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Canadian Real Estate Association predicts a strong year in 2014
December 29, 2024
OTTAWA—Sales of previously owned Canadian homes are turning out slightly than expected overall, and 2014 will be even stronger, according to a new projection from the country’s largest real estate association.
The Canadian Real Estate Association’s 2013 sales projections have been increased slightly upward in Ontario and the four western ...
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Downsizing in style
November 15, 2024
Interior designer Lauri Ward has built a career on helping people create a new look.
Now she's helping them make a new life.
Ward's latest book, Downsizing Your Home With Style, is targeted at people who are moving to smaller homes. Ward is the founder of Use What You Have Inc. and a pioneer in the interior redesign movement, so her focus is ...
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Sellers list right to avoid price reductions
November 11, 2024
In most areas of the country, 2007 marked a change in the residential home-sale market. Buyers gained clout for the first time in over a decade. Inventories of homes for sale grew to record levels in some places. Price reductions, which carried a negative stigma when listings were easy to sell, came to be seen as a necessary part of the home-sale ...
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Back to the basics
November 3, 2024
Reducing the size of houses, simplifying construction, will go a long way to reducing energy dependency
Predictions about rising energy costs send shivers up the spines of motorists and homeowners.
And while Canadians are still enjoying some of the lowest heating and cooling rates in the world, it seems that situation won't last for long. ...
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Real estate: Dealing in a buyers' market
November 1, 2024
The single biggest investment for most Canadians is the purchase of a home. So, home owners were understandably worried when the Canadian Real Estate Association recently reported that average Canadian resale house prices fell by 10 per cent year-over-year in October.
On the other hand, the end of the boom would appear to be good news for ...
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The 5 Secret Benefits of Good Pricing
September 21, 2024
Faster Sale. When your home sells faster, you save on carrying costs (the mortgage payment, property taxes, utilities and other costs of ownership). A quicker sale creates less inconvenience for you. If you've sold a home before, you know the energy it takes to prepare for showings: keeping the home meticulously clean, making child care and pet ...
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Seller’s Info
September 20, 2024
Whether you’re planning to sell your home in the next few months or just studying up for that eventuality, there’s no time like now to prepare. If buying a house seems complicated, selling involves even more responsibilities and expenses.
Here are some common steps to selling your home:
1. Prepare Your Home for Sale
Well before you’re ...
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Luxe-for-less home makeovers
September 19, 2024
Forget collagen or chemical peels. If you're like many, it's your home that really needs a facelift.
This quarter, Americans are expected to spend $171.1 billion on home improvement, according to research by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. While that number is staggering, it's still 2.5% less than what homeowners spent in ...
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Couples with no kids make the best neighbours: survey
September 18, 2024
When it comes to making good neighbours, fences have nothing on childless couples and retirees.
A new real estate survey finds more than half of homeowners - fully 58 per cent - see twosomes without tots as ideal next-door denizens, followed closely by retirees at 54 per cent (survey respondents weren't limited to one answer). Also popular ...
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Divide and conquer
September 17, 2024
At first it sounds exciting. Then reality sets in. Along with a new home comes packing, moving, arranging for new doctors, schools, utilities and other services. You'll have to find a new route to your job and learn about the new neighbors and the best places to shop. And you haven't even started with getting your home ready to sell? ...
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