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Home Prices Continue to Rise

According to the Teranet Home Price Index this month, Hamilton home prices are up 8.4% and Toronto is up 7.6%. In our humble opinion, the increase is fuelled by our record low interest rates combined with lower than average inventory of available homes.

Posted in Buying and Selling, Home Finance

Income Properties

Passive income from a rental property can be a rewarding experience. It does not have to be hard work, if you are well prepared. There are many resources, which outline the rights of the landlord as well as those of the tenant. The rules around entry to the rental unit is the question that I […]

Posted in Income Properties

Near Record September Property Sales

According to (Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington) RAHB’s MLS system statistics, 1207 properties sold through this Board in September. This number represents a 32.9% increase over last year and is just one sale short of the 2009 September record of 1208 homes sold. The average sale price was also 6.7% higher than last year. This may […]

Posted in Buying and Selling, Market Evaluation

Facts about LED lighting

Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting had been used primarily for industrial and commercial applications in the past. There are many good reasons to use LED lighting in the home. How LED works: Instead of emitting light and heat in all directions, an LED light moves electrons through a semiconductor material. It creates light that shines in […]

Posted in Home Maintenance, Living

Living at Home – A New Survey

Coldwell Banker Real Estate Survey Finds Age Groups Disagree Over How Long is Too Long to Live at Home with Parents  Older survey respondents want ‘boomerang kids’ out of the nest within three years after college, while millennials believe up to five years is fine to live with mom and dad. BURLINGTON, ON (Aug. 15, 2013) […]

Posted in Living

Canada’s national MLS® forecast stable for 2013, improving in 2014

According to an updated 2013 forecast from The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national sales activity in Canada has held fairly steady after gearing down last August in the wake of changes to mortgage rules that took effect July 9, 2012. The CREA forecast, issued March 15th, indicates that although the number of MLS® sales […]

Posted in Buying and Selling

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