Simcoe County, Ont. Realtor Mike Montague is lending voice to local real estate in a new weekly TV show called Eye on Real Estate, hosted on Rogers TV.  Montague is with Sutton Group Incentive Realty, which has offices in Barrie, Innisfil, Orillia and Alliston. He will be visiting a different Simcoe County community each week, talking with municipal leaders and people on the street about their personal passions, concerns and anticipations for the place they call home. The show gives people an up close look at the real estate market and the purchase and sales process with insights provided by the people who work within the industry and various related products and services.

In the premier episode airing in January, Montague takes a look back to Barrie’s humble beginnings summing up more than two centuries of population growth history and bringing the viewers up to date on what has been one of Canada’s fastest growing cities over the past two decades. He spends some time with Barrie’s new mayor, Jeff Lehman, then discusses the mortgage process and financial preparations necessary for the first step into home ownership. The 30-minute show wraps up with a “mailbag” question from viewers, which in this episode sheds some light on the best times to buy property.

Montague has been a Realtor in the Simcoe County area for 10 years. Previously he worked in the residential and commercial construction industry for 18 years.