The region’s cottage real estate market remains hotter than a flaming marshmallow as strong demand but dwindling supply continues to cause the average price of recreational properties to climb in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec.
Top realtors with extensive experience in selling country retreats say the current cottage craze is unprecedented, pandemic influenced and showing no signs of cooling off.
“It started Aug. 1 of last year and continued into this year,” says Scott Burns, owner of Rideau Realty Ltd., a small brokerage that s been in his family for years, located in the village of Portland on Big Rideau Lake. “It hasn’t slowed down at all.”