“No doubt about it, 2012 has gotten off to an excellent start,” says Barb Whitney, LSTAR President.
A total of 454 homes exchanged hands in the first month of the year – 379 detached homes and 75 condos – up 6.1% over January 2011.
“Condo sales continued to be soft last month, as they did during the last quarter of 2011, but fortunately sales of detached homes made up the difference and then some.”
Ms. Whitney points out that the number of new listings in January was up by

Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) say they do not want to hear excuses when it comes to distracted driving on the province’s roads and highways. The ‘Distracted Driving’ campaign is now in full swing and will focus on stringent enforcement of distracted driving laws on Ontario’s roads.
"Since last May (2011), we've carried out three of our four one-week 'Phone In One Hand, Ticket In The Other' distracted driving campaigns and, because this dangerous driving behaviour has become a widespread issue among all of our policing partners, in North America and beyond, everyone should be familiar with the dangers," says Chief Superintendent Don Bell, Commander of the OPP Highway Safety Division. "The lack of compliance we continue to see on our roads today is nothing more than a blatant disregard for the law and a personal choice to continue making distracted driving a dangerous, life-threatening habit rather than a case of a misinformed motoring public," added Chief Superintendent Bell.
Between February 13 and February 19, the OPP targeted all forms of distraction that posed a risk to human life and drivers were warned that they (police officers) have  have heard every imaginable excuse and