It is Saturday morning and I came into the office on Lakeshore Road for an early start. Traffic was blocked and then I realized that today is Oakvilleās Santa Claus Parade I am now sitting by a large picture window watching the parade go by. For many years we would take our 3 children to the same parade from which I have many fond memories. The holiday season has officially started. What will
I get asked frequently "How is the Market?" and I often respond with general observations and stats that are a month old. This month I am tracking daily data from the official hotsheets for Oakville and entering key info on an excel spread sheet. Last November (2007) there were 260 homes sold in the month or 8.8 homes per day. This November there are 67 solds in the first 10 days or 6.7 homes per
Some blogging projects that I started in May have been ignored and I am getting back to them now. The inspiration was the Jonathan Nicholas webinar "To Blog or Not to Blog" I set up 3 Blogs to allow "community" members to share information. In two cases the communities are condo developments in Oakville and the third is an Oakville Real Estate blog. They are www.111forsythe.com and
Developments come and go but what happened to the condo development "The Woods of Aubergine" in Lakeshore Woods community of Oakville? This development was supported by a major builder and realty company and now when I google it it seems to have vaporized. I went to the realtor reception for this development in early summer 2008 and they had their opening July 19,2008. The project appeared to be