Archive for August, 2010

The Canadian Leading indicators were released on August 19th. The following information is supplied by Stats Canada and reproduced here in its entirety, and is a breakdown and more in-depth analysis of the Leading indicators report. It’s interesting reading as it shows the breakdown of each sector and clearly you can see that housing is slowing, confirming other evidence of a weaker close to the year than the beginning. Although the Barrie real estate market may not be representative of the Canadian Real Estate market as a whole it’s likely a similar trend.

Barrie Real Estate – Economic effects!

So here we go again? The question mark was deliberate as to be honest, I’m actually not sure this time around. Two years ago we were warning our readers that the Canadian housing market, and yes Barrie as well, would suffer over the coming year or two and it was likely that there would be some form of slow down or sell off in house prices. So here we are, August 19th and we are looking at worse than forseen wholesale trade and leading indicators. Barrie Real Estate - Economic effects!

So what you might ask, and exactly what does that have to do with the Barrie real estate market? First off you need to Read the rest of this entry

Home sales down in July

Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie District Association of REALTORS® Inc. were down considerably in July 2010. A slowdown in demand in Ontario had been widely expected in July, with many purchases having been brought forward into the first half of the year in advance of the introduction of the HST.

Niagara Wine Tour – Places available

In conjunction with CARP we would like to extend to all our readers the chance to take a day off and enjoy a wine tasting trip to Niagara followed by an afternoon at Niagara on the lake. If you are not on our general mailing list and would like the full details emailed to you , please send us an email, or call on 705 252 7939. You can also down load the flyer from our main website at www.hockinghomes.com . Look up the community page. Read the rest of this entry