVING DOWNTOWN CORE. WALK TO LAKE, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, LIBRARY, THEATERS. COVERED FRONT PORCH, BASEMENT WALK OUT TO DEEP YARD WITH MATURE TREES, LARGE KITCHEN, LOFTED CEILINGS. NEW ROOF IN 04, NEW FURNACE IN 09. WITH SOME ATTENTION FROM A CREATIVE BUYER THIS PLACE COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO A CONTEMPORARY RESIDENCE WITHIN BARRIE'S LEGAL DISTRICT. INVESTORS TAKE NOTE.List price: $165000Taxes $13852 bedrooms160 ft deep lotBarrie's downtown has some significant projects in the works and also being proposed that will see it continue to evolve into a happening place. Among the may (0 comments)
It was pretty much taken for granted in the first eight or so of my eleven years as a Realtor, that on any given weekend there would be hundreds of excited home buyers coming up from the Greater Toronto Area to take advantage of the lower priced homes they had heard about in our market. Many over that time would come up and (0 comments)
Even though Rascal and I have enjoyed some good one on one time during the Sunday open houses we have spent together, the conversations have grown repetitive and we have run out of things to talk about. I sense that he is getting impatient and is ready to move.
His owners just installed bamboo hardwood flooring in the family, living-room and dining room replacing the hunter green carpeting that might have been the deal breaker for some who toured this Kingswood Estates two story three bedroom home prior to this upgrade. This change has made a world of difference (5 comments)
For as long as I have been a Realtor in Barrie Ontario there has been a pattern to real estate activity year after year that for the most part remains unchanged. Around about the middle of March, once we have had two or three days in a row of above freezing temperatures and the previous few months of accumulated snow banks appear to be shrinking, that's when it happens. A natural phenomenon that tells geese and robbins to head north, and people to plan for a move. Home owners start purging their stuff for goodwill and garage sales and can be spotted Saturday mornings at (2 comments)
Mike Montague Sales Representative Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc. Where are today's home buyers and sellers looking? Same places you do. The links below take you to my Barrie Real Estate facebook page which is kept up to date with the latest local real estate news, statistics and information that current and future Barrie and area home owners need to know. If you are a facebook user, add this page to your favorites and visit regularly to stay in the know. Are you using Twitter? Hit the link below and add me to your list of people to follow. Not (0 comments)
barrie listings: Tree houses, tourism, golf and taxes......
- 05/14/10 03:04 AM
Tree houses, tourism, golf and taxes, employment, mortgage and sales stats, government, buyer and seller tips and some great links are just a few of the latest topics on my facebook - Real Estate page. You need to be logged in to your facebook account for the link to follow through. Then just click on my head....watch the eyes
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barrie listings: 122 Hurst Drive Barrie
- 05/13/10 06:53 AM
Call Mike to book a personal viewing of this Kingswoods Estates three bedroom two story TWO STORY ALL BRICK HOME IN THE HEART OF SOUTH BARRIE'S KINGSWOOD ESTATES. STEPS FROM PARK TRAILS AND A SHORT WALK FROM THE LAKE. THERE IS AN UPGRADED KITCHEN WITH A PANTRY AND ISLAND WITH ROLL OUTS. A JACUZZI TUB AND SEPERATE SHOWER IN THE ENSUITE BATH, WALK IN MASTER CLOSET, NEW GARDEN DOORS OPEN OFF EAT IN KITCHEN TO THE DECK AND BACK YARD, THE MAIN FLOOR FAMILY ROOM HAS A GAS FIRE PLACE AND A BUILD IN OVER THE MANTLE FOR OUT OF THE (0 comments)
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- 05/04/10 09:12 AM
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