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OTTAWA – April 27th, 2012 – The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI), the leading measure of Canadian home prices, stayed above year-ago levels in March 2012 according to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Year-over-year gains have been moderating. The increase in March was the smallest since last June.

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Shedden Tractor Pull is coming - June 15, 2012.  Start time is 6:00.

Entertainment will be 76 South.  See you there!

Chuck Surette
Coldwell Banker at Success Realty
http://www.chucksurette.ca

Take a walk on the quiet side, of Port Stanley.  This could be your new seasonal or year-round getaway, just a stones throw away from Erie Rest Beach in Port Stanley.  Quiet ravine location and still convenient to all that Port has to offer.  Listed at $154,900.

Temperatures are rising - and so are expectations for the Spring Market!

Buyers are poised to purchase and more new listings are coming on line daily.

Are you readay?

If you are thinking of making a move this Spring - Let me know!

Buy or Sell - I'm Here to Help.

Chuck Surette
Sales Representative
Coldwell Banker at Success Realty
519-777-4727

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OTTAWA – March 15, 2012 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity improved in February 2012 after having declined in January.

Highlights:

• Home sales rose 1.4% from January to February.
• Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was up 8.6% from February 2011 levels.
• The number of newly listed homes climbed 1.9% fr ...

I added some new pictures today of my 10 Acre Hobby Farm listing.  The pictures show the hardwood floors that cover most of the main floor and the HUGE front porch.  Check them out!

http://chucksurette.myubertor.com/Properties.php/Details/15

I'm here to help,

Chuck Surette
Coldwell Banker at Success Realty
http://www.chucksurette.ca

hobby farm, 10 acre parcel, 10 acre building lot, fixer ...

Did you know that there are currently 82 homes for sale in St. Thomas UNDER $200,000!  There's everything under the sun for selection - handyman specials, brick homes, cheap houses, bungalows, 2 stories, backsplits, starter homes and more.  And there's new MLS listings coming up every day.  And all real estate brokerages seem to have a few new st. thomas listings Remax, Elgin, Royal Lepage an ...

Tomorrow is the first day for showings on this 10 acre hobby farm - close to the shores of Lake Erie.  This hobby farm comes with a hand-hewn timber frame barn.  The house has dark oak hardwood floors on the first floor, the stairs and the hall upstairs.  Come see this one for yourself, A1 zoning allows for many uses. 

http://chucksurette.myubertor.com/ActiveListings.php/Details/15/51057-nov ...

Do you have questions about Elgin County the MLS listings?

Give me a call.

I'm here to help!

Chuck Surette
Sales Representative
Coldwell Banker at Success Realty
http://www.chucksurette.ca

The Bank of Canada kept its trend-setting Bank Rate at 1.25 per cent on January 17^th, 2012. This marks the 11^th consecutive policy meeting in which borrowing costs have been left unchanged.

While recognizing that the outlook for the global economy had deteriorated and that uncertainty had increased since it released its October Monetary Policy Report (MPR), the Bank also made those same obser ...

OTTAWA – January 16, 2012 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity posted an increase from November to December 2011.

Highlights:

• Sales activity rose 1.8 per cent from November to December.
• Annual activity totalled 456,749 sales in 2011, up 2.2 per cent from 2010.
• The number of newly listed homes increased 3 per ...

OTTAWA - December 15, 2011 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity rose slightly in November 2011 from the previous month.

Highlights:

• Sales activity rose slightly (+0.5 per cent) from October to November on a seasonally adjusted basis.
• Year-to-date sales remained i ...

The news from St. Thomas was very positive. Fifty homes sold in London’s Sister City in November, up 22% from November 2010. The average price for a home in St. Thomas Year to Date stands at$185,303.

Data shown was taken from CREA’s National MLS® Report for September 2011, and it demonstrates how homes in London /St. Thomas continue to maintain their affordability compared to other major Onta ...

Ontario

Ontario farmland values increased by an average of 6.6% during the first half of 2011. Farmland values continued to trend upward, following gains of 2.4% and 4.3% in the two previous reporting periods.

Values increased by an average of 1.1% per month between January 1 and June 30, 2011. Farmland values in Ontario have been rising since 1993, and reached a peak increase of 8.2% in the ...

Three western Ontario real estate boards have signed an agreement paving the way towards a total integration of their MLS System databases. The agreement is between the Woodstock-Ingersoll & District Real Estate Board (WDREB), the Tillsonburg District Real Estate Board (TDREB) and the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors (LSTAR). “LSTAR and TDREB integrated our MLS System databases l ...

OTTAWA – November 15, 2011 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has made a small revision to its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2011 and 2012.

Activity came in broadly in line with expectations across much of the country in the third quarter of 2011 with the exception of Ontario. Sa ...

Here's a video explaining some of the basics of home buying in Canada.

Any questions?

I'm here to help,

Chuck Surette

Sales Representative

Coldwell Banker at Success Realty

Here's an article from the financial post on What you need to know about Canada's housing market

http://business.financialpost.com/2011/11/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-canadas-booming-housing-market/

OTTAWA – November 15, 2011 – According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity picked up a little further in October 2011 following the uptick in September.

Highlights:

• Sales activity rose in October, marking the highest level since January.
• Actual (not seasonally adjusted) national sales activity in October stayed in line ...

92 Moore St. a statley 4plex in historic South St. Thomas Ontario - was reduced by $10,000! to $305,000.
If you have any questions about this property (MLS 481004) or any of my other listings - just let me know, I am here to help.

Chuck Surette
Sales Representative
Coldwell Banker at Success Realty
c 519-777-4727