Ah, the great Canadian cottage dream….lazy days in the summer relaxing by the lake….watching the kids swimming or learning how to water ski. Or enjoy your own ski chalet, hosting happy family dinner gatherings after a day on the slopes.Canadians love their recreational properties and demand for c
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09/30/2015
It's almost fall, which means shorter days and colder weather ahead. To ensure you won't need emergency repairs in the winter, do some preventative maintenance now while it's still nice outside. Here are some essential fall home improvement projects to keep you safe and secure when the temperatur
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09/30/2015
There are too many options for developing a color palette for your home. Seriously. Do you go with the light gray as a foundation, with darker gray accents for drama and pops of color to give it life? All white for a gallery feel? Maybe you're supposed to use Pantone's color of the year every 12
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09/30/2015
You may think that autumn isn't the best time to showcase your home, but you'd be wrong. Yes, fall days are shorter, with fewer hours of daylight for buyers to see your home. There may be many days of grey skies, rain, or early snowfall.But autumn has a unique appeal that's all its own. You can l
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09/29/2015
Most homes don't come with a refrigerator-freezer, so that may be the first item you purchase for delivery after buying your home. But where do you start?Measure carefully and take the dimensions with you when you shop for a unit. With about a half-inch of clearance on either side, you'll know if
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09/29/2015
Many homeowner associations find it challenging to accumulate the funds they need to provide a reasonable level of services and maintenance. Simply keeping up with inflation currently calls for a 2-3% annual increase in revenue. But fighting inflation can be easy if the board makes cost-cutting a
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09/24/2015
It's becoming nearly impossible for Americans to wake up from their sleep and be ensured they are not being watched or listened to by Big Brother.Rajiv Shah, a professor at the University of Chicago, told the Wall Street Journal that his city has at least 15,000 cameras watching the people's ever
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09/24/2015
You'd be a homeowner right now if it weren't for one thing: the down payment. Right? Even for those who have decent credit and make good money, the down payment is often the great homeownership killer.For many others, who do have enough money set aside to make a substantial down payment, the ques
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09/24/2015
Decked-out kitchens and sparkly spa bathrooms may get our hearts pumping, but deciding to renovate is more often the product of a have-to than a want-to. Whether the renovation you're considering is driven by a necessary repair or replacement, or the desire to upgrade an item prior to listing you
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09/22/2015
The question is no longer "Will interest rates increase?," but "When?"As I write this column, the ongoing "Will it? Won't it?" debate about when the Fed will raise interest rates continues, however, for individual real estate owners and buyers, the important question is, "So what?"What would high
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09/22/2015
