September 11th, 2008
Gone are the days of just paying the asking price for a new development.
It used to be that if you wanted to buy a pre-sale you had to take your chances that you would even get a unit, and then if you were so lucky there was no conversation re prices, you just paid. Well [...]
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September 10th, 2008
photo courtesy of: TheTruthAboutMortgage.com
Most of you probably heard or saw the News the last couple of days, There is a recent study authored by Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia real-estate economist that looked at the cost to rent versus own a detached mid market home in major cities across the country. From this he [...]
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September 9th, 2008
Many people seem to be going into panic mode now that the reports are all that the market is declining.
It is important to remember that markets always have their ups and downs, this is what makes them work and makes it possible for us all the be in the market.
If you are selling your home [...]
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September 7th, 2008
If you listen to the news and the stats you would think the market has taken a dive in recent times, but the numbers don’t lie. If you look at the 2nd Quarter results from “CAAMP Survey of Canadian House Prices” It looks to me like most of the Country has been doing fairly well [...]
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September 4th, 2008
When you are buying you want to make sure you don’t make your decision based solely on emotion. Surprisingly many people do make there decision this way. Don’t get me wrong though, don’t leave your emotions completely out of your decision process, if this is a place you are going to call home you want [...]
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September 2nd, 2008
The Last thing you want to do is spend your time and energy negotiating a deal to sell your condo only to have to re-negotiate or even lose the deal due to a bad inspection. YES THIS DOES HAPPEN WITH CONDOS!
Many people don’t think an inspection makes sense on a condo, what can an [...]
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