Patricia Clarke's Blog

Excuses, excuses, excuses. Currently, there are many ways to buy a home and get into the homeownership world. So why are there still people that keep renting?Excuse #1: I don't have a Down-paymentSome borrowers find it difficult to save for a down payment. However, nowadays, the financing shouldn...

Spring is close and it is my opinion that the Barrie Real Estate market is getting warmer. I am seeing that the number of new listings is growing every day and real estate prices are also increasing a little bit. There are not many deals (homes under market value being listed) in comparison with ...

My husband and partner Peter and I are extremely proud to announce that we are joining Mike Mifsud (Broker of Record) at his new office - Homelife Nu-Key Realty Ltd. located at 1179 Bayfield St. North - just north of the Georgian Mall! We will still be serving the Innisfil, Barrie, Angus and surr...

This week I was in a listing presentation with a couple of  "Empty Nesters" and after 3 hours of my super prepared listing presentation and a thousand of questions answered by me about economy, my vision of the market, etc., the man asked me what was the "average age of a Real Estate Agent?" what...

When I was in the University taking my Master degree in marketing, our teachers always said BE DIFFERENT AND CREATIVE - THAT IS THE SECRET!I am so amazed of seeing how a huge number of agents are not creative with their marketing strategies (good for me though...less competition). Some agents (at...

Hello,Just wanted to share the HUGE success of my webpage of the City of Barrie created just for Hispanics. This website focused in the life and living of people that speak Spanish and live in Barrie and the Simcoe Area.The goal of this page was to create a bridge of communication within the Hisp...

I would define Barrie Real Estate Market as a very active market in terms of product to sell; the amount of homes listed for sale in the city of Barrie continued growing with 1,106 homes for sale in Barrie for November, 2006. In contrast, home sales for November were just 14% of the active listin...

I am so surprised...I wanted to share this...I received Christmas presents from 90% of my clients...wow! Good thing I had presents for all of them too. Wow!I guess this is a pretty good sign...My husband and I must have done a good job...also the Christmas cards were very nice, with messages like...

Hello everybody,I am reading a book that is very interesting "The Millionare Real Estate Agent" and now I have the following question:What is it better for a relatively new agent...to work with a big brokerage (with lots of agents and a very big independence) or to work with a small brokerage?I w...

Continuing with the topic of successfull and cost-efficient marketing, the news is that the networking of LOCAL Real Estate websites for cities of Canada and the US www.HousingMarketMedia.com , has reduced the number of people that can promote their services there to make it more efficient and ex...