"Niagara Real Estate Market Update - August 2024 Residential home sales activity recorded through the MLS® for the Niagara Association of REALTORS® (NAR) totaled 503 units in July 2024, compared to 522 July 2023. In July, the NAR listed 1345 residential properties compared to 1280 in July 2023. The average days it took to sell a home in July 2024 was 42 days, a 31.3% increase from July 2023. The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI), tracks price trends far more accurately than is possible using average or median price measures. The overall MLS® HPI composite benchmark price for the Niagara Region was $646,900 in…

Niagara is experiencing a bit of a slower sales period during the beginning of the fourth quarter with more listings but less sales than last year,” reports Niagara Association of REALTORS® President, Amy Layton. “However, pent up demand is building in the region as people have begun to adjust to the higher cost of borrowing. We're continuing to see less of a gap year over year now than the sharper declines we saw in the third quarter of 2022.”   If you have any real estate questions or just want to chat about your home's current value. Give me a call I'm…

September Niagara Real Estate Market Update We are continuing to see a dip in sales this September 2023 compared to August 2023, but an increase in new listings up by 12% from August. The HPI Benchmark price has dipped a bit as well by 1.4% since last month, indicating a buyers’ market. As people get back into their life and school routines in September, this is expected. The last quarter of the year is usually busier as people are hoping to move before the holiday season and winter. October looks to be a great time for buyers as we have lots of inventory and…

The Niagara Market Update for August 2023 Niagara real estate continues to hold steady, and with the recent Bank of Canada announcement September 6th that interest rates will hold for now. August showed us less new listings than July, with basically the same amount of sales, but this is expected during this month, as many are enjoying the last days of summer and getting the kids ready for school, We are also seeing the gap getting smaller regarding HPI composite benchmark price. Prices are only down 1% from July to August of 2023, and down 3.6% from August 2022 to August 2023.…