What happens if the buyer cannot close?
Closing the loop The market suddenly changed. And now some sellers can’t sell. Some buyers can’t close. When I say ‘suddenly’ I mean virtually…
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How to buy a house
It used to be easy to buy a house and harder to sell. The power was on the buyer’s side. It used to be…
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9 things to consider when buying a house
There are a lot of things to consider when buying a house. Buying in a rising market Although when buying in a rising market it…
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What is buyer agency?
If you’re buying a home and you don’t have an agent, what are you hoping to gain? This blog post will discuss the benefits…
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The house next door might be a bad comparable
You can’t control everything, but you can control the comparable sales data I mentioned in a recent blog post how buyers and realtors have…
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10 things to do on moving day
Moving day is exciting, a new start. It’s also hard work and there is lots to do. Here are ten things to do on…
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What’s the deal with Bully Offers?
Just like most home buyers are confused and confounded with the way we deal with multiple offers here in Waterloo Region, to make the…
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How to buy in a seller’s market
It’s a seller’s market Last year, Waterloo Region’s very own City of Cambridge was reported for a time to be Canada’s tightest local housing…
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Holding offers
It started happening about this time last year – “holding offers”, or in other words, home sellers waiting about a week before looking at…
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What is the stress test?
Back in October last year, the federal government announced a significant change concerning guidelines for borrowers of high-ratio mortgages (affecting those with a deposit…
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