LSTAR is looking for Captains and Volunteers to help collect food for the London Food Bank, as part of the 2023 BusinessCares Food Drive, which will take place on December 2nd and 3rd, 2023. If you're not available on any of those dates, you can bring your non-perishable food donations to LSTAR, to fill up the big red box at our reception. The deadline for donation drop-off is December 15th, 2023, at 4:30 pm.
Join REALTOR® and TRESA expert Ray Ferris for one of the following TRESA Member Guidance webinars:
Join us this Thursday, November 9th, at 9 am, for our Autumn Extravaganza: ORWP Town Hall & Open House, featuring a Q&A with Stacey Evoy, LSTAR building tour, a delicious charcuterie board, and a chance to have professional headshots taken for FREE!
488 homes exchanged hands in October 2023 via LSTAR's MLS® System, 2.45% more than during the previous month, but 0.5% less than a year ago. The number of new listings climbed to 1,232, which marks a record high for the month of October. Housing supply stayed virtually unchanged from last month, decreasing only very slightly from 4.4 months in September to 4.3 months in October.
LSTAR is looking for passionate volunteers to serve on our 2024 Committees, Advisory Groups, and Task Forces. If you're interested, please complete the Committee Application Survey by Thursday, November 9, 2023.
On October 12, 2023, LSTAR hosted an online event featuring well-known public opinion pollster Nik Nanos of Nanos Research, one of North America’s premier research and strategy organizations, sharing what the residents of London and St. Thomas think about home affordability in their cities, healthcare facilities, public transit, and their overall quality of life.
Members are reminded to be cautious when taking a listing to ensure that the seller has the authority and the ability to sell.
September ushered 1,320 new listings on the local home market, 12.6% more than the same time a year ago. The number of new listings is the highest recorded for September since 2014. Home sales tapered slightly, with 476 homes exchanging hands via LSTAR’s MLS® System, down 6.5% compared to September 2022.
This year, there will not be an election for the 2024 LSTAR Board of Directors because only two eligible candidates were running for the two director positions available at the time the nominations closed.
On Tuesday, September 26, CREA will be upgrading its National Authentication Facility (NAF 1.0) to a new, more secure and user-friendly login experience, the new REALTOR.ca Single Sign-On (SSO). If you haven’t already done so, please set up your new REALTOR.ca SSO account today following the steps outlined in CREA’s emails. Please note that, without such an account, you will not have access to CREA’s WEBForms®, LSTAR’s MLS® System, and LSTAR’s Member Hub.
We would like to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples in whose traditional territory we work and live: the Anishinabek; the Haudenosaunee; and the Lunaapeew. The three distinct First Nations communities within the Middlesex-London area are: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and Munsee-Delaware Nation. We acknowledge the many longstanding treaty relationships between Indigenous Nations and Canada – including the London Township Purchase of 1796 between the Anishinabek and the Crown. This territory is now home to many First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples.
Each of us must honour these relationships, and we all have a responsibility to reconcile.
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