How to maintain a home in show ready condition
It is time for ‘show and sell’ As a Realtor, I’m always reading articles not only about real estate (the market, trends, outlooks, statistics,…
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What percentage of conditional deals fall through? (and other questions answered)
Percentages Statistics are interesting. They don’t tell the whole story but often they will help illuminate trends or dispute other statistics or dispel myths…
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What is the outlook for the autumn real estate market?
Autumn is yet a month away, but we are already wondering what is the outlook for the autumn real estate market. Real estate is…
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How many homes does the average homebuyer have to see? How long does it take to find a home? Some statistics.
What kind of homes do first-time homebuyers tend to buy? The Canadian Mortgage and Housing corporation article “Eye-opening numbers from CMHC’s survey of Canadian…
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Rule #62: Find out what’s really happening in the market.
Rule #62: Find out what’s really happening in the market. Ask your Realtor about the your local real estate market. Find out about the…
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Real estate news and statistics
This morning in my newsfeed, (yes, I’m still a fanboy of rss) the following two headlines appeared in sequence: Canadian home sales tick up…
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Rule #8: Statistics lie
Rule #8: Statistics lie. Newspapers love to report on statistics. Read between the lines. Make sure the sample size is large enough to have meaning….
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Canada’s population over 34 million
Statistics Canada announced, in April the population of Canada crossed 34 million. Most of the increase is due to immigration. BC saw the largest…
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What’s going down in real estate? Prices and listings.
The statistics for May are out and its good news for homebuyers. May saw the smallest month-over-month increase in home prices in ten months….
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A quick look at some real (and perhaps some not so real) real estate percentages.
Except for a short lull last year, prices and values of houses and condos continually have gone up, and gone up a lot. How…
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