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The Truth About For Sale By Owner Companies The Truth About For Sale By Owner Companies by Andrew Paolone on Wed, Jan, 2, 2013 10:38 PM Categories:FOR-SALE-BY-OWNER     Back to Blog During the past 2 years, The Canadian Real Estate Association has been under pressure to open the public MLS to for...

  If Canada wants to slay its household-debt dragon, it will have to cut down house prices at the knees. But there’s an economic price to pay for that – and it goes well beyond a cooling of the residential real estate sector. The Bank of Canada – one of the twin forces in Ottawa, along with the F...

RENOVATIONS: STATE OF THE ART New York contractor Nicholas S.G. Stern weighs in on the latest options for updating your home BY INGRID ABRAMOVITCH Email Print 0 Share   Peter Paige RELATED LINKS GETTING COLOR AND LIGHT RIGHT DECORATING WITH WALL TREATMENTS SECRETS TO A WELL-LIT ROOM SPECIAL OFFER...

Toronto luxury home demand on the rise Sales of luxury homes in the GTA continue to be strong. Comment (4) Recommend (0) As status symbols go, they don’t have as much flash as a sports car, but high-end househunters are looking for a different kind of luxury in Toronto’s top neighbourhoods these...

Home ownership becoming more affordable despite rising debt A sold sign sits on the corner of Toronto's Manning Ave. and Ulster Street. OTTAWA—Despite ongoing concerns about household debt, home ownership is becoming more affordable in Canada, not less, says new research by the Royal Bank. RBC’s...

We’ve decided to sell our condo before we try to buy a home because we just can’t take the risk of carrying two mortgages at the same time.  Selling first is usually the way to go, but with more than a decade of rising real estate prices in Toronto, there is a temptation to buy first. Buying firs...

Economists predicting a correction haven’t yet decided whether to call it a blessing or something else, but a spate of condo projects in Toronto drove the country’s housing starts higher than expected in December – almost 15,000 above the previous month’s. “The increase posted in December was ma...

baby boomers said they wanted to change the world — and they will. Seniors will account for nearly one-quarter (24%) of the Canadian population by 2036, and the real estate market is poised to change significantly because of their influence, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and ...

Selling a home: 10 things you need to know   SHUTTERSTOCK By Tony Wong | Mon Mar 21 2011 Comment (5)   Recommend (4) People sell their homes for a variety of reasons, whether it’s because they need more space, they’re downsizing, moving up, leaving the country, or getting a divorce. They all hav...

So, you’ve finally decided to fulfill a lifelong dream and buy your own home… how exciting! You are ready to fulfill your dream of having a place to call your own. Buying a home is one of the biggest emotional and financial decisions you'll ever make. Prepare by learning about the proces So, you’...