Selling or buying a home can be an arduous task, but there is no real estate partnership more qualified than Rick Wearing and Sandra Parrott of Wearing & Parrott. The two recently celebrated 25 years in the business together and are considered to be one of the most established real estate partnerships in the Muskoka area. Rick and Sandra live and breathe Huntsville and its surrounding community because it’s not only where they work, it’s the place they call home. What sets Rick and Sandra apart from others in their industry is their personable and professional approach. Working with them allows clients to trust in the results driven process developed by Rick and Sandra through the years.
To help their clients know what to expect when it comes to negotiations and the process of buying and selling, the award-winning duo stay on top of new trends in the industry. The two pride themselves on their core values of open communication and offering a pressure-free experience. Rick and Sandra know that buying or selling a home can be difficult to navigate and their main goal is to take all the guesswork out of the process by offering up the knowledge they’ve accumulated over their combined 63 years of experience in the real estate industry.
Although Rick and Sandra know the business like the back of their hands, they are always open to discussion when it comes to their clients’ personal ideas. Ensuring their clients are happy is of the utmost importance and they are always just a phone call, text or email away. Rick and Sandra will go above and beyond the typical real estate duties because of their passion for their work. Their clients’ satisfaction is unmatched in the industry.
When they are not putting their all into helping their valued clients sell or buy, Rick and Sandra can be found traveling, curling, spending time with their 6 children and 5 grandchildren, hanging out with their Border Terriers Fergie and Piper, or giving back to the community with local organizations such as The Huntsville Festival of the Arts and Meals on Wheels.
Buying and selling with Rick and Sandra is a breeze because you can truly trust in their enduring 25-year partnership.
A few recent comments from clients:
“The Wearing Parrott Team was open to discussing with us ideas on how to improve curb appeal. The results from these suggestions definitely helped with the final sale of our property. Their positive outlook helped to support and carry us through a number of challenging and market fluctuations. Working with Sandra and Rick was a positive experience for the reasons mentioned. We would highly recommend this Team to assist you in any of your real estate needs.” – Ken and Sharon S
“You explained everything really well. That helped us feel confident that we were making the right decisions. Plus, you were fun! We were so happy that we chose you again as our realtors. You set us up well for a big, fast win — selling in 5 days, well above asking, with no conditions. And you made the whole process fun! Thank You.” – Ken and Sue C
“The Wearing Team has gone out of their way to assist us. The sale of our home was due to sudden extremely difficult personal circumstances and the Wearing Team has eased the steps in every way. We are so very thankful they helped us out.” – Will G
When the time is right to buy or sell your home, cottage or condo in the Huntsville, Lake of Bays or Almaguin region, you want to work with a local realtor partnership ready to help you every step of the way. Rick Wearing and Sandra Parrott, Your Real Estate Partners are one of the most established and experienced real estate partnerships in the entire Muskoka region. Their partnership is built to last. Together they use their combined experience, passions, and perseverance to provide nothing but the finest service to their clients. Rick and Sandra are more than willing to share an abundance of information and insights gathered throughout the years. Having just completed their 25th Anniversary year, these real estate partners want to put their now 26 years of teamwork and expertise to work for you and help make your real estate wishes come true, whatever they might be. Please feel free to contact either one of them at 705-788-3535 or email at info@WearingParrott.com today.
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TORONTO – One expert predicts Ottawa‘s changes to mortgage rules will help spur demand among potential homebuyers but says policies aimed at driving new supply are needed to address the “core issues” facing the market.
The federal government’s changes, set to come into force mid-December, include a higher price cap for insured mortgages to allow more people to qualify for a mortgage with less than a 20 per cent down payment.
The government will also expand its 30-year mortgage amortization to include first-time homebuyers buying any type of home, as well as anybody buying a newly built home.
CIBC Capital Markets deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal calls it a “significant” move likely to accelerate the recovery of the housing market, a process already underway as interest rates have begun to fall.
However, he says in a note that policymakers should aim to “prevent that from becoming too much of a good thing” through policies geared toward the supply side.
Tal says the main issue is the lack of supply available to respond to Canada’s rapidly increasing population, particularly in major cities.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17,2024.
OTTAWA – The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of homes sold in August fell compared with a year ago as the market remained largely stuck in a holding pattern despite borrowing costs beginning to come down.
The association says the number of homes sold in August fell 2.1 per cent compared with the same month last year.
On a seasonally adjusted month-over-month basis, national home sales edged up 1.3 per cent from July.
CREA senior economist Shaun Cathcart says that with forecasts of lower interest rates throughout the rest of this year and into 2025, “it makes sense that prospective buyers might continue to hold off for improved affordability, especially since prices are still well behaved in most of the country.”
The national average sale price for August amounted to $649,100, a 0.1 per cent increase compared with a year earlier.
The number of newly listed properties was up 1.1 per cent month-over-month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 16, 2024.
MONTREAL – Two Quebec real estate brokers are facing fines and years-long suspensions for submitting bogus offers on homes to drive up prices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christine Girouard has been suspended for 14 years and her business partner, Jonathan Dauphinais-Fortin, has been suspended for nine years after Quebec’s authority of real estate brokerage found they used fake bids to get buyers to raise their offers.
Girouard is a well-known broker who previously starred on a Quebec reality show that follows top real estate agents in the province.
She is facing a fine of $50,000, while Dauphinais-Fortin has been fined $10,000.
The two brokers were suspended in May 2023 after La Presse published an article about their practices.
One buyer ended up paying $40,000 more than his initial offer in 2022 after Girouard and Dauphinais-Fortin concocted a second bid on the house he wanted to buy.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2024.
