Category Archives: Real Estate News

August 2024 – Housing Market Sees Cooling Trend: Increased Inventory and Lower Prices Provide Opportunities for Buyers

A total of 674 homes were sold in the Waterloo Region via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Cornerstone Association of REALTORS® (Cornerstone). This represents a decrease of 13.7 per cent compared to the same period last year and a decline of 24.8 per cent compared to the average number of homes sold…

June 2024 – Waterloo Region Housing Market Sees Cooling Trend: Increased Inventory and Lower Prices Provide Opportunities for Buyers

In June, a total of 674 homes were sold in the Waterloo Region via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Cornerstone Association of REALTORS® (Cornerstone). This represents a decrease of 13.7 per cent compared to the same period last year and a decline of 24.8 per cent compared to the average number of…

May 2024 – Waterloo Region Sees Dip in Home Sales Due to Sluggish Condo Market

In May, a total of 742 homes were sold via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR). This represents a decrease of 8.1 per cent compared to the same period last year and a decline of 20.0 per cent compared to the average number of homes sold in…

April 2024 – Slight Sales Growth in April Alongside a Strong Increase in Homes for Sale

In April, a total of 692 homes were sold via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR). This represents an increase of 3.3% compared to the same period last year and a decline of 12.3% compared to the average number of homes sold in the previous 5 years…

March 2024 – Despite Low Home Sales in March, Housing Market has seen 8% increase over the same time last year.

In March, a total of 596 homes were sold via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR). This represents a decrease of 3.2% compared to the same period last year and a decline of 33.4% compared to the average number of homes sold in the previous 5 years…

February 2024 – Home Sales Sluggish in February, Prices Steady

In February, there were 485 homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR), representing an increase of 9.7 per cent compared to the previous year and a decline of 19.0 per cent compared to the previous 10-year average for the month. “Home sales remained sluggish in…

January 2024 – Waterloo Region’s Housing Market Shows Signs of Improvement in January

In January, there were 375 homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR), representing an increase of 25.4 per cent compared to the previous year and a decline of 7.4 per cent compared to the previous 10-year average for the month. “January is traditionally a slower…

December 2023 – Annual Home Sales Down Significantly in Waterloo Region in 2023

There were 6,623 homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR) in 2023, a decrease of 14.8 per cent compared to 2022, and a decline of 23.2 per cent compared to the previous 5-year average for annual sales. On a monthly basis, there were 285 homes…

November 2023 – Waterloo Regional Home Sales Cool in November

In November, there were 441 homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR), representing a decrease of 4.5 per cent compared to the previous year and a decline of 33.1 per cent compared to the previous 5-year average for the month. “Last month, the number of…

October 2023 – House Sales picked up in October but are still subdued.

In October, there were 559 homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System of the Waterloo Region Association of REALTORS® (WRAR), representing an increase of 12.2 per cent compared to the previous year and a decline of 24.4 per cent compared to the previous 5-year average for the month. “Homes sales in the Waterloo…