by Rick Crouch | Sep 25, 2022 | Municipal Affairs, Politics, Real Estate Financial, Real Estate Statistics
With the current rate of inflation driving up the cost of virtually everything and a possible recession standing in the wings, most of us are tightening our belts spending less and in some cases deferring significant purchases until the economic waters calm and our...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 1, 2022 | Business Matters, Politics, Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General
On Wednesday (March 30th) the Ontario government announced a number of new initiatives aimed at cooling off the hot housing market with the overall goal of making homes more affordable for consumers. One of the steps in the proposed new legislation was to increase...
by Rick Crouch | Sep 1, 2021 | Business Matters, Community Affairs, Odds and Ends, Politics, Uncategorized
Today is the first day of September. Many kids are back in school, for most summer holidays are behind us, we are back to a regular work schedule and life is getting back to normal as best as it can with COVID 19 still unwilling to surrender. On September 20th,...
by Rick Crouch | May 3, 2021 | Legal Issues, Municipal Affairs, Politics, Real Estate General, Uncategorized
For those of us that are avid readers and follow the news whether it’s local, national, business, politics or any number of other topics, there has been no shortage of material to digest and weigh-in on over this past several months if not years. Nowhere has...
by Rick Crouch | Jan 13, 2021 | Business Matters, Politics, Real Estate General
Having previously lived in the U.S. (Chicago) and travelled extensively across the country, combined with the fact I have American friends and family living there, I perhaps have a little more interest and insight into U.S. politics. My U.S. residency (1992-1996)...
by Rick Crouch | Jan 24, 2017 | Community Affairs, Environmental Issues, Live Play - Georgian Bay, Odds and Ends, Politics
Like many of you I have been following the ongoing efforts of the Town of Collingwood to sell their remaining 50% interest in Collus. According to a recent article online by Simcoe.com, Collingwood Council voted 7 to 2 in favour of continuing talks with...
