Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Housing Market Trends Up Further in April Home buyers can once again expect to be dogged by the lack of inventory in the housing market. We have witnessed a period of relative quiet sin... Thursday, April 27, 2023 It’s Not Your Imagination, Real Estate is Back If you're wondering if things have been shifting in real estate, it's not your imagination. Those of us in the business have been watchi... Wednesday, March 22, 2023 What Will New TRESA Rules Mean for Home Buyers? It's been in the works for some time, but we are now just a few weeks away from new real estate regulations taking effect. Beginning April 1st, 2... Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Top 10 Most Popular Articles in 2022 With almost one hundred blog articles written over the past two years, we thought it might be interesting to see which ones were the most popular in t... Friday, November 11, 2022 October's Buy-Down Is Welcome News For Condo Owners The pace of the market has slowed over the past few months, no question about it. Some of our buyer clients have actually told us they prefer to ... Saturday, October 22, 2022 Avoid Trouble: 5 Ways Your Home Purchase Could Struggle Lenders are being careful. Recent interest rate hikes are leading to ongoing policy changes and belt tightening by financial institutions. ... Monday, October 10, 2022 Are Homes Selling Quickly in Fall 2022? You Might Be Surprised One thing will always be true in real estate: well-priced, attractive homes sell fast. Even after all the interest rate hikes this year and the... Monday, September 12, 2022 Craving Detached in Milton? Here’s What It's Going To Cost You If you are shopping for a home in Milton, you are not alone. It’s one of the most popular suburbs of the GTA, and the summer hibernation we&rsqu... Saturday, August 27, 2022 What Can We Expect from Real Estate This Fall? What’s going to happen this fall? Will there be another interest rate hike, and if so how much? What might this mean for pricing and affordabili... Thursday, August 4, 2022 What Buyers Should Know Before Offering in Today’s Market Real estate has changed over the past few months. The pace of the market slowed alongside a quick succession of interest rate hikes. Homes are stil... Friday, July 22, 2022 3 Essential Tips for Homeowners Hoping To Sell Right Now We have seen the market cooling over the past few months. The result? Buyers are starting to gain the upper hand for the first time in two years. &... Tuesday, July 12, 2022 3 Things You Should Know About Assignment Sales If you have never heard of an assignment sale before, you are not alone. Most folks we speak to just haven’t had occasion to run into it before,... Monday, July 11, 2022 Just Bought A Home? Here's What Happens Next If you have recently signed a deal on your next dream home, you may be wondering what happens next. Even seasoned home buyers tend to forget t... Friday, July 8, 2022 June Market Results: Where Have Prices Fallen? It will come as no surprise that housing prices have settled in the past few months. Rising interest rates and the resulting consumer hesitati... Friday, April 22, 2022 Are You Price Confused? 3 Strategies Sellers Are Using Now What’s up with the list price? Just when home buyers were adjusting to the idea of underpriced homes selling to multiple offers (and pre... Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Unlocking Opportunity: Changes Coming in 2023 Beginning April 1, 2023, changes are coming to real estate. Reforms to current laws are being implemented to further protect consumers. RECO (Real Es... Tuesday, April 5, 2022 March Results Signal The Frenzy May Be Over As anyone trying to buy a home in January remembers, 2022 started off a bit chaotic. New properties coming on the market had slowed to a crawl. Co... Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Do This To Avoid Getting Blacklisted During a Condo Reno Can you really get blacklisted by your condo corporation? Well, there probably won’t be any formal practice for doing so. But you certainly d... Wednesday, March 23, 2022 What You Need to Know About the Interest Rate Hike (Interview) Today we have answers to all your questions about the recent interest rate hike, which was the first increase since 2018. John Lus... Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Condo vs Freehold: Which Town Is Better For Your Wallet? Ask us the number of times we hear from clients that they don’t want to pay condo fees, and we will tell you: every day. But as they s... Monday, February 14, 2022 Here’s How Real Estate Will Look in 2022 With the escalating pace of the past two years behind us, clients are asking questions. What is in store for 2022? Will the frenetic pace continue... Sunday, February 6, 2022 January Scores Low for Listings, High for Competition While the story of the provincial housing shortage is not new, the month of January gave this trend even more altitude. Unsuccessful buyers ... Thursday, January 13, 2022 Lack of Inventory Frustrates Buyers in December The market is moving quickly and buyers are frustrated. Given the speed of the market and how rapidly things seem to be changing, we wanted to know... Thursday, January 13, 2022 Undecided? Here’s the Best Way to Get Ready for Offer Day You’ve seen the home and you love it. Now comes the hard part: making the final decision. You may feel sure you want to buy the home, ... Tuesday, January 4, 2022 What Modified Step 2 Means For Home Buyers In addition to the measures recently announced by the province of Ontario, modified stage two has a special meaning for home buyers. Starting tomorro... Saturday, January 1, 2022 5 Home Office Success Secrets Your Boss Won’t Tell You With so many of us working from home these days, the line between work and personal has become murkier than ever. We find ourselves working longer hou... Friday, December 31, 2021 These Property Taxes Will Change Your Mind About Where To Buy It’s one of the last questions asked by home buyers. In a perfect world, it would be among the first. In fact, it could change your mind abo... Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Top 10 Most Popular Real Estate Videos of 2021 We compiled this list according to the most YouTube views from the beginning of 2021. If you haven't already tuned in to our Y... Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Top 10 Most Popular Real Estate Articles in 2021 We ran the numbers and discovered these were the top ten most popular blog articles from 2021. If you are just becoming familiar with our w... Thursday, December 23, 2021 How Fast Are Condo Apartments Increasing In Price? If you haven’t looked at condo pricing lately, this might seem like a leading question. Is the pricing for condo apartments in fact escalatin... Sunday, December 19, 2021 Housing Task Force Brings New Optimism for Home Buyers The province of Ontario has appointed a task force to help solve the housing supply dilemma. The development comes as part of a more holistic effo... Sunday, December 5, 2021 November A Runaway Success For GTA Home Sellers Home sellers in the GTA had their best November on record, according to data released last week from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (2... Saturday, November 27, 2021 This Is Why Condo Fees Are A Good Thing Home buyers often resist the idea of paying maintenance fees. After the mortgage payment, house insurance, and property taxes have been factored i... Saturday, November 27, 2021 Why You Should Take Another Look At Condo Pricing There was a time not long ago when condo apartments were out of favour. This time last year, Torontonians had fled downtown as the pandemic to... Thursday, November 25, 2021 3 Essential Tips for First-Time Home Sellers Going through the home selling process for the first time can be intimidating. You want to be sure you know what your home is worth. You want to kn... Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Hardwood Floors: Tips from the Experts Transcript: Dana: Welcome to Oakville. Today, we're talking to our friendly neighborhood flooring specialist, Naim. He's going to giv... Thursday, November 11, 2021 6 Reasons Why You Will Love This New App Introducing the brand-new Home Locator application for smartphone. We launched this incredible new app just last week. Have you seen it? Home Loc... Monday, October 11, 2021 This Is Why Great Offers Are About More Than Purchase Price Many home buyers assume that winning a bidding war is all about the purchase price. After all, if you give a seller enough money then surely the ho... Thursday, October 7, 2021 Why You Should Forget the Listing Price Once upon a time, a house hunter could search for homes in an approximate price range and feel pretty good about staying on budget. In the current... Tuesday, September 28, 2021 6 Mistakes To Avoid When Facing A Bidding War Mistake #1: Bidding Too Low It goes without saying that if you don't offer enough, you won't get the house. Most sellers have an ideal pri... Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Save Thousands: Land Transfer Tax Rebate for First Time Buyers What is Land Transfer Tax? Simply put, this is the tax levied when homes change hands in Ontario. Since the seller is usually responsible for ... Sunday, September 12, 2021 5 Steps To Renting A Home In Ontario When it comes to renting a home, what do prospective tenants need to know? The process can be very different depending on the landlord. However, i... Sunday, September 12, 2021 6 Red Flags Every Home Buyer Should Know Red Flag #1: Extra Fees Are you being charged a fee on top of the interest rate on your mortgage? Find out which fees are okay and which should be... Saturday, September 11, 2021 Housing Shortage Dominates August, Condos Pick Up Speed While the phenomenon of an escalating sale to list ratio has not been unusual for 2021, the pattern had started to recede since its crescendo in Ma... Sunday, August 15, 2021 Found Your Dream Home? A Complete Guide To Offer Day In a seller’s market, it’s common for home sellers to appoint a specific date in the future to receive offers on their home. This strat... Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Housing Race Continues in July, Fewer Homes For Sale While the market has shown some signs of cooling since its peak in March, July data tells a distinctive story of its own. Increasing demand combine... Monday, August 2, 2021 How Much Does It Cost To Buy A House? 5 Suburbs Under $650K With the price of housing continuing to rise, more home buyers than ever before are leaving town in search of greener pastures. Literally. Even t... Monday, August 2, 2021 Is There A Housing Bubble? An Interview With Richard Weima Transcript DANA: Today we're talking to Richard Weima, brokerage manager for Right at Home Realty Burlington. Richard has spent his entir... Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Condo Apartments Lead June Market Results: Halton Most everyone is paying attention to the real estate market this year. Buyers are monitoring trends in the hopes the market will slow. Selle... Thursday, June 24, 2021 Moving Soon? Find Out How The New School Stacks Up The new school year is right around the corner. With so many families participating in the recent exodus to the suburbs, both the locat... Friday, June 4, 2021 May Results Fall Below March Peak, Buyers Pay Less Over List Historically, May is the top performing month of the year. Not so this year. According to Lisa Patel, President of the Toronto Regional Real... Thursday, June 3, 2021 In Between Houses? Check Out Extended Stay Hotels It’s no secret that homeowners are taking advantage of the seller’s market to pull the equity out of their houses. Some sellers are cho... Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Want an Efficient Home? Feds Help With Greener Homes Grant According to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, the federal government has launched a new program that offers homeowners grants to retrofit their... Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Planning to Buy? Take the Lead With These 5 Critical Tips When it comes to money, no one likes surprises. In the current market, buyers must bring their best and most competitive offers. But that is... Monday, May 10, 2021 Intriguing! April 2021 Figures Released While a single month of numbers does not exactly qualify as trendsetting, April did bring some curious results for the Halton real estate market. Let... Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Condos Heat Up: Halton Draws Sharpest Price Increase First quarter 2021 results for condo apartment sales were encouraging, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). With the condo ... Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Just Moved? 4 Tips To Make Your New House Feel Like Home Getting ready to move can feel a little bit like planning a wedding. There are a thousand tiny details to get lined up before the big da... Monday, April 26, 2021 Why ‘Coming Soon’ May Mean More Than You Think As with many things in real estate, what most sellers observe during the process of selling a home is just the tip of the iceberg. A huge... Thursday, April 8, 2021 Buying a Condo? Here's How The Status Certificate Protects You If you have ever considered buying a resale condominium, you have probably heard the words ‘status certificate’ and wondered why the ph... Thursday, April 8, 2021 5 House Hunting Tips To Shave Time Off Your Search House shopping is fun, and it’s supposed to be. Clicking through photos of beautiful properties and imagining yourself living in those gorgeo... Thursday, April 8, 2021 Spring Market Preview: March 2021 Numbers Revealed True to form, March 2021 real estate numbers did not disappoint. Let’s get right to it and look at what happened in Oakville and Milton duri... Sunday, April 4, 2021 Top 5 Most Competitive Districts in Oakville & Milton Are you wondering which neighbourhoods are the most competitive amongst homebuyers? Today we have some answers. Using March 2021 year-to-date num... Sunday, April 4, 2021 Apartment Condos: What Do You Actually Own? Condominiums seem to have an air of ambiguity about them. We think we know what they are; apartments in high-rise buildings, right? But the truth ... Sunday, April 4, 2021 4 Reasons To Get Preapproved Before Starting A Home Search As a homebuyer, you may have every reason to feel assured that you have the resources in place to make an offer this very day on a new home.&n... Sunday, April 4, 2021 Shopping Rentals? 5 Things You'll Need to Secure That Lease If your 2021 strategy is to wait out the seller’s market in a rented home, you are in good company. For a variety of reasons, it is not uncom... Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Buying a Condo? The Difference Between Bylaws & Rules If you have ever been confused about the difference between condo bylaws and rules, stick around. If you are getting ready to purchase a new or re... Friday, March 12, 2021 Homes Selling Faster Than Ever: February 2021 Data As we progress into 2021, it’s nothing short of fascinating to watch what’s happening in the real estate market. Considering that Febr... Thursday, March 4, 2021 Home Buying Plateau? 4 Ways to Clear the Roadblock What happens when as a house hunter, you run out of homes to see? A seller’s market can be a hard time for homebuyers. With fewer properties... Monday, March 1, 2021 Link vs Bungalow: A Complete Guide to Home Styles Most buyers know the difference between a basic bungalow and a two-storey home. Both housing styles are fully detached with the number of floors as... Friday, February 26, 2021 Top 3 Searches for Oakville & Milton Homebuyers Have you ever wondered if you are searching for the same thing as everyone else? In the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) January... Tuesday, February 23, 2021 COVID Vaccination Sites Announced for Halton Region We are grateful to the Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board (OMDREB) for ongoing updates regarding COVID vaccinations. OMDREB advised toda... Sunday, February 21, 2021 Work from Home? 3 Easy Ways to Save 10% in Energy Costs With so many of us working from the home office, concerns around how to reduce the hydro bill is top of mind. As it turns out, saving ene... Sunday, February 21, 2021 What You Don't Know About The 10-Day Cooling Off Period Buying a brand-new condominium can be both exciting and overwhelming. It can be exciting because you will be purchasing a home that no ... Sunday, February 21, 2021 4 Key Questions To Ask Before Buying Your Condo When we hear the word condominium, we may at first envision an apartment unit in a high-rise building, or perhaps a townhouse. The definitio... Saturday, February 20, 2021 Your Credit: How Much House Can You Buy? All things considered, your credit score may be one of the most important factors in determining how much house you can buy. If you are in the... Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Everything You Need to Know About Title Insurance Before considering home ownership, you may have never seen the words 'title' and 'insurance' used together in the same sentence. H... Wednesday, February 17, 2021 What's Included? Why Homebuyers Need to Know The home buying process tends to unfold in stages. The first stage of house shopping is familiar: sort through your favourite listings provided by... Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Avoid This Buyer Blunder: Know Your Closing Costs Avoid surprises by getting a handle on what expenses may be down the road for your purchase. Homebuyers entering the real estate market for th... Thursday, February 11, 2021 Selling With Dogs: Tips From A Pet Parent From the moment we first consider moving to a new home, our pets are a key consideration. Will the family dog acclimatize well to the new surroundi... Sunday, February 7, 2021 3 Tools You Need When Pricing Your Home For Sale One way of managing the stress of selling a property is to know what to expect from the pricing conversation you will be having with your REALTOR&re... Saturday, February 6, 2021 Getting Ready to Sell: A Guide to Showings If this is your first time selling your home or if it has been some time since you went through the process, you may be wondering what t... Saturday, February 6, 2021 Striking Stats: Kicking Off 2021 in Oakville & Milton Now that the first month of the year is behind us, we can evaluate how 2021 is starting to look. January numbers were released last... Monday, February 1, 2021 Seller's or Buyer's Market: What's The Difference? Whether you are thinking about buying your dream home or selling your current property, it is very likely you will be impacted by the present state... Sunday, January 31, 2021 Multiple Offers: Getting Ready to Compete It is a situation you may have heard about. A buyer is in the midst of preparing an offer on a home when their realtor gets a ... Tuesday, January 26, 2021 What Are Conditions and Why Do They Matter? Buying a home is a big deal. For many of us, a good percentage of our life savings will be wrapped up in the equity we have in our houses. Our ... Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Buyer or Seller: Who Pays the Real Estate Fee? If you’re new to the real estate market or if it’s been some time since you were involved in a purchase, you may be wondering how it al... Tuesday, January 26, 2021 7 Things To Know About Tarion Home Warranty If you are looking at purchasing a new house or condominium, you need to know about Tarion. Tarion administers the statutory warranty that comes wi... Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Deciding Between Oakville or Milton? 2020 Prices & Trends If you are thinking about moving to the western suburbs of the GTA and trying to decide between Milton and Oakville, stick around. ... Sunday, January 10, 2021 Condos Without Units: Do You Own One? If you have ever heard about a condominium property with a very low common element fee, perhaps around $100 per month, it’s possibl... Saturday, January 9, 2021 A Brand New Handbook for Condo Buyers If you are thinking it might be time to finally buy that condo on your wish list, your timing is excellent. In cooperation with the Condomini... Monday, January 4, 2021 Buying or Selling:Which Comes First? If you have ever considered this question, you know that the answer is far from straightforward. There are simply too many potential eventualities... Saturday, January 2, 2021 Home Upgrades To Increase Your Selling Price How do you know which home improvements can be recouped in the listing price when you sell your home? It's a prudent question, particularly if ... Thursday, December 31, 2020 Buyer Beware: 5 Warning Signs of Costly Repairs Common sense would suggest that serious defects in a home are easy to spot. Surely major issues would be obvious and readily observable, right? Unfor... Wednesday, December 30, 2020 What You Need to Know Before Listing Before you have your first meeting with a REALTOR®, it's important to understand who's who and how brokerages work together to sell... Tuesday, December 29, 2020 First Time Buyer? 6 Tips to Get You Started Whether you're moving to accommodate your growing family or looking to downsize, buying a home is a big decision. It's particularly ne... Tuesday, December 29, 2020 For Sale By Owner:What's the Consensus? Considering selling your home privately? The temptation can be strong, especially in a seller's market. Why not save half the real estate ... Monday, December 28, 2020 5 Ways Your Real Estate Agent Can Help Have you ever wondered what your real estate agent is doing behind the scenes? You wouldn't be alone. Most consumers have only a vagu... Sunday, December 27, 2020 Top 10 Fastest Selling Neighbourhoods In Oakville Real estate in the GTA is as hot as ever. Homes are selling at higher prices with fewer days on market. According to the Toronto Regional Real...
