Many of my clients are pleasantly surprised when I tell them they'll receive Air Miles travel miles when they sell their Kitchener Waterloo home. In fact, if they are buying real estate in Kitchener Waterloo, they also receive Air Miles. Choose your Realtor carefully as unfortunately, the offer only applies to Century 21 clients and not to those buying a Century 21 home ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on May 19, 2012
The best time to sell a home in Kitchener Waterloo is generally in the spring months. For example, April 2012 saw 510 MLS sales while October 2011 saw only 348. The reason is demand peaks in the spring months as most families want to move in nice weather and before the kids go back to school. High demand will also mean a higher sale price as April's average of $312,285 ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on May 18, 2012
Kitchener Waterloo residential real estate sales flourished in April with 510 sales reported through MLS. Of these 44 were new or to be built and 466 were resale homes. These results were up substantially over April 2011 which saw 459 sales including 39 new and 419 resales sold through MLS.
Included in the resale homes was the luxury home pictured above in Kiwanis Park. ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on May 5, 2012
As anyone who tried to buy a home in March will tell you, Kitchener Waterloo real estate remains a seller's market. Residential MLS sales in March totalled 482 with 33 new and 449 resales. New homes sales were resurgent as the 33 sales represented an 8% drop over the 36 sold in March 2011. This is good news for Kitchener Waterloo homebuilders as regular readers ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on April 3, 2012
The Kitchener Waterloo Oldtimers Slo Pitch League is looking for players for the 2012 season. The league is recreational and plays Monday to Thursday nights from May to September. If you'd like to sign up, visit the website at http://kwotslopitch.com . If you have any questions, feel free to call or email 519-505-4488 jeff.gingerich@century21.ca.
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Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on March 31, 2012
As we reach the late stages of a 13 year real estate boom, I'm convinced prudent first-time home buyers in Kitchener Waterloo need a 10 year plan. Why? First, let's look at history. As mentioned previously, I sold real estate through the recession of the early 1990's. In the fall of 1992, I helped a wonderful retired couple find an affordable ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on March 28, 2012
Despite repeated warnings of unsustainable debt levels for Canadians, Kitchener-Waterloo power of sale activity remains muted. Currently on the Kitchener Waterloo MLS, there are 7 active properties under power of sale. They range in price from $180,600 to $434,900. They have been on the market just 25 days on average reflecting the lack of properties for sale in ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on March 20, 2012
With prices having doubled in the past ten years, now is the perfect time to sell your Kitchener Waterloo investment property. I read a brilliant piece on buying investment real estate by Tom Bradley from the Globe and Mail this weekend.
The end of the third last paragraph states: "Real estate has enjoyed a long upward cycle and with 12 good years comes a high ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on March 18, 2012
While the mainstream media speculated about a Canadian real estate bubble, it was business as usual in Kitchener Waterloo in February. Preliminary results from the Kitchener Waterloo MLS show 344 residential sales in February 2012 versus 377 in February 2011. Continuing a trend seen last fall, a decline in new home sales in the Twin Cities was ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on February 29, 2012
Sales of million dollar luxury homes in Kitchener-Waterloo started the year with a bang. There were 2 million dollar MLS sales in Kitchener in January with one in Deer Ridge and the other in Hidden Valley. Buyers were driving a hard bargain as successful sellers received just 92% of their asking price on average.
Kitchener Waterloo saw million dollar luxury homes start ...
Posted by Jeff Gingerich
on February 4, 2012