“I’ve gotten to meet really fabulous librarians on my journey,” Thurston said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Thurston has twice since crossed the border, once in April and once in July, but found a workaround: Thurston said she has made sure to stop American libraries on both return trips to complete and print her ArriveCan slip to bring to the border, something met with surprise at the small-town libraries she’s visited. “I thought I was put into quarantine as a punishment for not being able to fulfill the requirements, which I wasn’t able to fulfill because I don’t have the smartphone.” “My experience was really I felt really violated, I felt let down,” Thurston said. Thurston said the border agent gave her two options: go back to the United States, or complete a 14-day quarantine at her home with two PCR tests. The next issue of Windsor Star Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.
The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average home price was $629,971 in July 2022, down five per cent from the same month last year. As they re-enter the market, they’ll find a bit more selection, but not as much as might be expected.” “That said, the demand that was so strong just a few months ago has not gone away, but some buyers will likely stay on the sidelines until they see what happens with borrowing costs and prices.
“July saw a continuation of the trends we’ve been watching unfold for a few months now sales winding down and prices easing in some relatively more expensive parts of the country as well as places where prices rose most over the past two years,” said Jill Oudil, chair of CREA. While this was the fifth consecutive month-over-month decline in housing activity, it was also the smallest of the five.” The Canadian Real Estate Association said in its July report released Monday, “home sales recorded over Canadian MLS Systems fell by 5.3 per cent between June and July 2022.
We are keeping a close eye on conditions in our region for any indication of what to expect over the coming months.” Only time will tell if and when trigger-shy and previously discouraged buyers will return en masse. “It is reasonable to expect that as market conditions stabilize buyers will eventually return. Although our local market is still technically in balanced territory, momentum suggests we are headed into a buyers’ market in near term.” Valerie Miles, association president, said: “With further increases to the cost of borrowing expected in the near future, some buyers have sidelined themselves while they wait to see how this shift in market conditions plays out.