Tips on buying in a sizzling seller's housing market Windsor and Essex County’s real estate market continues to be hot. Heartbreakingly hot. Home sales in Windsor-Essex rose 20.4 per cent last month compared to June 2015 and the average sales price was $231,880 — up from $198,801 a year ago. It’s so hot veteran real estate agents haven’t seen anything like it in 30 years, Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors president Norman Langlois said Wednesday. “We try not to create pandemonium and we don’t want to get everybody all excited, but it is moving very fast and it’s because we’re probably the best area in southern Ontario to buy in,” Langlois said. Homes can sell within days and the listings aren’t increasing fast enough to keep up with sales, he said. On average, houses are going for $5,000 to $8,000 over the asking price and he knows of some that fetched $30,000 to $100,000 over the list price. Great for sellers. Tough on potential buyers. “Some of them are now at their sixth…
