YGK Check In/Update
One of the most interesting things to come out of the last month, other than learning new Tic Toc dances, has been learning about all of the different ways people are reacting to our current ‘little predicament’. […]
Winter Is Coming
Do you have your snow tires on yet? This region has certainly had enough winter weather already to warrant it. Fun fact though: Last year’s first school “snow day” was also mid November; so it really shouldn’t have come as a surprise we guess. Speaking of surprises, when Santa came to town for the parade [...]
Fall Snapshot – YGK Residential Market Update
Market Update -Inventory of houses for sale this year dropped 6.8% from September of last year (1030 in 2019 vs. 1105 in 2018) putting further pressure on buyers and pushing the average price up further -Regarding Average Price for Kingston and Area, September posted another year-over-year increase of 11.2%! Average price for the month was [...]
Stats Breakdown
As we dive into what the real estate market looked like around these parts to start the year, it must be pointed out that the January stats for our Local Board can be quite deceiving when you just look at the overall averages (and these “averages” are usually what is presented in the news and online). [...]
Summing Up Summer
This year saw a return to the typical August real estate activity around these parts, as people enjoyed the last chance to vacation with family and begin preparing for the new school year as well. So, it was not that surprising to see sales and active listings were down compared to the month before and compared [...]
First Quarter – Blips, Bumps, Inconsistencies, Anecdotes.
Believe it or not, we’re already through the first quarter of 2018. Not only that, but the numbers are in, and not surprisingly we’re still in the midst of a Seller’s market. If you’re interested, read the excerpt below for an explanation of how a market is defined as either a [...]
What & Where are People Buying in Today’s Market?
For the entire Kingston and Area Board (that’s east of Gananoque to west of Napanee and far north into cottage country), residential sales in February were down 22% from 229 to 179. This was in major part due to the available inventory of active listings being down 35% from 1,618 last year to only 1,050 active listings [...]