'Bottom of the price barrel': Home prices starting to rebound

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In Barrie, which accounts for roughly 25 per cent of residential real estate sales in Simcoe County, the average price dropped 17.1 per cent to $708,000 in December. The average price in Midland was $480,833 in December, down 10.9 per cent, while Orillia and Wasaga Beach saw respective drops of 15.8 per cent to $623,308 and 18.8 to $661,688. Meanwhile, Essa Township saw a 30.2 per cent increase to average values of $1,042,917 last December, while Oro-Medonte Township was down 19.6 per cent to $860,893. Springwater Township’s average prices fell 18.4 per cent to $1,116,167. Woolsey points to December 2021 when the average sale price was 59.9 per cent higher than December 2020.
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