Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Civic Hospital

Civic Hospital Area MLS® Area 4504

 

Residential              61 Units

Detached                 44 Units; Average Price Sold $550,660, Average DOM – 24

Row                           1 Unit

Semi Detached       16 Units; Average Price Sold $387,036, Average DOM – 29

Condos                    16 Units; Average Price Sold $334,593, Average DOM – 30

 

Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton

Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Stittsville

Stittsville MLS® Areas 8201, 8202, 8203 (including Fringewood)

 

Residential              363 Units

Detached                  297 Units; Average Price Sold $382,082, Average DOM – 34

Row                           52 Units; Average Price Sold $264,309, Average DOM – 24

Semi Detached         14 Units; Average Price Sold $316,978, Average DOM – 11

Condos                    49 Units (mostly row unit style) – Average Price Sold - $316,978, DOM - 26

 

Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton

Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Blackburn Hamlet

Blackburn Hamlet MLS® Areas  2310, 2302, 2303

 

Residential              57 Units

Detached                 38 Units; Average Price Sold $345,328, Average DOM – 29

Row                          15 Units; Average Price Sold $246,633, Average DOM – 35

Semi Detached         4 Units; Average Price Sold $233,550, Average DOM – 13

Condos                    49 Units (mostly row unit style)Average Price Sold $178,825, Average DOM – 19

 

Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton

Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Elmvale Acres

Elmvale Acres MLS® Areas 3701 through 3705

 

Residential              133 Units

Detached                 118 Units; Average Price Sold $303,616, Average DOM – 23

Row                              5 Units; Average Price Sold $371,200, Average DOM – 26

Semi Detached        10  Units; Average Price Sold $243,250, Average DOM – 46

 Condos                    27 Units

Average Price Sold $175,259, Average DOM – 33

 Multiple Family      1 Unit

Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton

Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Alta Vista

Alta Vista MLS® Areas 3601 through 3609

 

Residential              258 Units

Detached                 207 Units; Average Price Sold $421,090, Average DOM – 34

Row                           41 Units; Average Price Sold $327,960, Average DOM – 29

Semi Detached         10 Units; Average Price Sold $285,788, Average DOM – 63

Condos                    73 Units - Average Price Sold $270,982, Average DOM – 54

Multiple Family      2 Units

Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton

 

Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Westboro

Westboro MLS® Areas 5001, 5002 and 5003

Residential              129 Units

Detached                 73 Units; Average Price Sold $465,602, Average DOM – 22

Row                         18 Units; Average Price Sold $393,527, Average DOM – 32

Semi Detached       38 Units; Average Price Sold $489,221, Average DOM – 55 

Condos                    35 Units  Average Price Sold $437,906, Average DOM – 71 

Multiple Family      2 Units

Ottawa Neighbourhood MLS® Sales 2009 - Hintonburg

Mechanicsville

Hintonburg and West Centre Town

(MLS® Areas 4201 - 4205)

Residential              135 Units

Detached                 71 Units; Average Price Sold $299,034, Average DOM – 27

Row                           33 Units; Average Price Sold $321,407, Average DOM – 24

Semi Detached       31 Units; Average Price Sold $327,364, Average DOM – 23

 

Condos                    42 Units

Average Price Sold $274,393, Average DOM – 20

 

Multiple Family      14 Units

Average Price Sold $380,142, Average DOM – 43

 

 

Photo credit:  Adrice Smitton

Grow Ops and Drug Distribution - Ottawa

All neighbourhoods in Ottawa can be locations for Grow Ops and drug distribution.  To maintain the value of your current home (for now and future sale) and to make your area safe, it is important to know some of the signs and to phone the authorities if you have concerns.  Closing your eyes to these problems will not make them go away - in fact, you are assisting the perpetrators.

What should you notice? 

For drug distribution - look for a number of cars arriving at the house, staying for short periods of time, and then leaving.  Maybe there is a lot of foot traffic going in and out of the house.  Look for people who park a block away and walk to the house.  Everyone has visitors but is there an unusually high number and people who do not look like they are just dropping in for coffee.  Is the house being left to fall apart while other business is being transacted?  Listen to your intuition.  Is something just not right?  Call the police to voice your concerns.  In a case near me, the police indicated that they had no records of people calling so they were not actively watching the house.  Call.

For a Grow Op - (see Ottawa Police site ) because the humidity is going to be high (and destroy the house in the process), it is unlikely anyone is living in the house.  There will be ‘visitors’ to tend to the crop and they may be arriving and leaving at odd times.  In a Grow Op situation it is more what is not happening versus what you can see.  The drapes or window treatments will be closed tightly.  There is likely to be condensation on the windows (from the heat and humidity).  Windows will never be opened.  Lights and music/TV will be left on 24/7 to give the feeling of someone being home.  There may be a fan running to vent the inside of the house.  Remember, a Grow Op does not have to be in a detached home.  It may be in an apartment block, duplex, row or semi-detached.  Your best move is to contact the city police. 

The City of Kansas has a wonderful brochure and reporting sheet available for use. 

If you have information about a marijuana grow house, the Ottawa police would like you to contact them:

Photo credit:  Neighborhood Watch @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/40819389@N04/3757326409/

Ottawa Real Estate Sales - Crystal Beach - MLS® Area 7002

This weekend I spent some time driving around Crystal Beach.  If you wonder where this is, drive west on Carling Avenue until you see the Nepean Sailing Club and voila - you are at Crystal Beach.  Right now there are four homes for sale, 2 bungalows, 1 - 2 storey and 1 - 3 storey home. 

Since January 1, 2009, 34 homes were sold in Crystal Beach as follows:

 

Most homes were built in the early 1960s.  The average Days on Market was 24 days with sold prices ranging from $230,000 - $472,000.  The average sold price was $333,432.

Ottawa Real Estate Sales - Crestview/Meadowlands MLS® area 7302

Tucked in south of Algonquin College is the Crestview/Meadowlands area of Ottawa.  Drive down Woodruffe and you would never know what lovely and affordable homes are available.  Turn on Meadowlands and drive east.  The houses are primarily 3 bedroom bungelows build in the late 1950s.  Young families are coming into the area - the now adult children who grew up in the area.  What a wonderful full circle of life.  Luigi Aiello listed a home on Oakridge on October 20/09 and within minutes of it going live on the Multiple L isting Service® we received calls for viewings.  The house sold with multiple offers.  There is a demand for these homes.

As of this morning and since January 1, 2009, the following MLS® activity has taken place: 

*These statistics are derived from the Multiple L isting Service® and do not include those properties available through other sources such as private sales and transfers.

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