29 Half Acre lots off Wall Rd! This is part 2 of the post below on learning about City of Ottawa notices 🙂
Month: May 2016
Hi everyone,
I’m sure a lot of people have seen the large City of Ottawa development signs around and if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering what exactly that means for your community.
Today I’m going to show you what those city of Ottawa signs mean and how you can get some important information on developments in your community.
To find out what any given sign means you’re going to go to http://www.ottawa.ca/devapps.
In the “Development Application Search” you’re going to type in whatever reference, the street, address, whatever information was available on the sign.
Once you find the location that you’re looking for you will then be able to see what the status is, what type of application it was, where the status is, if you can comment on the issue and the last day that the status was updated.
If you click on the file you will get some more details about what exactly is going on. You will get a quick summary of what is going on, a map, and a planning rational explaining why the application is a good idea.
What’s really cool about devapps.ca is that you can check out official plans and amendments in your local area and stay up to date on what’s going on.
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Today I interviewed Nick Lamoureaux from Healthy Homes Ottawa. He is a home inspector here in Ottawa and he gave me some great advice!
When looking to hire a home inspector you want to be dealing with someone young and mobile who is equipped to properly inspect your home. It’s 2016, we live in the age of technology and it’s important to remember this when hiring a home inspector. There are tools like the thermal gun that allow him to find anomalies in walls and ceilings that you can’t see with the naked eye, like water leaks and even mice trails! A lot of issues can go undiscovered if you don’t have the right tools!
Feel free to contact Nick if you or someone you know is in need of a home inspection!
613.915.7005
info@healthyhomesottawa.ca
This week I want to share with you an experience that a past client of mine had. This particular fellow had actually worked in Real Estate before, he had worked with a lot of Real Estate Agents before, and had a lot of overall experience in Real estate. He thought he knew what to expect, but… let’s see how things turned out with him…
” Hi Everyone, my name is Roger Dagenais, and I just wanted to give a big Thank You to Marc and Tarek for helping my buy my house! I’ve been living here for about 2 years now, and when I chose them as my Real Estate agents I thought they might have been like every one else – trying to push me into a house and land a commission, and these guys are not. They’re actually really hard working, very trustworthy people, and I just loved dealing with them. Now we had a new addition to the family, and we’re looking to have sell this home, and have Marc and Tarek find us a new house. I highly recommend Marc and Tarek, so give them a call – they’ll be great for you.”
So that’s it! Good buddy of mine that I helped out. Had a lot on the go and it went very well. If you’re looking for help as well, please give me a call at (613)739-9494 or email me at Mevans@evanselattar.com.
Thanks 🙂
Hey Everyone,
In this segment I’m going to go through the beginning of the Suburb Series, which means this week I’m going to go through the stats year over year for Orleans, and in the coming weeks you’ll see me and my team go through Barrhaven, Kanata, Stittsville, Nepean etc.
Here goes for Orleans:
Year over year, prices were DOWN 2% on average.
For the same time period, days on market were UP 46% on average.
Here are the stats:
April 2015
Detached  113 @ 443K in 31
Towns      54 @ 311K in 26
Condos      41 @ 311K in 47
April 2016
Detached  125 @437K in 41
Towns        55 @ 309K in 33
Condos      34 @ 219K in 51
What does this mean? If you are thinking of selling, you need to invest in a GOOD agent who can do some damage control and make sure you are getting as much money as possible. If you are looking to Buy, it’s a GREAT time to buy as prices are down on average and sellers are hurting a bit.
If you want some specific information on any type of home in any type of area – please call me at (613)739-5959 or email at Mevans@evanselattar.com
See you soon!
Hey everyone,
Quick Market Update here for Fallingbrook Orleans. Let’s get into it and see how it looked!
In April 2016 we had 38 sales, which accounts for 18% of all sales in Orleans that month.
Now let’s get some context moving forward and compare April 2015 to April 2016 so you can see how we are progressing.
One type of property that sells well in Fallingbrook is 2 Story Detached homes. In April 2015 we had 28 sales, for an average of $440,000 and an average time on market of 35 days. April 2016 saw 19 sales, for an average of $411,000 with a time on market of 53 days. So that’s a decrease in sales of 32%, a decrease in price of 6.5%, and an increase in days on market of 34%.
Detached Bungalows are next. Only a few of them sold in April 2015. 2 Sales with an average price of $321,000 and 22 days on market. In April 2016 we saw 3 sales, average price of $460,000 with 30 days on market. That’s a 50% increase in sales, 44% increase in price, ad 36% increase in days on market. Don’t look too much into these percentages because you can’t get any meaningful trend information out of these small numbers.
Townhouses are next. In April 2015 we had 33 sales, for an average price of $284,000 selling in 22 days. In April 2016 we saw 16 sales, selling for $291,000 on average, and in 33 days. That’s a 51% decrease in sales, 2% increase in value, and 50% increase in days on market.
Finally, a few condos sold both last year and this year in Fallingbrook. Last April only 3 condos sold, for an average of $241,000 in 24 days. These were all townhouse condos. This past April we only had 1 condo sale and it was in Club Citadel, sold for $204,000 and in 33 days. Don’t look too much into any trends here because of the small numbers, but sales for condos were down 66%, Price is down 15% and days on Market is up 38%.
That’s it for the market update in Fallingbrook!
Don’t forget we always offer FREE home home evaluations to sellers with NO OBLIGATION to list, and we offer priority access to HOT new listings to buyers, including properties from ALL real estate companies, bank foreclosures, company owned properties and builder closeouts.
Call me anytime at (613)739-5959 or email me at means@evanselattar.com
Talk Soon!
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