Spring has finally arrived! To celebrate the advent of the season and the Easter holiday, The Faris Team rolled up our sleeves once again on April 9th in support of the Barrie Food Bank. Toting our “Full Out For You” attitudes and loads of elbow...
Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 197 units in December 2014. This was a small decline of two per cent (four sales) from December 2013.Within the City of Barrie sales activity edged down...
Springwater Township is known for its beautiful scenery, pristine forests and sprawling farmland. It also lives up to its name as the home to the Elmvale Spring, a freshwater aquifer from which flows what experts believe may be the purest water in the world.According to environmental...
Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 437 units in August 2014. This was an increase of 10 per cent from last August.Within the City of Barrie sales activity rose 13 per cent from...
Tiny homes are popping up across Canada and have been growing in popularity world-wide over the past decade. These 100-800 square foot dwellings are appealing to a new generation of homeowner that is environmentally conscious, debt averse, and craving independence without having to commit to...
We, The Mark Faris Team, accepted the #IceBucketChallenge to raise awareness for ALS also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease and there is no effective treatment and no cure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSycpyP5DCk The challenge involved getting doused with buckets of ice cold water...
The Bank of Canada announced on April 16th, 2014 that it was keeping its trend-setting overnight lending rate at 1 per cent, where it has been parked since September 2010. The Bank also published its latest quarterly Monetary Policy Report and updated its economic growth...
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations in 2014, and extended the outlook to 2015.National resale housing activity has started 2014 at lower levels,...
Effective May 1, 2014, CMHC will increase mortgage insurance premiums for residential homeowners and 1-4 unit rental properties. The new premiums will apply to mortgages underwritten on or after May 1, 2014, and will not affect mortgages already in existence.CMHC stated in a news conference...
Residential property sales recorded through the MLS® System of the Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® Inc. numbered 201 units in December 2013. This was a rebound of 17 per cent from last year’s weaker December.Within the City of Barrie sales activity was up 22...
