While spring tends to be the hottest season for real estate in many markets, many home buyers and sellers start thinking about their next real estate transaction in the autumn, giving themselves plenty of time to move into their next home before the colder temperatures hit. There are several benefits to buying or selling a […]
As Ottawa residents across the city already know, there are many benefits to living in the nation’s capital. Whether you decide to buy a single family home in one of the city’s quieter residential pockets like Alta Vista or Carlington, a condo suite in a Centretown or ByWard Market highrise, or a row unit in […]
Summer is now drawing to a close in the nation’s capital, and as the kids head back to school and the nights grow shorter and cooler, home sales across Ottawa have remained steady. According to the latest statistics released by the Ottawa Real Estate Board, 1,203 properties were sold across the city in August of […]
The real estate market has picked up across the city in recent months, following a slower start to the typically busy spring market seen in March and April. Ottawa’s particularly long and cold winter in 2014 led to many home buyers across the city postponing their purchasing plans until the warmer weather hit, and as […]
The Ottawa Real Estate Board has released its monthly sales statistics for May 2014, reporting a 0.3% decrease in sales year-over-year. According to OREB, there were 1,792 residential properties sold in Ottawa during May, compared to 1,797 sold properties in the same month of 2013. The five-year-average for real estate sales in May is 1,765. […]
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This time last year, Ottawa was unsure of where the housing market was going to go, up or down. However, the affordable mortgage rates and increased consumer confidence catapulted the nation’s capital in the best year yet. The 2009 housing industry broke records of all kinds. Increasing 7.4 per cent from 2008, Ottawa-area real estate […]
Although there are those industry experts that warn against consumer spending and predict that the recession is not quite over yet, the housing market seems to be paying no attention. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) announced that home resales in Canada soared 73 per cent last month from last year; showing the resiliency of […]
Although the Canadian housing market is now in recuperation mode, housing starts in Ottawa were down 19 percent. Townhouse developments ans well as apartment projects are mainly responsible for the drop. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., last year construction began on 586 units. This year the number has gone down to 586. […]
