All cheer….YEEAAAHHH, the recession is over, the wicked witch of the manufacturing layoffs is dead and we can all go on spending again….Or can we? In this post we examine some of the recent trends in the Barrie real estate market and try to identify what’s really happening, or more importantly what’s around the corner.

A quick revisit into recent history; In August 2008 the Barrie real estate market peaked after a reasonably healthy start to the year. The average price of homes in the area was approx $259,000. The storm clouds were hovering south of the border as USA sub prime lending spiralled out of control and eventually imploded, taking with it several large US investment banks. The world held its breath and in Barrie,
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Hello all,

I hope you are all well, apologies if I haven’t personally seen you in the last few months. With Caroline studying for her Real Estate license it’s been rather strained on the free time, managing the children and maintaining service to our active clients, however, as Caroline is now a licensed Realtor I look forward to seeing you all again soon. As part of our continued service to you, we like to bring some extra value or service from time to time. Some of you may know that our family is fairly well entwined with the Lewis Karate School in Barrie. Unfortunately the world we live in, isn’t always as safe as we would all like, and in particular ladies are prone to unwanted attention.

It’s better to know self defense and not need it than to need self defense and not know it ! Read the rest of this entry

By popular demand we will be hosting a lease to own evening  on Wednesday 28th April 2010. The owners of an ethical lease to own company will be coming to Barrie to talk to investors about the pros / cons of lease to own investing. Read the rest of this entry

HST is set for July 1st, if you are contemplating a real estate transaction or are in one now, what effect is this likely to have on me? HST will be implemented in several provinces in July 2010, Ontario being one of them. The Barrie Real Estate market is currently enjoying a major run up and prices and activity are both very buoyant. Could some of this demand now be related to HST implementation in July? Read the rest of this entry