Barrie’s Economic Outlook for 2010 is Improving

January 7th, 2010
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Barrie’s unemployment rate has dropped for the first time since April 2008 in the fourth quarter of 2009.  Since the economy here has turned around at the end of the second quarter of 2009, fifteen hundred (1,500) full time jobs have been added.  All of this is positive news for Barrie and the housing market [...]

Forecast For 2009-2010

November 18th, 2009
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According to Gregory Klump, Chief Economist for CREA, the Canadian Real Estate Board, sales activity have continued to set new monthly records in July, August, September, and October.  CREA now forecast that the national activity will reach 460,200 units up 6.6% from last year and new sales forecast in 2009 puts activity about on par [...]