With the crisp air of fall filling our lungs, it’s the perfect time to venture into the garden and plant bulbs to create a wonderful, colourful garden for next spring. To get the most from bulbs, you should plant in an area that has well-drained soil and receives at least six hours of sunlight each…
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The monthly volume of home sales has now risen 11.2% since March and there are predictions across the real estate sector that the Canadian market is beginning its long-awaited bounce back. After the threat of significant US tariffs put a brake on transactions earlier this year, Canadians have started to regain confidence in the economy,…
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With mortgage rates holding stubbornly at around 6.75%, first-home buyers continue to face a tough challenge to break into the property market. Only a few weeks ago, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) called for an increase in the building of new homes for first-time buyers following its own report that revealed existing homes were…
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One of the biggest contributors to the long-term value of your property is location and local infrastructure. Areas where governments are investing in trains and schools quickly begin to contribute to higher local prices. A recent survey from the industry researcher Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) outlined how buyers were paying six-figure premiums to live in suburbs…
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Renovations are often at the heart of an owner’s strategy to maximise the value of their home, or for investors seeking top-dollar from rental income. But which renovations really sell a property or attract a top-paying tenant? Most focus falls on bathrooms and kitchens – two areas that are expensive to upgrade because of the…
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With the spring sales season just around the corner, sellers will not only be planning how to maximise the value of their property but also contemplating the practicalities of moving to their next dream home. There’s a lot to think about, of course, including the physical moving of your possessions and the transfer of utilities…
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Everyone is talking about Tay Tay getting married – even in real estate circles. The mega-songstress has an awesome reputation for loving and buying property – and it’s no surprise property writers have been playfully wondering about the location and magnificence of the marital home she’ll share with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.…
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Preparing your home for sale is a serious undertaking if you want to maximize the value of your home – and who doesn’t want to do that? And with the popular fall selling season getting under way, you have the ideal opportunity to tap into increasing buyer enthusiasm. Fall is one of the best times…
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With green shoots appearing in the Canadian housing market – sales volumes are up 6.6% year-over-year – where are values heading in the short-term? Should you buy now before everyone jumps back into the market on a wave of renewed confidence? The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) says there are now encouraging signs for the…
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Is Canada’s real estate market really diverging into two separate camps – the urban centres that are supply-constrained and in high demand, and cities with too much to sell and too few buyers? Sitting in this latter camp are Toronto and Vancouver, which are our most expensive cities but suffering from oversupply and constrained spending…
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