Keeping you informed on mortgage trends for 2020.  I welcome Gregory Johnston, Mortgage Agent with Your Mortgage Connection  to share his  thoughts and expertise. Rates, credit scores, mortgage penalties, stress test, self employed buyers, demographics and buying habits, new products and our thoughts for the future.  Informative and worth listening to this podcast (if I...Read More

  The December Market Anaylsis is here for the GTA, Oakville, Milton and Burlington areas.  In some cases, you will receive a year-end report now as well.  The same story seems to be holding true for the 2019 year for most areas (other than Burlington) - sales were up and the number of new listings were down which created, of course, an increase in the average selling price.&n...Read More

What to say...what to say...that would make this Market Minute more interesting than last month's?  Inventory, the number of listings, are down - way down when  compared to the number from the same time last year.  The GTA experienced a 14.2% increase in sales and Burlington - a very minimal decrease. At the time of this writing, the Oakville, Milton District Real Estate Board h...Read More

  Here are your October Market Results for the Burlington , Oakville, Milton and GTA areas.  The market continues to get tighter and Average Selling Prices are on the way up as supply vs. demand continues. BURLINGTON AREA RESULTS The overall sales activity for Burlington saw a 4% decrease in October when compared to the same time last year.  Howver, the number of new listings was...Read More

The story continues with a very tight market within the Burlington, Milton and Oakville areas where sales and listings were down.  The only difference is what happened in the Toronto area where sales increased by 22% over the same period last year.  It is also interesting to note what is happening in the Hamilton market - an 8.5% increase in the Average Selling Price due to the heavy sup...Read More

  I am starting to sound like a broken record - the market continues to tighten as listings decrease when compared to the same period last year.  Sales were down in most areas, but fewer homes are on the market as well.  I have seen  a few several mutlple offer situations in the month of August not only in home sales but also in the rental market as well. Here are your results...Read More

The market continues to tighten with most areas seeing an increase in sales and a decrease or similar number of homes new to the market when compared to the same period in 2018.  The Average Selling Prices continue to rise but by modest amounts until you see the results for Milton and Oakville. Here we go: BURLINGTON JULY RESULTS "A  yearly real estate cycle sees peaks in spring a...Read More

The story for the Real Estate Market in June continues as market conditions remain tight.  Most areas experienced a decrease in the number of sales, but also a decrease in the number of new homes on the market (listings).  Average Selling prices as the market remains tight have seen an increase.  Here are your results for Toronto, Mississauga (Peel), Milton, Oakville and Burlington ...Read More

Welcome to your May Real Estate Market results for the GTA, Oakville, Milton and Burlington areas,  Most areas saw a decrease in the number of listings (homes on the market) and sales increase.  If, the number of sales to listings ratio increased/decreased  it was minimal.  Should this trend continue we will see the Average Selling Price start to increase.  Here are your r...Read More

  April paints a better picture than the first 3 months of 2019 for the real estate market in general.  However, the market conditions continue to tighten as the number of sales out perform the number of homes introduced to the market in April. Here are your results for the residential Real Estate Update for April: BURLINGTON APRIL RESULTS  "It's encouraing to see the ov...Read More