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Spring Yard Cleaning
If you don’t have the time or the energy for spring yard tidying, here’s an affordable solution. Terra is offering a service to remove all leaves and debris from lawn areas and garden beds, clean off hard surfaces like walkways, patios and driveways, cut back spent perennials, cultivate soil or rake mulch beds, edge beds and […]
Spruce Up Your Garden with Flowering Shrubs
Spring is in the air. A colourful garden can be such a joy, but it is important to pick the right plants to keep maintenance to a minimum. If you’re looking to spruce up your garden, flowering shrubs can be an attractive, low maintenance and sometimes fragrant way to add value and interest to your […]
Lakeshore Reconstruction Project in Downtown Oakville
Planning on travelling in the downtown Oakville area? Here are some recent street changes/closures the Town of Oakville has implemented as part of the Lakeshore Road Reconstruction and Streetscape project. Lakeshore_Notice
Changes to Mortgage Rules & the Primary Residence Capital Gains Exemption
Tidbits on changes to mortgage rules and the primary residence capital gains exemption. In October, the federal government announced changes to the guidelines for borrowers of high-ratio mortgages. Let’s first look at the difference between a high ratio insured mortgage and conventional or low ratio non-insured mortgage. An ‘Insured Mortgage’ is one where a home […]
Implications of the New Mortgage Regulations
In an announcement from TD Economist Diana Petramala, the implications for the Ontario market are less significant due to booming demand and tight inventories. Here’s a synopsis of her comments: With demand weakening, the national sales-to-listings ratio came down more than 3 points to 59.6 in the month, tipping the national market back into balanced territory. […]
Landlord Licensing in Toronto?
A proposal to the Toronto City Council will be made regarding landlord licensing. It concerns approval of a new regulatory by-law for rental apartments, which would require that all buildings are registered with the city. Additionally, the proposal looks to have a process in place for tracking tenant repair requests, installation of a notification board, implementation of a […]