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  • KWAR’s 2022 Realtor Run Raises $16,000 For Three Local Shelter-Based Charities

    Kitchener – Waterloo, ON (July 28, 2022) – The Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) is proud to announce it has raised $16,000 for three local shelter-based charities: YW Kitchener-Waterloo, House of Friendship, and oneROOF Youth Services. The funds were raised through KWAR’s 2022 REALTOR® Run.......

  • Where Do We Grow From Here Symposium Attracts Wide Range of Interest and Ideas for How to Best Plan For Waterloo Region’s Future

    KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (March 10, 2022)— Yesterday, over 200 members of the Waterloo Region community, including Realtors, Developers, Politicians, Planners, Builders, and housing advocates gathered virtually to hear from a panel of experts about exploring land needs assessment approaches for Waterloo Region’s official plan update which......

  • Where Do We Grow From Here?: A stakeholder-to-stakeholder Symposium!

    Join us online Wednesday, March 9th for ‘Where Do We Grow From Here?: A stakeholder-to-stakeholder Symposium’!   The Region of Waterloo (ROW) is in the process of updating its Regional Official Plan (ROP).  As part of that process, they are conducting a provincially mandated Land......

  • KWAR Grants $40,261 to Six Local Shelter-related Causes

    The Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR) recently provided grants totaling $40,261 to six deserving local shelter-based causes.   The successful recipients of KWAR’s 2021 grants were:   Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region Indwell OneRoof Shelter Movers Waterloo Region The Working Centre Women’s Crisis Services of......

  • KWAR’s President re: A New Home Equity Tax

    A newly released housing study by Generation Squeeze has been generating some attention on social media. One of their suggestions is to apply an annual property surtax on homes worth more than $1,000,000 that would become payable when that home is sold.   They suggest......

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