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Small Improvements to Help Your Home Sell Faster

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Getting your home ready for sale need not take expensive renovations and extensive remodeling. Sometimes all you need to do is some smart and inexpensive tweaks to make small changes that buyers can appreciate. Here’s a list of affordable tweaks that you can do before listing your home for sale. Landscape and Exterior Touch Up… Read more

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Ask a Mortgage Professional: Frequent Questions I Get About Mortgages

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As a mortgage broker I really enjoy my job. Each year I help countless Canadians make the dream of homeownership a reality. Before I became a mortgage broker, I thought I knew everything about mortgages, but since becoming a mortgage broker I’ve learned so much. I like to share as much of this knowledge as… Read more

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5 Home Renovations to Achieve The Best Resale Value

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Mulling about which home renovation and home improvement projects to go for to really increase your home’s value? These days it isn’t enough for home projects to simply be fun. You have to be at least knowledgeable about which home projects will do well with time and with inflation and your home’s resale value in… Read more

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Major Red Flags to Avoid When Buying a Home

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Buying a home is a huge financial commitment for anyone. You have to be 100% sure that you’re getting exactly what you’ll be paying for by checking every detail and by being on the lookout for inconsistencies and other home buying red flags. We’ve compiled a list of the home defects that you must look… Read more

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Futurescapes: Here’s What Toronto Might Look like in 2050!

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So many things have changed in Toronto in the past few decades. Just a little over 3 decades ago, Toronto didn’t have a city skyline, trolleybuses were still in some streets, and well-known hubs that we have today were still industrial zones that were up for renewal. If we’re going to imagine possible future changes… Read more

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Raising a Family in Vancouver? Check Out These 5 Neighbourhoods!

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There is a lot that goes into buying a house more so if you’re planning to buy a home where you’ll raise your family in. You need to consider proximity to good schools, shopping areas, and wholesome recreation, plus safety and security as well as a great sense of community. This collection of information can… Read more

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Buying a Home? Don’t Forget to Ask These Questions!

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Buying a home comes with a lot of responsibilities and liabilities. When you buy a home, you are stuck with it until after you sell it successfully. Because of this, you must take extra precaution and try to ask as many important questions as possible before you close a deal with the seller or broker.… Read more

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Never Make These 5 Compromises When Purchasing a Home

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Purchasing a home is truly one of the biggest life decisions for a lot of people. It is not uncommon to second guess one’s self more so when you’ve finally decided to buy a home. Some even go through the joy of thinking that they’ve found the perfect home only to get sidetracked by another… Read more

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8 Major Reasons Why Your Home is Not Selling

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You may have thought that you’ve already made everything you thought was needed to sell your home but for some reason or another, no one is getting interested enough to purchase it from you. As real estate agents, we’ve come to have a sixth sense on figuring out why a good home is not selling.… Read more

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Right Balcony Etiquette? Is There Really Such a Thing?

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The home buying and home selling season in Toronto is still very much on its peak as summer approaches. More people are using their balconies to enjoy the weather outside but some may have forgotten about balcony etiquette. What is balcony etiquette and how should people behave while in their balcony? Although a balcony is… Read more