Looking into the crystal ball of real estate is a perilous pastime. Any experienced agent will tell you it’s more important to transact when you are ready, rather than try to buy and sell a home like you would offload shares. By the time you’ve picked up on a new market trend, it’s usually too…
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The economic uncertainty instigated from Washington has dampened the mood of the spring real estate markets in Canada and the United States. A time of year that’s traditionally associated with optimism and a desire to buy and sell homes across the country has been overshadowed by caution. While we have never seen an economic twist…
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The day you own your first home is joyous – finally you’re on the property ladder with a place of your very own and the opportunity to build your wealth. And after probably saving for years for your deposit, there should be no small measure of delighted relief that you’ve achieved your goal. Of course,…
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Who can blame any buyer and seller for beating a retreat from the property market with a global trade war looming involving our nearest neighbour. The shock and uncertainty of tariffs between the world’s biggest economies and ensnaring Canada has caused every Canadian to recoil and reassess. The latest figures from the Canadian Real Estate…
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It’s always good to know your options when it comes to mortgages. While so much time and effort is spent on finding and buying the right property, we often don’t think enough about the type of mortgage we’re choosing. And we think about mortgages even less when interest rates fall, as if that is the…
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Where is the opportunity in real estate when everyone is too scared to make a move? It’s the big question in Canada right now as we collectively try to second-guess or shrug at the tariff dramas that are playing out across the global economy. Even the Bank of Canada (BoC) appears caught in the headlights.…
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If you’re a first homebuyer, you’d be forgiven for being mentally exhausted by the endless commentary and predictions of how Canada’s economy will cope with these on-again, off-again tariffs. Uncertainty is the scourge of decision making, and every real estate agent in the land will be sympathetic to the emotions you’re probably going through. Any…
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You’d be forgiven for thinking it was only five minutes ago that we were enjoying the Holidays and New Year. But as the chocolate eggs and bunny rabbits in the supermarket will have been reminding you for weeks now, Easter is around the corner. It’s a wonderful time of the year when spring is in…
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As an upsizer seeking to buy your next home, or a first homebuyer, you’ll be putting a lot of trust in your chosen agent to work hard to make the best possible deal when you’ve targeted your next property. Hopefully, you will have interviewed at least three agents who outlined their neighborhood connections and experience,…
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Arguably the best name for anything in real estate, Swedish Death Cleaning isn’t as dramatic as it sounds, but it can have a dramatic impact on how you live in your home. Like all the other Scandinavian nations, the Swedes take their experience of living at home very seriously. That’s probably because the weather is…
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