I’ve just spent the last hour or so scratching my head over economic theories. The rules I was taught says that when supply exceeds demand, prices go down and when demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Nope. Not so. Not true. Not in our area anyway. The first quarter of 2008 is already complete (where [...]
On Monday, Garth Turner’s new book, Greater Fool: The Troubled Future of Real Estate, will be out in bookstores across Canada. Chances are it will get some pretty good media coverage and everyone will be talking about his predictions of a real estate crash. Since I believe in self-fulfilling prophecies, he could be right but, not [...]
If you love shopping for bargains and have the patience to poke and prod a little, you should check out the Meaford Factory Outlet. It’s a large facility where they liquidate merchandise for quick sale and have a rapid and large turn-over. You can find everything from dollar store items to large furniture pieces at [...]
Me too although I also know that at this point in the year, predicting sales trends is like predicting the winner of a horse race. Nonetheless. with just 18 days having passed since we left the post, it’s fun to see which areas are off to the fastest start. As a reminder to you, the [...]
The online contest to improve the curb appeal of a home in Meaford has now closed. I’m delighted to report that I received five fabulous entries that came from as close as Collingwood to as far away as San Diego, California and Cabarete in the Dominican Republic. None of these five brave souls are home [...]
When people are considering purchasing real estate in the Collingwood -Blue Mountain areas, it is often because of the lifestyle and amenities the area offers. Quality of Life is a major factor in deciding where to live and trails have become an important component of that in recent years. Once upon a time, trails in [...]
Making predictions is fools play. Chances are someone will pull them up a year from now and laugh in my face so I tried to find those monkeys. You know, the ones who always beat the experts at stock market picks? Well anyway, they were not available so, just for the heck of it, I’ll [...]
 While not as dramatic as some of the previously profiled transformations, this house in Meaford benefited from a good clean and polish. The siding was repainted as were the shutters. A new wooden walkway was added along with an old-fashioned and welcoming lamp standard. Well done!
The Bank of Canada cut it’s key overnight interest rate by a quarter of a point today and it will be interesting to see how that may or may not impact our real estate market in the Collingwood and Blue Mountain area. In the meantime, the November MLS® statistics from the Georgian Triangle Real Estate Board [...]
Collingwood continually seeks to de-emphasize a strong dependence on vehicles and moves toward being a more pedestrian friendly, walk-able town with a human scale. That statement is one of the eight core values expressed in Collingwood’s Official Plan. It’s debatable as to how hard the town has worked at achieving that goal however, the “walkability” [...]
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