Tips to make homes more eco-friendly
Posted on Aug 19, 2021 in Energy efficiency
As keeping the planet green moves from desirable to necessary, every small improvement helps, even ones like these that you may already know:
• Move away from single-use cleaning cloths, like paper towels, and use washable sponges and cloth rags.
• Turn down the temperature of your hot water tank. The recommended energy-efficient temperature is 120 d...
Additions to the do-not-clutter list for showings
Posted on Aug 15, 2021 in Selling a house
In past blogs, you’ve read about things that shouldn’t be on display when your home is on the market. Things like family pictures and mementos, excessive ornaments and knick-knacks and anything that is going to make an interested party feel like they’re in somebody else home, even though they are.
Now, there’s a few to add to the de-clutter list.
• P...
Possible real estate impact of new stat holiday
Posted on Aug 08, 2021 in Government and real estate
It may have slipped by many Canadians, but there is a new statutory holiday coming up that is important to take note of if you happen to be buying or selling a home around the end of next month.In legislation passed earlier this year, September 30 became a stat holiday, designated by the Federal Government as the National Day for Truth and Reconcil...
Buying as a hedge against inevitable inflation
Posted on Jul 24, 2021 in Buying a house
Since there’s speculation that inflation is on the horizon for Canadians, there’s also growing discussion about how to prepare for — and find ways for protection from — what seems to be inevitable one day in the foreseeable future. Buying a home can be part of it, because it can be a hedge against inflation, but inflation-prone costs can also come...
Talk about pent-up demand!
Posted on Jul 19, 2021 in News
A story published and aired by the CBC this week could provide an important forecast for the financial future of Canadians. According to the CBC's research, in 2020 Canadians put more than $212 billion into some kind of savings, for a rainy day, because of the conditions caused by COVID-19.
The significance of the impact is that in 2019 Canadians...
The importance of checking out neighbourhoods
Posted on Jul 11, 2021 in Buying a house
If you’re in the market for a new home, here’s an idea to keep in mind by the time you get to the 11th hour (or earlier) of negotiations…just before you sign an offer.
Drive through the neighbourhood several times, and at several times.
What you don’t want to do is make an offer, have it accepted and close the deal on a home in a neighbourhood that f...