Recent Blog Posts by Jeff Gingerich

Now Is The Perfect Time To Sell Your Kitchener Waterloo Investment Property

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 ...

Kitchener Waterloo Power of Sale Report March 2011

  There were no bargains to be had in March as brisk Kitchener Waterloo residential MLS sales carried over to power of sale activity.  There were 10 properties sold under power of sale in March.  The average list price to sale price ratio was 99% and the average days on the market for these sales was just 27.  The Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal and Firstline/CIBC ...

Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Update November 2010

  While November has a reputation for dismal weather, real estate sales in the Twin Cities this past month were bright and sunny.  Residential MLS sales for Kitchener-Waterloo totalled 365 in November versus 413 for November 2009.  For those keeping track, this represents a 12 per cent decline.  However, it's interesting to note that in November, ...

Kitchener-Waterloo Power of Sale Update January 2010

The beginning of 2010 has brought about increased residential power of sale activity in Kitchener-Waterloo.  As of February 15th, there were 11 properties listed on MLS on the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board under power of sale.  This marks a significant increase over the 5 power of sale properties active on January 15th.  The median asking price was $249,900 and ...