The arrival of spring brings more than warmer temperatures and budding flowers. May and June are typically the busiest months for residential real estate transactions, and the action begins to heat up in March and April. If you are planning to buy a home for the first time this year, you shouldn’t let the busy…
If real estate market ‘gurus’, experts and journalists don’t have anything to say, then what makes them an authority on the subject? That’s why most of them make sure they have lots to say on just about every real estate topic. And there’s been no hotter subject in real estate over the past few years…
If the headlines are to be believed, the GTA will be abandoned by millennials before long if residential real estate doesn’t become more affordable. Millennials are generally considered to be those people born between 1980 and 2000 (though you can find lots of variations on the exact dates). With the eldest of them in their…
If you’re thinking about selling your home, you can’t be blamed for feeling like it might be one of the best times ever to do so. Real estate prices in Markham, York Region and throughout the GTA continue to rise at record levels. Combine that with the short supply of homes on the market, and…
How much is your home worth? For many, it’s literally a million dollar question. But, unless you’re a keen observer of real estate market and values, you will at best be able to only give a ‘ball park’ answer. Average prices for homes in Markham, Richmond Hill and throughout York Region are often increasing by…
Anyone in the market for a new home will no doubt have seen some of the extensive media coverage of the recently announced changes to mortgage requirements in Canada. With sustained low interest rates pushing up house prices at an unprecedented pace (Markham home prices jumped 16.8% in September versus September, 2015) the Canadian government…