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Barrie's Go Train
REIN's Top 10 Cities for Real Estate Investment in Ontario
Barrie...Second best place in Ontario to invest in Real Estate!
Real estate prices continue to sizzle
Barrie Still Canada’s Fastest-Growing City
Real Estate Investing -article of the Toronto Sun
The Future of Downtown Barrie
Relocating to Barrie
Barrie Real Estate Market News
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Simcoe Real Estate Program May Help You With Your Down Payment!

If you are renting and thinking in buying your first home learn how Simcoe County could give you up to a 5% downpayment to buy your own home.

The County of Simcoe's Social Housing Department is providing down payment assistance to moderate income individuals and families giving them the opportunity to move from rental accommodation to homeownership.

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Barrie's Go Train Rides December 17, 2007

It is a fact! Barrie’s GO train commuter trains are running pretty well. First train leaves Barrie’s GO station at 5:45 a.m. on weekdays getting into Toronto’s Union Station until 8:45 a.m. and from Toronto, trains begin departing at 4:10 p.m., according to GO’s schedule. There are four trains out in the morning and four trains back at night.

· Single (one-way) fare: $10.30

· 10 rides: $93.75.

· Monthly pass: $331

The extension of the Go Train is having an important impact on the demand of real estate properties in the south Barrie area.

The Go Train is also good news for the local business community; it will help Barrie to attract more business, tourists and people looking for affordable housing. It will also benefit Barrie residents that work in the Toronto area and will take the pressure off the 400.

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REIN's Top 10 Cities for Real Estate Investment in Ontario

The following are the 10 top Canadian cities to invest in Real Estate in Ontario, Canada (source: REIN - The Real Estate Investment Network):

Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge
Barrie - Orillia
Durham Region (Whitby, Pickering, Ajax)
Markham
Hamilton - Brantford
Brampton
Ottawa
Toronto
Oshawa
Whitchurch - Stouffville
Receiving honourable mention are:
St Catherines, Guelph, Orangeville, Aurora and New Market, London and Mississauga.

If you are thinking in investing or moving to Barrie, Give us a call. We are ready to help you!

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Barrie...Second best place in Ontario to invest in Real Estate!

Source: The Quarterly Report
Simcoe Business

Barrie is considered the second best place in Ontario to invest in Real Estate. The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN), Canada's Leading Real Estate Education and Research Organization, has placed Barrie second in it's report on the top 10 towns in Ontario for Real Estate Investment.

The 2006 Canada Census showed Barrie is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. This census says that Barrie's population is now 128,430 and it is expected to grow to almost 244,000 by 2031.

If you are thinking in investing or moving to Barrie give us a call. We are ready to help you!

Peter and Patricia Clarke
Real Estate Sales Representatives
Homelife Nu-Key Realty Ltd
Direct English: 705-716-7611
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Real estate prices continue to sizzle

CBC News

The average price of a resale home in Canada's major markets hit another record high in April, industry figures show.

New monthly price records were set in at least 12 markets across the country, according to MLS data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).

Nationally, the average resale price in 25 major markets was $323,936 in April. That's an increase of almost $7,000 from March and up $28,000 from April of 2006.

The biggest percentage gains continued to be primarily in western cities. Edmonton's year-over-year price appreciation of 51.6 per cent leads all cities. Saskatoon's price gain of 41.9 per cent and Calgary's 23.1 per cent rounded out the top three.

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Barrie Still Canada’s Fastest-Growing City

Local News - Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Welcome to the fastest-growing CMA in Canada! In Statistics Canada lingo that’s a Census Metropolitan Area, and it means Barrie, Innisfil and Springwater Township have experienced the most population growth in this country since 2001, when the last census was done.

The total population for these three municipalities now stands at 177,061, up from 148,480 in 2001.

“Barrie’s growth has a phenomenal rate of increase,” said Pamela White, demography director with Stats Canada, which conducted the census on May 16, 2006.

“The CMA of Barrie grew 19.2 per cent since 2001. That’s (almost) four times the national average,” she said.

Canada’s population grew to 31.6 million people in 2006 from just more than 30 million in 2001, an increase of 5.4 per cent.

It grew by only four per cent in the previous census period, the lowest growth in a century.

Barrie’s population grew by 23.8 per cent, to 128,430 people from 103,710 in 2001.

The city has more than 48,000 dwelling units.

Source: The Barrie Examiner. See More here.

The Future of Downtown Barrie

The completed Downtown Commercial Master Plan was presented to Barrie and councilors have approved it in principle.

Highlights include building on the downtown's strengths - historical, shopping, entertainment, artistic and cultural elements and creating neighborhoods to link all of the elements together with the waterfront.

In the downtown itself, pedestrian links would connect the neighborhoods and allow for walking throughout. A total of 10 different neighborhoods have identified as a focus for revitalization efforts.

Maintaining and enhancing public access to the waterfront is a key component of the Downtown Commercial Master Plan. It incorporates a canal along Lakeshore Drive between Bayfield and Mulcaster Streets and a boardwalk beside the water for pedestrian traffic.

More than vision alone the plan also included many practical elements for future planning. One centres on providing financial incentives to attract residential and commercial development.