With the first half of 2011 now behind us, here is a look at the real estate market in the Georgian Triangle which encompasses several communities including keys areas such Collingwood, Blue Mountain, Wasaga Beach, Meaford, Clearview and Grey Highlands. In the month of June, there were 196 sales including 173 residential sales (single family [...]
The Blue Mountains website proudly reports that: “At the 2011 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Annual General Meeting on June 17, 2011, the Town of The Blue Mountains was recognized for its outstanding work on water conservation. The Town received the Cities Initiative award for “Most Progress on Water Conservation”. You can read [...]
Last week, the Ontario Municipal Board decision finally was handed down in regard to the Blue Mountain, short term accommodation by-law. The OMB approved the Town of The Blue Mountains’ planning regulations which means that short term acommodation rental units in the municipality will be regulated to control and reduce negative impact on nearby low [...]
I often get enquiries about the proposed Terrasan Craigleith Village Development planned along Highway 26 in Blue Mountain just west of Collingwood. The developer is proposing to build a large Village Community which includes a combination of commercial, retail, recreational, institutional and natural and open spaces. The zoning by-law has been approved. The 63.75 acre site [...]
For many reasons such as lifestyle, demographics and affordability, condominiums are increasingly becoming the home of choice for many buyers today. I know that in the last year, I too have shown and sold more condos than any other type of property so I thought a quick review of the statistics would be interesting. In [...]
When you drive from Collingwood west up Mountain Road to Blue, you pass some older homes, the Mair Mills subdivison and lots of open farmland. Did you know that most of that farm land is sold and planned for future development? As the area continues to grow in leaps and bounds, change is the only [...]
Are you allowed to rent out your home or cottage to visitors on a short term basis in a residentially zoned area? The answer is no. Should you be allowed to? That appears to be a matter of opinion. The issue is making the news here in the Georgian Triangle over two particular cases: one [...]
ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD HEARING Short Term Accommodation OMB Hearing starts Monday January 10th, 2011 at 11:00 am. Total Length of Hearing – 5 days Hearing Location: Marsh Street Centre, 187 Marsh Street, CLARKSBURG Contact: Cindy Welsh, Senior Policy Planner – 519-599-3131 Ext. 262 – cwelsh@thebluemountains.ca
First, Happy New Year. Hopefully 2011 will kind and gentle to you. My year has started off with some lucky luck. It would appear that my predictions for 2010 were pretty well bang on. Yay! Here we are with a whole new year ahead and the best way to make sense of it is to look back. [...]
Yes it is true. Like much of central and northern Ontario, we are under a BIG blanket of snow here in Collingwood. It started Thursday night and has not let up for more than a few minutes here and there. Winter sure has come in like a lion. Great news; Blue Mountain is scheduled to [...]
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