Last Updated:
July, 2008
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Peter & Patricia Clarke
Barrie Real Estate
Broker -
Barrie Real Estate
Sales Representative
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Barrie
desperately seeking affordable apartments
Waterfront, home costs put Barrie on top
Past News
City of Barrie: It is a
Buyer's Market
On July 18, 2008, the local newspaper "The Barrie Examiner" published a
very interesting article regarding the current Barrie real estate market
conditions and how home buyers should take advantage of this situation.
This article has comments of Peter Clarke, Barrie Real Estate Broker with
Homelife Nu-Key Realty Ltd, as well as comments of Mike Douglas, President
of the Barrie Real Estate Association.
To see the complete article please
click here.
The
Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) Has Released the 2008 Report "Top 10
Ontario Towns for Real Estate Investors"
The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) have just
released the 2008 report of the top ten Ontario towns for real estate investors
and Barrie has again been listed in the second place of the top 10 towns for
real estate investment.
Barrie
is considered as an attractive community for people seeking the nearness and
vitality of Toronto but with a slower pace of life. Barrie with an increasing
population, has big opportunities for investors.
Call
Peter and Patricia to know more about Barrie at 705-716-7611 or
click here.
GRenting? Get your Down Payment
from the Simcoe County!
If you are renting and thinking in
buying your first home learn how Simcoe County could give you up to a 5%
downpayment to buy your own home. The County of Simcoe's Social Housing
Department is providing down payment assistance to moderate income individuals
and families giving them the opportunity to move from rental accommodation to
homeownership.
Read more...
Barrie's
Go Train
 It is a fact!
Barrie’s GO train commuter
trains are running pretty well.
First
train leaves Barrie’s GO station at 5:45
a.m. on weekdays getting into Toronto’s Union Station until 8:45 a.m. and from Toronto, trains begin departing at 4:10 p.m., according to GO’s
schedule.
There are four trains out in the morning and four trains back at night.
·
Single (one-way)
fare: $10.30
·
10 rides: $93.75.
·
Monthly pass:
$331
The
extension of the Go Train is having an important impact on the demand of real estate properties in the
south Barrie area.
The Go Train is also
good news for the local business community; it will help Barrie to attract
more business, tourists and people looking for affordable housing. It will
also benefit Barrie residents that work in the Toronto area and will take
the pressure off the 400.
See More at
www.BarrieProperties.com
REIN's
Top 10 Cities for Real Estate Investment in Ontario
The following are the 10 top
Canadian cities to invest in Real Estate in Ontario, Canada (source: REIN - The
Real Estate Investment Network):
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Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge
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Barrie - Orillia
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Durham Region (Whitby, Pickering,
Ajax)
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Markham
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Hamilton - Brantford
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Brampton
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Ottawa
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Toronto
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Oshawa
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Whitchurch - Stouffville
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Receiving honourable mention are:
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St Catherines, Guelph,
Orangeville, Aurora and New Market, London and Mississauga.
See more Barrie Real Estate News &
Info at www.BarrieProperties.com
Barrie...Second best place in Ontario to invest in Real Estate!
Source: The Quarterly Report
Simcoe Business
Barrie is considered the second
best place in Ontario to invest in Real Estate. The Real Estate Investment
Network (REIN), Canada's Leading Real Estate Education and Research
Organization, has placed Barrie second in it's report on the top 10 towns in
Ontario for Real Estate Investment.
The 2006 Canada Census showed
Barrie is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. This census says
that Barrie's population is now 128,430 and it is expected to grow to almost
244,000 by 2031.
If you are thinking in investing or
moving to Barrie give us a call. We are ready to help you!
Peter and Patricia Clarke
Real Estate Sales Representatives
Homelife Nu-Key Realty Ltd
Direct English: 705-716-7611
Direct Spanish: 705-796-7211
Real Estate Website - English:
www.BarrieProperties.com
Real Estate Website - Spanish:
www.TengaCasaPropia.com
The average price
of a resale home in Canada's major markets hit another record high in April,
industry figures show.
New monthly price
records were set in at least 12 markets across the country, according to MLS
data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
Nationally, the
average resale price in 25 major markets was $323,936 in April. That's an
increase of almost $7,000 from March and up $28,000 from April of 2006.
The biggest
percentage gains continued to be primarily in western cities. Edmonton's
year-over-year price appreciation of 51.6 per cent leads all cities. Saskatoon's
price gain of 41.9 per cent and Calgary's 23.1 per cent rounded out the top
three.
More
Here
Barrie Still Canada’s
Fastest-Growing City
Source: the
Barrie Examiner.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 07:00
Local News - Welcome to the fastest-growing CMA in Canada! In
Statistics Canada lingo that’s a Census Metropolitan Area, and it means Barrie,
Innisfil and Springwater Township have experienced the most population growth in
this country since 2001, when the last census was done.
The total population for these three municipalities now stands at 177,061, up
from 148,480 in 2001.
“Barrie’s growth has a phenomenal rate of increase,” said Pamela White,
demography director with Stats Canada, which conducted the census on May 16,
2006.
“The CMA of Barrie grew 19.2 per cent since 2001. That’s (almost) four times the
national average,” she said.
Canada’s population grew to 31.6 million people in 2006 from just more than 30
million in 2001, an increase of 5.4 per cent.
It grew by only four per cent in the previous census period, the lowest growth
in a century.
Barrie’s population grew by 23.8 per cent, to 128,430 people from 103,710 in
2001.
The city has more than 48,000 dwelling units.
“They (the census numbers) don’t tell us why, only that Barrie is growing by a
continuous amount,” said Jim McKibbon, also with Stats Canada. “It was growing
in 2001 too.”
But Mayor Dave Aspden says he knows what Barrie’s growth means to the city.
“It’s just more demands on the city, there’s no doubt about it,” he said
yesterday, when the census information was released.
“But we have good emergency services, good work crews and engineers, good staff
period,” Aspden said. “I’m sure they are up to the task.”
More
here!
Barrie Still
Canada’s Fastest-Growing City
March,
2007
Welcome to the
fastest-growing CMA in Canada! In Statistics Canada lingo that’s a Census
Metropolitan Area, and it means Barrie, Innisfil and Springwater Township have
experienced the most population growth in this country since 2001, when the last
census was done.
The total
population for these three municipalities now stands at 177,061, up from 148,480
in 2001.
“Barrie’s growth
has a phenomenal rate of increase,” said Pamela White, demography director with
Stats Canada, which conducted the census on May 16, 2006.
“The CMA of Barrie
grew 19.2 per cent since 2001. That’s (almost) four times the national average,”
she said.
Canada’s
population grew to 31.6 million people in 2006 from just more than 30 million in
2001, an increase of 5.4 per cent. It grew by only four per cent in the previous
census period, the lowest growth in a century.
Barrie’s
population grew by 23.8 per cent, to 128,430 people from 103,710 in 2001. The
city has more than 48,000 dwelling units.
Source: The
Barrie Examiner.
See More here.
Barrie
desperately seeking affordable apartments
March,
2007
TORONTO,
March 15 /CNW/ - There are not enough apartments to rent in Barrie and those
that are available are unaffordable for the average worker.These are the
findings of "Where's Home?
The report is
produced by the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) and the
Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF).
"It's a volatile
and disturbing situation," says ONPHA President Deborah Schlichter. "The people
who drive this province's economy can't afford to live here now, even if they
can find an apartment. And we have not built for the future."
The report shows
that between 1995 and 2005, there has been a net loss of 13,000 rental housing
units in
Ontario.
This is in part due to the demolition of rental housing, as well as the
conversion of many units to condominiums. It also reflects the lack of rental
housing.
"Housing policy in
Ontario
has been woefully short-sighted. It has failed to prepare us for the lean years
during the fat ones," says Joseph Zebrowski, President of the Ontario Council,
Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada.
"During the
powerful economic surge of the past few years, it has failed to develop
sufficient rental housing for our current needs, let alone for future needs."
The report showed
that vacancy rates for private apartments dropped in 64% of 22 markets surveyed
across the province. In Barrie, the rate dropped to 2.1% in 2005 from 3.0% in
2004.
The report was
based on data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Federation's Rental Market
Survey, conducted in October, 2005. Overall Ontario's vacancy rate fell from
4.1% in 2004 to 3.8% in 2005. Recently released data shows it fell to 3.4% in
2006.
The survey also
highlighted the high cost of renting in four sample markets (Toronto, Ottawa,
Hamilton and Sudbury). Based on the average income of nine different job types.
See More here.
Waterfront, home costs put
Barrie on top
March, 2007
Alberta and Russell
Neice always thought of Barrie just as a place to pass by on the way to cottage
country, but four years ago that all changed when they took a detour and fell in
love with the city's downtown waterfront.
"It's magnificent,"
said Alberta,
68, from her new condominium overlooking
Barrie's
Kempenfelt Bay. The Neices, who had spent all their lives in the Steeles and
Yonge area of Toronto, were so impressed with what Barrie had to offer that they
put a down payment on a home in one of the new 16-storey condominium buildings
on the waterfront. They moved in a year ago.
"We love it here;
the people are so friendly and Barrie has everything we need without all the
traffic jams," said Alberta Neice. They are not alone.
Data released from the 2006 census
yesterday indicates that Barrie and its immediate area, with 177,061 residents,
is the fastest growing Census Metropolitan Area in the country. Its population
has grown by 19.2 per cent since 2001, nearly four times the national average.
The city itself grew 24 per cent,
to a population of 128,430.
Steve Knowles, who has been selling
new homes in Barrie for nearly 20 years, says demand for the 147-unit Nautica
condominium tower on the waterfront has been so brisk, it was 95 per cent sold
out within a few weeks.
"People are moving here for the
lifestyle, and the No. 1 attribute is the lake," said Knowles.
For the younger crowd, aged 30 to
35, another big draw is the affordable homes, says Barrie real estate agent Ed
Tracy.
"The motivation is getting more of
a home for their money," said Tracy, who estimates the average cost of a newer
three-bedroom, single-family home of 2,200 square feet at $260,000.
See More here.
www.BarrieHousingMarket.com.
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