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Are You Waiting For Spring to Sell?
Don’t Wait. The Market is HOT Now! 2012 so far has had a real shortage of homes on the market, but the buyers are coming out in droves, taking advantage of the low interest rates and the nice weather we’ve had so far, to start their home search early. They’re just waiting for their perfect home to come on the market…
New Year Commission Special
A NEW YEAR = MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET! The holidays are over and the new year is here. Buyers are starting to renew the home search that they put off over the holidays. New buyers who haven’t started looking yet are jumping into the market and people are reassessing if they want to downsize, upgrade, or make a complete change…
Happy New Year!
With the holidays now behind us and a New Year upon us, it is the perfect time to reflect back on the previous year as well as look forward to the year ahead. As your Real Estate Professionals we thought we would take a moment and give you a quick update on the real estate market. In 2011, real estate…
Don’t Go It Alone. Hire a Realtor. You’ll be Glad That You Did.
Some people believe that selling their home themselves will save them money by not having to pay Realtor’s fees, but they don’t realize how much time, effort and money goes into marketing and selling a home. There’s a lot more to it than just putting a ‘For Sale by Owner’ sign on the lawn and waiting for the offers….
Price Your Home Right!
You’ve decided to sell your home and naturally you want to get top dollar for it. You look in the papers, spend time online and talk to your friends and neighbours who are selling or know neighbours who have sold. You have a number in your head you want to sell for based on all the ‘research’ you’ve done. There’s…
Should I Buy First or Sell First?
There are many factors to take into account when making this decision. Market conditions, your financial situation, your motivation for selling/ buying. There are good points to doing it either way, but ultimately it comes down to you and your risk tolerance. • Buying first will probably mean that you’ll get exactly the home you want and won’t have to…
Interest Rates to Increase?
The Bank of Canada has decided not to make a change to their key interest rate right now, but that won’t be the case for long. It’s not a question of if, but when the rates are going to increase. Some economists are saying late summer early fall, but who knows if they’ll wait. The next scheduled rate announcement is…
Home Sales Down, Average Prices Up!
There has been much talk of the state of the market and the fact that home sales are a little slower this year, compared to this time last year. Sellers are thinking that it’s not a good time to sell and some buyers are under the misconception that the market is leaning in their favour. Let’s put the lower sales…
Top 10 Tips To Successful Home Staging!
‘Staged homes sell faster and for more money!’ Decorating and staging are not the same thing. When you decorate your home, you’re decorating it for the way you live, your tastes, and your personality, which you may love, but may not appeal to everyone. Staging to sell your home means depersonalizing and neutralizing so that the home appeals to the…
New Mortgage Rules Coming Into Effect March 18th
On March 18th, 2011, Canada’s Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty’s new tightened mortgage rules will come into effect. The three new rules are intended to ‘reduce the exposure of Canadians to financial risks and to promote growing overall savings through home ownership.’ • The maximum amortization period for buyers with less than 20% down payment has been reduced to 30…
