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Its Gotta Be Team Lea Helping hundreds of Families sell and buy Real Estate in Brantford, Brant County, Norfolk County and surrounding areas for over a decade.

I've been a REALTOR® With RLP Action Realty for just over 10 years now. Proud Father of 3 girls & Friend to many!

08/23/2026

🏡 1 Alexander Street, Burford. $584,900.

Quick question for you. 👇

Upstairs there is a large open landing at the top of the stairs. Big enough for a home office, a study nook, a reading chair, or a play area. And it opens onto a second floor balcony.

So what would you turn it into? 💭 Tell me in the comments.

Here is the rest of it:

🛏️ 3 generously sized bedrooms
🛁 2 full bathrooms
📐 1,773 sq ft
🚗 Attached garage plus driveway parking for 3

☀️ Bright living room, separate dining area, and an updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and real prep space
🛋️ A family room at the back with direct access to the deck and yard
🌿 Covered front porch, mature landscaping, fenced yard
🔥 High efficiency gas furnace (2022) and roof shingles (2024), so the expensive stuff is already handled
🕰️ Built in 1920, with the character to prove it

📍 Walking distance to parks and schools, minutes to Brantford, Paris, and Highway 403.

📩 Message me to book a private showing.

📞 Jen Babister, REALTOR®. (519) 771 1153
Built on trust. Guided by experience.

08/22/2026

🏡 19 Pippin Drive, Brantford — $629,900

Offered for the first time in 50 years. 🕰️

The owner custom built this home and has lived in it ever since — which is exactly why it feels different from the others on the street. Homes built for the family who stayed in them tend to be built properly.

🛏️ 3 bedrooms
🛁 2 bathrooms
🚗 1 car garage
📐 About 2,000 sq ft of finished living space

🛋️ A living room that fits real furniture, opening straight through to the dining room
🍽️ Eat-in kitchen AND a separate dining room — room for the weeknight table and the holiday one
⬇️ A full second living room downstairs, finished, with above-grade windows
🚪 And the lower level walks up straight out to the backyard — a separate way in and out that most homes at this price don’t have
🌳 Fenced, private yard with a big deck and mature trees

Move in as it is, or make the finishes your own. Either way the space and the street are already here, and those are the two things you can’t add later. ✨

📩 Message me to book a private showing.

📞 Don Lea, REALTOR® · (519) 865-0154
Built on trust. Guided by experience.

08/22/2026

🏡 Under $340K in Brantford. So what’s the catch? 🤔

Honestly? There isn’t much of one.

🚿 The bathroom is already done — full tile, soaker tub, floating vanity. The big-ticket reno you don’t have to save up for.
🌳 A good-sized lot, fully fenced, with mature trees, a covered deck and a shed out back
🔥 Open-concept main floor with a shiplap fireplace wall
🍳 A real eat-in kitchen with room for the table, not just the counter
✅ Appliances and the fireplace stay

It’s an all-brick century home with original character. The kitchen is one you may want to make your own one day. At this price, that’s the trade — and it’s a good one. 💭

Here’s the part worth sitting with: 5% down is $16,995, and principal, interest and property tax lands around $2,114/month. Average asking rent for a 3-bedroom in Brantford right now is $2,221. 📊

Not identical costs — owning adds insurance, maintenance and utilities. But closer than most people assume. Worth running your own numbers on.

📞 Don Lea, REALTOR® · (519) 865-0154
Built on trust. Guided by experience.

Principal, interest and property tax only — excludes utilities, insurance and maintenance. Rate assumption 4.50%; buyers must qualify at the mortgage stress-test rate. Rent: Rentals.ca average asking rent, Brantford, July 2026. For illustration only — not mortgage advice. Speak with a licensed mortgage professional.

08/20/2026

67 Cayuga Street, Brantford — legal triplex, now $549,900.

Two units are rented at $1,800/month each plus utilities. Separate entrances, separate meters. The third unit is vacant and being renovated, so there’s no project sitting there waiting for you.

Move into the fresh one and let the other two carry the load. Or fill all three and run it as income.

Not sure how the financing works when you live in one unit of a multi-unit? That’s a normal question and worth asking your mortgage broker — living in one door often changes what’s available to you.

📍 Corner lot, central Brantford, minutes to the 403.

Comment INFO or send me a DM and I’ll get you the full income breakdown.

Call Team Lea — (519) 771-1153

Built on trust. Guided by experience.

Rents current as of August 2026 and are not guaranteed to continue. Vacant unit rent is not represented or projected. Renovation scope and completion to be verified by buyer. Figures are for information purposes only and do not constitute financial or investment advice. Buyer to verify all information, including zoning and legal use, independently.

🏷️ Norfolk this week was the clearance rack at the end of the season.🛒 36 new items on the shelf. 36 homes came on the m...
08/17/2026

🏷️ Norfolk this week was the clearance rack at the end of the season.

🛒 36 new items on the shelf. 36 homes came on the market in seven days, plus 5 that came back after a deal fell through.

✏️ 36 price tags got rewritten. That’s not a typo. 36 price decreases in the same seven days. Exactly one home went the other way.

One rewritten tag for every new item on the shelf.

📦 19 came off the shelf. 19 cancelled, 8 expired, 1 suspended. Some of those sellers will be back, some changed plans — the data doesn’t tell us which.

✅ And 51 moved a step closer to sold. 14 went conditional (offer accepted, conditions still to clear), 21 moved to pending (sold, not closed yet), and 16 closed.

🔑 If you’re buying: this is the roomiest market of the three we watch. Lots of choice in Simcoe, Port Dover, Waterford and out through the county — and sellers are actively adjusting. You can take your time, compare, and negotiate from a position of actually having somewhere else to go.

🏡 If you’re selling — or thinking about it: 16 Norfolk homes closed this week and 35 more are under contract. Homes are selling here.

But look at that 36. When that many price tags get rewritten in a single week, the number you open at is doing most of the work. That’s a conversation worth having before the sign goes up, not six weeks after.

If you’re thinking about listing this fall, we’re happy to walk through what the numbers mean for your place. Already working with an agent? Ask them about these numbers — they’ll have the local read on your street.

📞 (519) 771-1153

Built on trust. Guided by experience.

Market data sourced from the Information Technology Systems Ontario (ITSO) MLS® System, residential, August 10–17, 2026. Statistics reflect reported activity for the period and are provided for general information only — not a substitute for advice about your specific property or situation. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with a brokerage.

Team Lea.

🥕 Brant County this week was a farmers market with four stalls open. Small, quiet, and if you dawdle it’s gone.🧺 16 stal...
08/17/2026

🥕 Brant County this week was a farmers market with four stalls open. Small, quiet, and if you dawdle it’s gone.

🧺 16 stalls set up. 16 homes came on the market all week. Across Paris, St. George, Burford, Scotland and everything rural in between — that’s it.

✏️ 6 signs got re-marked. Only 6 price decreases. None went up.

📦 6 packed up early. 5 cancelled, 1 expired.

✅ And 36 moved a step closer to sold. 11 went conditional (offer accepted, conditions still to clear), 11 moved to pending (sold, not closed yet), and 14 closed.

🔑 If you’re buying: show up early. Sixteen new options in seven days across the entire county isn’t much, and when something good appears there often isn’t another one behind it next week. If it fits, go see it while it’s fresh.

🏡 If you’re selling — or thinking about it: this is the quietest of our three markets, and quiet is working in your favour. Only 6 price adjustments and 6 listings off the market without selling — the lowest of the three by a wide margin. Buyers out here aren’t scrolling past twenty similar homes. They’re waiting for one to show up.

Low supply helps. It doesn’t do the whole job — the starting number still matters. But you’re not shouting over a crowded room right now.

If you’re thinking about listing this fall, we’re happy to walk through what the numbers mean for your place. Already working with an agent? Ask them about these numbers — they’ll have the local read on your street.

📞 (519) 771-1153

Built on trust. Guided by experience.

Market data sourced from the Information Technology Systems Ontario (ITSO) MLS® System, residential, August 10–17, 2026. Statistics reflect reported activity for the period and are provided for general information only — not a substitute for advice about your specific property or situation. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with a brokerage.

Team Lea | Royal LePage Action Realty, Brokerage
Independently Owned and Operated

MLS®, REALTOR® and associated logos are trademarks owned or controlled by The Canadian Real Estate Association.

🏡 Brantford real estate this week was basically a dating app.Hear me out.📲 56 new profiles went up. 56 homes hit the mar...
08/17/2026

🏡 Brantford real estate this week was basically a dating app.

Hear me out.

📲 56 new profiles went up. 56 homes hit the market in seven days, plus 4 that came back after a deal fell through.

✏️ 27 quietly updated their bio. 27 price decreases. Only 2 went up.

🚪 26 left the app. 26 listings cancelled, 1 expired, 1 suspended. Some of those sellers will be back, some changed plans — the data doesn’t tell us which.

💍 And plenty found somebody. 18 went conditional (offer accepted, conditions still to clear), 19 moved to pending (sold, not closed yet), and 19 closed and got the keys.
🔑 If you’re buying: you’ve got options and you don’t have to swipe right on the first thing you see. 56 new listings in a week means you can book the second showing, sleep on it, and ask the awkward questions. Nobody’s rushing you.

🏷️ If you’re selling — or thinking about it: 19 Brantford homes closed this week and 37 more are under contract. Homes are selling here.

At the same time, 27 sellers adjusted their price. Pricing is clearly the conversation this market is having right now, and it’s worth having before you list rather than six weeks in.

If you’re thinking about listing this fall, we’re happy to walk through what the numbers mean for your place. Already working with an agent? Ask them about these numbers — they’ll have the local read on your street.

📞 (519) 771-1153

Built on trust. Guided by experience.

Market data sourced from the Information Technology Systems Ontario (ITSO) MLS® System, residential, August 10–17, 2026. Statistics reflect reported activity for the period and are provided for general information only — not a substitute for advice about your specific property or situation. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with a brokerage.

Team Lea | Royal LePage Action Realty, Brokerage
Independently Owned and Operated

MLS®, REALTOR® and associated logos are trademarks owned or controlled by The Canadian Real Estate Association.

🏡 111 Grey Street, Unit 212, Brantford — $399,900Sixteen-foot ceilings. In a condo. Under $400K. ⬆️The main floor living...
08/16/2026

🏡 111 Grey Street, Unit 212, Brantford — $399,900

Sixteen-foot ceilings. In a condo. Under $400K. ⬆️

The main floor living room runs over 33 feet long, open to the kitchen and dinette under a ceiling that goes the full two storeys. Room for a sectional, a dining table and a pool table at the same time — not a sentence you get to write about most condos. 🎱

🛏️ 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, laid out properly: one bedroom and a 4-piece bath on the main floor with in-suite laundry, two more bedrooms and a second full bath upstairs. That split is what makes it work for a family, for roommates, or for someone who needs a real home office.

📐 1,518 square feet
🍳 Stainless appliances included
☀️ Private balcony off the living area
🚗 Assigned parking plus visitor spots
🛒 Grocery store across the street, transit at the door

First-time buyer, downsizer who doesn’t want to lose square footage, or investor — this one works for all three. ✨

📩 Message me for the floor plan and full condo details.

📞 Jen Babister, REALTOR® · (519) 771-1153
Built on trust. Guided by experience.

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