Buying Oakville Property

Buying an Oakville property is buying into a community that enjoys diversity while enjoying a rich cultural heritage with many waterfront events and festivities.  This community has no qualms with letting new comers know they would love to have them.   If you are looking for a wonderful place to bring up healthy children, Oakville has some of the best schools and can provide a safe place for your children to play, while providing you and your spouse the best any city has to offer if you are looking to start a family or making plans to retire.

And, when you finally find that Oakville property that is just right for you, don’t waste any time putting in an offer; after all, with all the great things this community has to offer, property doesn’t stay on the market long around here.

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"Joanne Hardy"

Oakville MLS Listings

Founded in 1857, Oakville has never lost its innocence and charm.  This community is rich in cultural heritage and features some of the finest MLS Oakville listings along a beautiful lake.  The shoreline here is nothing short of spectacular with its festivals, water fun, and fantastic sunbathing and sunsets.  This is a truly wonderful place to bring the whole family, so they can play and relax.  And yet, this family oriented community features one of the best acute care trauma units in the area, and have easy access to all the major highways including the 407, 403, and QEW, plus the 401 series highways, and it is less than one hour from crossing into the United States of America.

The MLS Oakville home listings will show you an area that is rich in parklands, featuring more than 2,400 acres of prime real estate land developed into luscious green landscapes featuring blooming gardens, walking and hiking trails, and bike paths that span many neighbourhoods.  Walking not your thing, then take a bus, a cab, or the go-train.

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"Joanne Hardy"

Why Buy Oakville Property?

Why buy Oakville property, good question and an easy answer. Oakville property is reasonable, as it is just far enough outside Toronto that people with an average income of around $89,000 dollars can afford to invest in some of the great real estate buys available.  Oakville offers a quiet living to most people, but also has a major tourism industry, which drops more than 88 million dollars each year into the city businesses through dining out, theater, performing arts, dance, music, festivals, golf courses, and shopping.  These tourists’ numbers generally range around 1.4 million, so if you run a small business in this community you are bound to enjoy some of these spoils.  Not to mention Oakville property throughout the city is less than an hour from the United States and has immediate access to 401, 402, 407, and the QEW, which makes coming home quick and easy.

The other great thing about Oakville property is the natural parkland that can be found throughout the city.  These parklands include natural hiking trails, biking paths, beautiful creeks, scenic vistas, soccer fields, playgrounds, and much more.  And, if that is not enough check out the great waterfront where you can see yachts travelling in and out of the marinas, find lots of water activities and sailing boards, stretches of long sandy beaches where you can sunbath or paddle the hours away.  Then at the end of the day, stop and enjoy a spectacular sunset lighting the night skies with crimson reds and gold

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Joanne Hardy

Oakville Property

Today, buying an Oakville property is no major feat, as there are many ways available to find one.  You can seek the right property for you using MLS Oakville, the internet, or by looking up Oakville property on your local real estate boards in the greater Toronto area.  With Oakville, founded in 1857, located just a short thirty-minute drive from Toronto, all the major players in the real estate industry will have the home listed in Oakville available on their websites and through their local offices.  Because Oakville is such a charming and distinct community offering several fine neighbourhoods with a host of wonderful and welcoming people, finding a home is never too easy, but they are there for those who want to enjoy a small town environment, but big city amenities.

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Joanne Hardy

Using MLS Oakville

Using MLS Oakville you can quickly find the right home for you in a community that still cares and annually enjoys more than 1.4 million tourists who spend more than 88 million dollars dining out, shopping, enjoying leisurely activities, recreational fun, and night time recreation.  These tourists know that Oakville offers them something no place else can...a great place to visit and look forward to retiring in.  Many of these people annual check out the housing market, and the MLS Oakville listing seeking the home that is just right for them, after their work years have passed by.

Maybe it is time, you too checked out MLS Oakville for your retirement home; after all, Oakville welcomes new residents with open hearts and arms.  And when you are looking for your ideal home don’t forget to check out the area for its natural splendour.  There are more than 140 kilometres of trails, naturally flowing creeks, and around 17 kilometres of waterfront property, some of it for sale.

Retirement home on a lake with spectacular sunsets...should you be checking out MLS Oakville today?  Many splendid neighbours would love to have you and your loved ones join them.

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Joanne Hardy

2013 Polar Bear Dip

CP  |  By Linda Nguyen, The Canadian Press Posted: 01/01/2013 11:49 am EST  |  Updated: 01/02/2013 12:24 am EST

About 800 participants at this year's largest charity gathering, the Courage Polar Bear Dip, stripped down to their skivvies or donned outlandish costumes before jumping into Lake Ontario in Oakville, Ont.
According to organizers, the event, held just west of Toronto at Coronation Park, first began in 1995 and has since raised a total of $1,060,000 for the charity World Vision Canada. Read more...

The “Amber Coast”

Who wouldn’t want to take haven in a place referred to as the “amber coast”? Nothing short of desirable is the idea of hiding away in the green mountains or soaking up the sun on the spectacular beaches.  If you love the idea of sneaking away to the Caribbean hideaway, you must obtain Dominican residency.  First step…get a residence visa! Tourist or business visa won’t do here; you must have a residence card to own a piece of this beautiful place. Read more...

Jo Hardy