Choosing a top agent
What is a top agent? I was recently reading (online) an advertorial in our local newspaper about how and why to choose a top…
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Don’t wait till spring to sell your home
Don’t wait till spring. Sell now when everyone else is getting ready! It is widely reported that the best month of the year to…
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Buy now or wait till spring?
Should I buy now or should I wait till spring? Now that we are into November, many people are asking me, “Should I buy…
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The work of a real estate agent
The work of a real estate agent is not hard work but it is a lot of work, some of it frustrating, most of…
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A blended strategy for a transitional market
More and more agents are using a blended strategy during this transitional market. This blog post will discuss how that works. Real estate is a…
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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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Do contingency fees make sense to the home seller?
One of my favourite magazines – Real Estate Magazine – or REMonline.com, recently posted “Is it time for listing retainers?” Do contingency fees make…
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What is a vendor take-back mortgage? What questions should a home seller ask before offering it to their buyers?
QUESTION: We have been trying to sell our home privately for some time now. Although we have had a few buyers look through, we…
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Do you really need a real estate lawyer?
Residential real estate transactions can be a very complex process. We always recommend a professional real estate lawyer to handle the transaction and for…
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