commercial and community ventures promise to improve the quality of life for visitors and, if our little family of four can speak on behalf of many, residents are smiling too. We are now active members of the beautiful new YMCA facility—swimming, working out and playing in the gym together—connecting with old friends we’d never otherwise find time to catch up with. Our in-town banking and grocery shopping has become much easier as well. Investors are seeing significant returns on properties they bought in the not-too-distant past and optimism seems to be in the air in all areas. My take is that as a town we still have youthful exuberance yet we’ve been around the block long enough to be ready for strategic risk-taking.

Buyers and sellers continually provide valuable feedback which lets me know what I need to continue doing and what I need to do more of. Also, my Home Hunt system is still working 24/7 to keep you informed with properties of interest as soon as they hit the market.

And, because so many of you have asked for the return of the WOW newsletter, it shall be reborn! Stay tuned to TheHomeHunt.com for an on-line version as well. Thanks again for a wonderful year of real estate relationships, both new and long-term, especially to those of you who stay in touch via email, phone or just pop in for a chat. Thanks for remaining a special part of our real estate family.

Looking forward to toasty toes as you rest by your fireplace over the holidays? Here are a few tips to keep the experience charming:

> Use only 2 or 3 logs at a time. Avoid "roaring" fires, which create high pressure in the fireplace and add large amounts of soot and creosote to the flue.

> It may be tempting to throw ad flyers into the fire but beware—some coloured inks contain lead which when burned become airborne.

> In the spirit of recycling, ashes can be a good fertilizer for the garden. They are high in potassium, alkaline calcium and magnesium compounds.

> Finally, here’s your best excuse to wile away the hours in front of the fire: you are being vigilant and keeping an eye on it until it’s completely out!

A Lively Source of Real Estate & Community News Winter 2006/07

H appy Holidays! We’re brushing off the early snow of December to let in the fresh New Year’s air

and we welcome you all—clients, friends, family—to share in our latest news and views. Starting in January, after seven years at Base Borden’s Personnel Support Agency Training Centre, my wonderful and talented wife Mary will join the Home Hunt team as our exclusive Client Care Specialist. From now on, we envision a different kind of Monday morning: instead of herding our little girls into the van for a bracing early morning drive to Base Borden in the dark of winter, it’ll be vanilla lattes by the fireplace as we plan the week ahead. We’re both very excited as we know that this means more time together and with clients. Mary’s creative and detail-oriented approach will allow me to focus my energies on what I do best: advising and negotiating for clients as they buy and sell property. Wasaga Beach is no stranger to change either. From east to west,

~Bruce~~Bruce~~Bruce~~Bruce~

From Our Igloo to Yours...

Published by Bruce Johnson, Sales Representative, RE/MAX of Wasaga Beach Inc., Brokerage. Not intended to solicit properties currently listed.

RE/MAX of Wasaga Beach Inc., Brokerage Independently Owned and Operated

Bruce Johnson, ABR Sales Representative

1263 Mosley Street (Box 490)

Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 1A5

email: Bruce@TheHomeHunt.com

www.TheHomeHunt.com

+1-705-429-4500 ext. 226

+1-888-741-8888

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"The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and

flee out of the city but his wife looked

back and was turned to salt.

Concerned, James asked: "What

happened to the flea?"

∗ SusanSusanSusanSusan, 4, was drinking juice when she

got the hiccups. "Please don't give me

this juice again," she said to her

mother. "It makes my teeth cough."

∗ Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, 4, stepped onto the bathroom

scale and asked: "How much do I cost?"

∗ MarcMarcMarcMarc, 4, was engrossed in a young

couple that were hugging and kissing in

a restaurant. Without taking his eyes

off them, he asked his dad: "Why is he whispering in her

mouth?"

∗ ClintonClintonClintonClinton, 5, was in his bedroom looking worried. When

his Mom asked what was troubling him, he replied,

"I don't know what'll happen with this bed when I

get married. How will my wife fit in?"

∗ TammyTammyTammyTammy, 4, was with her mother when they met

an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew.

Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked,

"Why doesn't your skin fit your face?"

∗ A mother A mother A mother A mother took her daughter to a Sunday

sermon. "Dear Lord," the minister began, with arms

extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on

his upturned face. "Without you, we are but dust."

He would have continued but at that moment the

girl leaned over and asked quite audibly in her shrill

voice, "Mom, what is butt dust?”

MLS Statistics for the Georgian Triangle

November 2006 November 2005

Listings Sales Average Sale Listings Sales Average Sale

Area Month YTD Month YTD Month Year Month YTD Month YTD Month Year

Clearview 35 351 13 131 $429,615 $299,073 25 305 16 134 $200,344 $246,044

Collingwood 40 475 22 250 $230,859 $234,928 46 470 19 278 $217,053 $213,772

Town of the Blue Mountains 41 387 19 151 $434,242 $408,778 26 314 11 120 $389,818 $386,455

Tiny Township 8 106 2 30 $179,000 $318,106 10 86 3 36 $175,300 $206,613

Wasaga Beach 70 859 38 353 $256,205 $225,552 69 843 35 391 $220,599 $214,541