Since the end of March many people have been wondering what impact COVID19 will have on the real estate market. With just over two months behind us, we finally have some numbers to work with to start trying to interpret the market conditions.   As buyer uncertainty grew as we be moved further into the pandemic, condominium sales in Barrie dropped substantially. In April there were only 13 con...Read More

The Barrie condo market has been quite the mixed bag in 2020 where it started off booming at the beginning of the year and did a complete 180 at the end of March.   In the first quarter of the year, properties were selling within a week of hitting the market with many selling for the asking price or more. We were entering a market that was similar of that to 2017 with predictions of the Barri...Read More

Property viewings and final buyer visits before a property that has been purchased closes. When a buyer is interested in viewing a property that is for sale, many real estate brokerages have put COVID19 showing policies in place to protect all parties during the requested viewing. After the viewing has been booked, the listing agent sends over the brokerage’s COVID19 Buyer Disclosure Form...Read More

  Real estate was quite a mixed bag in March. The first two weeks were completely booming! The Barrie condo market was entering the spring market with a shortage of supply and properties were selling within days of being listed, many in multiple offers. The whole real estate market resembled that of 2017 where professionals were forecasting a record-breaking year.   As the government st...Read More

  As COVID-19 continues to impact communities across Canada, Barrie Condo Corner is taking every precaution to safeguard the health and safety of our clients as you are our number one priority. We are posting to let you know that we continue to support existing and new clients with urgent buying and selling needs. Although Real Estate service is on the essential service list for O...Read More

There is a very strong buyer demand for Barrie real estate right now and many buyers are looking to purchase condos as they are the most affordable property type available for sale in Barrie. Last month there was a total of 51 condominiums sold in Barrie, which the city of Barrie has not seen that many condo sales in a given month since June of 2018 when inventory was at its highest.   In Feb...Read More

After a couple years of extremely high inventory and a slow buyer’s market, it looks like 2020 is off to a hot start; very similar to what we experienced back in 2017.   Straight out the gates of 2019, buyers started purchasing condos as though their New Year's resolution was to purchase a condominium in the first month of the year. Units were getting bought up within days of being ...Read More

  The Barrie condo market experienced quite a mixed market in 2019. Some condo units were selling rather quickly, while others were sitting on the market for months. Sometimes a real estate market can experience different extremes because supply and demand are not the same within the market; sub-markets. For instance, larger units at a higher price point were sitting on the market for much ...Read More

The final half of 2019 has been quite unpredictable to say the least. The Barrie condo market did not slow down during July and August; when it is historically quiet for real estate sales, and the September boom that normally comes right after Labour Day was delayed a month.   The number of units sold in November was practically identical to that of October but the average and median prices f...Read More

October was quiet a busy month for condominium sales in Barrie. More units were sold in October than September, which is a rarity. There were a total of 46 units sold which made for the best month in terms of condo units sold since April 2019.   The number of condo apartments that sold last month were relatively the same as previous months with an average sale price of $450,672 (median $415,0...Read More