Podcast
The Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate News is now hosting my podcast – The Marshall Report. To stay current on Kitchener Waterloo, the latest news and views, check it out. It’s a place and a podcast where...
View ArticleGood to great neighbourhoods for investor/buyers
What Kitchener Waterloo neighbourhoods are good to live and invest in? I wrote earlier that there are three kinds of real estate investors: 1) Flippers 2) Improvers and 3) Key-turners But there is also...
View ArticleWhy is Kitchener-Waterloo the #1 real estate investment market?
Last year, Canadian Real Estate Wealth magazine polled its readers asking which market they thought had the best real estate investment opportunities. Kitchener-Waterloo was the overwhelming choice....
View ArticleThe GTA impact on Kitchener Waterloo real estate
In Kitchener Waterloo, we have long said that whatever happens in the GTA real estate market will soon happen here too. It is the “spillover” effect. I have written about it before. The Canada Mortgage...
View ArticlePredictions for the 2019 Kitchener-Waterloo real estate market
I like to make predictions. I think I’m usually right, and for the record usually a little conservative when it comes to price rises and sales volumes predictions. Cautiously optimistic is about as...
View ArticleHow to get multiple offers
Love them or hate them, multiple offers are still happening A couple of years ago when the real estate market was white hot here in Kitchener-Waterloo all you had to do to get multiple offers on a home...
View ArticleWhen should you accept the first offer?
Accepting reality Most Realtors called in to do a Listing Presentation will promise to sell your home for the most money in the shortest amount of time, a promise that is easy to fulfill if you both...
View ArticleShould you wait until the real estate market crashes before buying?
The misinformed, the procrastinators, the confirmation biased philosophers and the wishful thinkers tell me that there is a housing crash coming. They say prices are too high, debt levels are too...
View ArticleSome statistics about home buying, home selling and real estate in general
Why I love real estate statistics I love real estate statistics, not because I believe them. They are far too broad and general for that. I like real estate statistics because they show general...
View ArticleHow to buy in a seller’s market
Seller’s market? Here in Kitchener-Waterloo we still have a seller’s market with home prices continuing to rise and inventory levels still well below historical averages. It has been like this so long...
View ArticleWhat’s the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market like? | What’s in store for...
KW and the GTA How’s the market? The Kitchener-Waterloo region is one of the hottest housing markets in Ontario. Strong local job creation and business investment in Waterloo Region’s tech, education,...
View ArticleWaterloo Region is the fastest growing urban area in Canada
— Waterloo Region was the fastest-growing urban area in the entire country, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Source: Waterloo Region the fastest growing urban area in Canada The post...
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When is the sweet spot for home sellers to list their homes for sale in...
The sweet spot to list The best time to list your home, Realtors will tell you, is when you are ready. But if you are always ready or if you have the luxury of being ready at an optimal time then...
View Article4 signs that you should go see a listing
How do you know if you should visit a listing? If you are like most people looking for a new home, you will have some level of obsessiveness when it comes to looking at listings online. But when do...
View ArticleThinking of buying a townhouse in Kitchener-Waterloo?
Here is everything you need to know about townhouses What is a townhouse? A townhouse (sometimes called townhome) is a single-family home that shares walls with other homes in the complex. Usually...
View ArticleBefore moving to Kitchener-Waterloo
More than twenty years ago, we moved to Kitchener-Waterloo. We had been living in Taiwan for nearly a decade. It was time to come home. The children were at the age where they were just about to enter...
View ArticleNews and statistics about the Kitchener-Waterloo real estate market
Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate 7-Day Market Update New listings: 126 Homes sold: 123 Conditional Sales: 21 Average days on market: 13 Median days on market: 8 Average list price: $665,400 Average...
View ArticleKitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Update, Forecast and Trends
How’s the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market. A look at how we got here and where we are going Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Market Report 506 residential homes sold last month. This is a decrease...
View ArticleKitchener-Waterloo Real Estate News and Statistics
How’s the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market. Average price of single family homes nears $1M. WIth a look at the average price of there bedroom homes and all single family homes in the Region...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate
Kitchener-Waterloo 7 Day Real Estate Market Trends It looks like the winter market has begun. Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market Report 597 residential homes sold last month Compared to the same...
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