Just in case you feel that the title of this post is one only a real estate professional could love, think about the following: A professional home inspection is the best protection home buyers have that they are not investing in a money pit of repairs and renovations when they buy a new home. It’s…
There’s no doubt about it, selling a house right now is more difficult than it was just a few months ago. But that’s not to say that you can’t sell your house today and get a great price for it. There are a variety of reasons why you might be finding it difficult to sell…
Let’s face it, considering the record real estate markets we’ve enjoyed in Markham, York Region and across the GTA, if you’re a home or condo owner thinking about selling, or you’re looking to buy a home, you’ve probably kept a close watch on the real estate headlines. That’s a good thing. The more you read…
It’ll probably be the largest purchase you’ll ever make. It’s an incredibly complicated purchase involving lawyers, mortgage advisors, realtors, insurance agents, home inspectors and so much more. Even so, when purchasing a home, there are many basic questions that buyers have, especially first-timers, that they ask too late or that they don’t ask at all….
On April 20th, the Ontario government introduced new legislation in an effort to ensure that the red-hot housing market isn’t being further fuelled by speculators, non-residents and questionable real estate transaction practices. In addition to the new real estate rules, legislation was also introduced to extend rent controls, standardize rental leases and stimulate the construction…
In a recent post, we looked at the challenges that millennials face to buy a home in the hot Toronto and GTA real estate market; challenges that their parents didn’t have, including record-high student debt and the availability of fewer full-time jobs. But we also discovered that millennials enjoy a couple advantages in the real…