average days to sell
Market Trends 2016

Homes selling faster in Picton, Wellington

As the number of homes listed for sale fell to a 6-year low in March, the time required for homes to sell followed suit, at least in the built-up areas of Picton and Wellington. For the first […]

Sales over $1 million
Market Trends 2016

Million-dollar homes the exception

I attended a real estate conference last year where I took advantage of a coffe break to compare notes with a realtor from Muskoka. In his world, a million dollar property is a modest cottage, […]

Globe and Mail
Useful Tools

Globe’s new real estate section – useful tool

The Globe and Mail lauched a new online feature today that will be useful to anyone interested in the Canadian residential real estate market. Called the House Price Data Centre, the section displays data for major […]

Quinte versus Toronto capitalization rate
Market Trends 2016

Local cap rate follows Toronto

Prince Edward County investors who want to get an idea where investment returns on income properties are headed here would do well to follow what’s happening with similar investment properties in Toronto. Cap rates measure […]

County real estate listings
Market Trends 2016

Listings fall to 6-year low in March

Tight market conditions continued in Prince Edward County in March, with detached home listed for sale down 28% compared to the end of March last year. At the end of March 2016, there were 257 […]

Home sales for March 2016
Market Trends 2016

March homes sales up by one-third

March was an other month of strong sales for detached homes in Prince Edward County, with unit sales 33 homes, up 32% compared to last March. This represented a 6-year high in unit sales. The […]