The Collingwood – Blue Mountain Real Estate Blog

The Blue Mountains has passed a by-law effective March 31, 2012, changing the name of Hurlbert Court in Lora Bay to Hammond Court. Read the by-law and see the map here.

Each year, our local Georgian Triangle Association of REALTORS®, (GTAR) invite a panel of our local municipality’s planners to update our members about current events in their geographic areas. Over a few weeks, we at the The Collingwood Blue Mountain Real Estate Blog are posting summaries from these discussions. Planners Update 2011 Planners Part 2 [...]

Here are some things that are good to know for the next time that someone starts talking to you about the real estate market, you’re going to look real good.  You can say things like, “Did you know that 40% of all residential properties sold in Collingwood are condominiums?” I’m happy to report that the [...]

Georgian Gate is a proposed development in The Blue Mountains consisting  of 609 detached and semi-detached dwelling units.  The municipality has issued  Notices of Adoption of an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment with respect to the subject lands, shown on the map in the shaded area.  The Official Plan Amendment is being forwarded to the [...]

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 [...]

Our Collingwood and Blue Mountains region woke up to a smattering of snow this week, on more than one occasion.  This picture of a gigantic snowball was taken two days ago, right in the middle of Collingwood!   We’ve had another sprinkling of ‘white gold’ this morning as well, although the warmer temperature today has already melted [...]

Second in a four-part series In my own experience, people who buy condo units in the Village at Blue are looking for one or all of four things: 1.  They want to use and enjoy a unit themselves while using rental revenue to offset expenses and carrying costs 2. They want to be “where it is at’ [...]

It’s hard to believe that in just ten years, a vacant field at the base of Blue Mountain has turned into a bustling, Old Ontario style village.  Today, the Village at Blue is home to about 46 shops and restaurants plus about 700 hotel-condominium units that hosts over a million visitors each year. In a [...]

The following information was obtained from the MLS® statistics provided by the Georgian Triangle Real Estate Board.  They include a summary of data for the following areas only:  Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Blue Mountain, Clearview, Grey Highlands and Meaford.  Previous week(s) are in brackets. Single Family Residential New Listings: 50 (58, 40, 52) Average List Price: [...]

The following information was obtained from the MLS® statistics provided by the Georgian Triangle Real Estate Board. They include a summary of data for the following areas only: Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Blue Mountain, Clearview, Grey Highlands and Meaford. Previous week(s) are in brackets. Single Family Residential New Listings: 68 (62, 51, 61) Average List Price: [...]