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Who Get's the Cottage?

Posted on Jul 30, 2026 in News and Views

Who Gets the Cottage? Why August Is the Month to Have the Talk


Right now, all around Lake of Bays, three generations are sharing the same dock. Grandparents watching grandkids cannonball off the end, adult children flipping burgers, everyone gathered in the place the family loves most. It happens every August. And it makes this month, quietly, the s...

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Muskoka Waterfront Report - June 2026

Posted on Jul 06, 2026 in Market Reports

The Muskoka Waterfront Report — June 2026


by Jay Richardson
The Richardson Team · Refined Real Estate

The Month at a Glance

A market with more choice and more patience.



June brought 66 waterfront sales across our five townships — Muskoka Lakes, Huntsville, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Lake of Bays — worth just over $126 million. The headline is choice...

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The Myth of the Exclusive Listing

Posted on Jun 17, 2026 in News and Views



'We have private buyers'  -  may be the most expensive sentence in real estate.

by Jay Richardson, Broker 

Imagine Charles and Charlotte. They have owned their Lake of Bays cottage for nearly three decades. The dock has been rebuilt twice, the boathouse repainted four times and three generations have learned to canoe off the same flat rock. When they de...

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May / June 2026

Posted on Jun 15, 2026 in The Cottage Compass

Well, friends, summer is knocking and I am flinging the door wide open. After a winter that overstayed and a spring that could not make up its mind, I am dreaming of glassy mornings when the loons have the lake to themselves. If your toes are already in the water, you have understood the assignment.

And I could not be more thrilled, starting with ne...

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Introducing Lily Beckett 

Posted on Jun 15, 2026 in News and Views

by Jay Richardson, Broker 

Introducing Lily Beckett — Our Newest Team Member


By Jay Richardson, Broker — The Richardson Team, Refined Real Estate

It is one of my favourite things to write: a warm welcome. Today I am delighted to introduce Lily Beckett, the newest member of The Richardson Team, and to tell you a little about why I believe she is such...

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Muskoka Waterfront May 2026

Posted on Jun 04, 2026 in Market Reports

by Jay Richardson, Broker 

Overall Market Direction

May brought a noticeable lift in waterfront activity, with 43 sales recorded across the four reporting areas — 10 in Lake of Bays, 9 in Huntsville, 17 in Muskoka Lakes and 7 in Bracebridge. It is the strongest monthly volume of the year so far.

In North Muskoka, the story is encouraging. Lake of Bays...

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