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The City of Windsor (Ontario) is nearly the southern most City in Canada. It is right across the Detroit river from Detroit, Michigan but is a night and day difference from its American neighbour.
Here is a link to a Windsor Ontario Map on Google Maps.
There’s plenty of places to check out during the evening including the Windsor Downtown area, Caesars Windsor?, and tons of Windsor Ontario restaurants with every kind of food imaginable. A night moonlight walk on the riverfront trails is always a romantic option.
The main Windsor Ontario Newspaper is the Windsor Star. Several smaller neighbourhood papers include the Tecumseh Tribune, Lakeshore News, Lasalle Post, Shoreline, Kingsville Press, Windsor Parent Magazine, In Business Magazine, and the Windsor Smart Shopper.
Windsor has a huge diversity of local businesses. Most can be found in the Windsor Ontario Yellow Pages directory or by doing a local narrowed search on Google local or a Windsor Ontario map on Google maps. Each section of the city has its own private businesses as well as strip malls. Places such as the Windsor Market Square on Ottawa street which contains MANY vendors in one location.
Many many restaurants surround Windsor Ontario and Essex County. Look for good ethnic food in the Ottawa area, sandwich and delicatessen shops just about anywhere including South Windsor, East Windsor, Ouellette and Ottawa street area. Awesome Greasy Spoons also abound.
Windsor Ontario has several hotels available for a night or several night stay. They include: Hilton Downtown Windsor, The Holiday Inn & Suites Ambassador Bridge Windsor, Ontario and the Howard Johnson Windsor Ontario Hotel. Many motels are also available at reasonable rates.
There are approximately 3000 to 4000 houses for sale in the Windsor Ontario area at any given time. The Windsor-Essex Real Estate Board lists the number of agents around 900 currently. Also, you can choose to look on private sale sites (fsbo) such as Private Exchange, The Property Guys or just on Windsor.Kijiji.ca. Windsorhomes.info can also provide valuable NON-AGENT real estate information for the Windsor Ontario and Surrounding area.
Postal Codes for Windsor, Essex Area – can be located at www.canadapost.ca.
Windsor and the surrounding Essex county area has some of the most beautiful parks in southern ontario. Some of them include Jackson Park, Mic Mac Park, Malden Park, Ojibway Prairie, Dieppe Gardens and many more smaller parks along the detroit riverfront and Lake St. Clair.
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Windsor Investment
Making an Investment in Windsor Ontario real estate continues to provide solid returns for investors from all over the country (Canada).
What kind of investment properties are available that will prove a return (ROI)?
- Single Family Homes. Perhaps the easiest to rent right now. Can go for between $700/mn non-inclusive up to $1,500+ for a huge 4 bedroom.
- Student Housing. Some houses near the University of Windsor will accommodate up to 7 students at $300-$450/mn.
- Multiplexes. I’ve seen triplexes go for as low as $30K in some areas. They are hard to rent out but the return can be tremendous.
- Townhomes. In west Windsor they are proving to be a solid investment because factory workers with solid income are renting them left and right.
- Apartment Buildings. Plenty of one, two and three bedroom apartment buildings are for sale in Windsor…mostly in the downtown and Riverfront area. Bach go for $400+, 1 bedrooms go for $500+, 2 – $650+, 3 Bedrooms $750+
On a whole, Windsor is fast becoming the place to invest. The vacancy rate is currently the highest in Canada but not for single family home investments. There is also plenty of them to invest in. For every house for sale in Windsor that sells, nine others do not. This puts the investor at a huge bargaining position.
Finding a management company to manage your property can be tricky in Windsor. However, remember we have one of the lowest labour rates in all of Canada right now again putting you in a huge bargaining position in finding someone to manage your Windsor property/properties.
The other thing that is happening now is real estate companies are beginning to take on a huge set of real estate investment holdings in Windsor and the Essex area. They hire the management and put in a cracker-jack team to run the properties. Tenants are looking for this because they know their rental needs will be met.
All in all, the Windsor Investment market is HOT!
Be sure to check out the related sites to get specifics on Student Properties and other Windsor investment real estate available.
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Windsor Ontario Student Housing Investment Secrets
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May 2011
Single family homes continue to sell well in Windsor, Ontario.
Windsor real estate listings are currently 3,285. The average price is $175,875 and 430 units were sold in May, 2011. Not too bad!
Houses for sale in Windsor are selling for slightly more than last year but not quite as many.
Windsor homes sale and Windsor homes for rent also continue to do well.
You can get a full report at: http://data.windsorrealestate.com/stats/may2011/may2011.html
Please note, a lot of people are arriving here likely looking for “houses for sale windsor nova scotia” or “windsor homes iowa” or “macys homes”, I do apologize, but I can’t control Google’s results.
But if you have arrived to find Windsor Ontario Homes for Sale, check out all the articles on this site.