Public comments ranged from opposition to the sale of some land, to neighbors expressing an interest in purchasing extra land
The Blue Mountains council is considering the sale of 11 town-owned properties to raise some cash.
On March 12, council held a public meeting to gather input on the possibility of the property being declared surplus and eventually sold. The 11 properties under consideration are a mixture of unopened road allowances, narrow lanes, larger parcels that could be potential building lots and one small lot on Gray Road 2 that may or may not be a separate property.
At the…
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Housing Market Is Not Yet at ‘Rock Bottom’ for Many
Redfin’s CEO says the housing market is at “rock bottom.”
That may be true for buyers, but for sellers, the crunch can still get worse.
There is no end in sight for high mortgage rates, and sellers are dropping prices.
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The housing market is still in an ugly place right now for many buyers, and while things may be stabilizing, that just means the pressure will likely shift from buyers to sellers.
In recent months, mortgage rates have reached their…
New Ontario real estate rules to take effect on Dec. 1
Potential home buyers in Windsor-Essex may no longer be left in the dark about competing offers, thanks to new rules in the Ontario real estate market.
“Now, home sellers have the option to disclose the highest offer they have, to disclose the conditions or disclose all of it if they do so choose but it is up to them to make that decision,” said Joyce Blackmere, broker and director of sales at Dan Gemus Real Estate. “It definitely is a positive. It provides more opportunity and more transparency for buyers to potentially better understand the property they are offering on.”…
Homes in this California city sell faster than anywhere else in the state, study shows
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A resident walks in front of townhomes in the Pulte Homes Inc. Pepper Lane development in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
LOS ANGELES – When it comes to ranking America’s fastest housing markets, it looks like only one California city makes the cut for the best.
That’s according to Redfin, which recently released its list of fastest markets in the US, based on a list of US metropolitan areas with populations of at least 750,000.
Coming in at No. 1 is Albany, NY, where the typical home sold…