February 2024

Getting Your Home Ready to Sell: A Checklist

First impressions are everything, especially when it comes to selling your home. Make your interiors and exterior spaces as appealing as possible because potential buyers want to envision themselves living in your home. If you’re considering putting your home up for sale, now is the ideal moment to develop a checklist to ensure you stay on the right path. We’ve compiled a list of the important tasks you need to consider before getting your home ready to sell.  

Relisting at a Higher Price – Does It Work?

If, at first, you don’t succeed in selling your house, try and try again? For many residential property owners in today’s Canadian real estate market, it can be challenging to sell a home, whether because of the listing price or higher borrowing costs. In a more balanced housing sector, relisting can be more common to witness. Relisting refers to putting a property back on the real estate...

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9 Ways To Save On Your Mortgage

We can all agree with this — buying a house is a milestone. However, this can be financially draining due to mortgages and high interest rates. Paying your mortgage for decades may seem overwhelming, especially for first-time home buyers and those with limited financial resources. However, don’t give up just yet on purchasing your dream home. We’ll share nine ways to help you save on your...

Is Low Supply Keeping Canadian Real Estate Prices High?

A year ago, housing affordability dominated national conversations as the Canadian real estate market exploded in growth across major urban centres and rural communities alike. This year, the conversation has ostensibly changed, with buyers, sellers, market analysts and industry experts discussing the path the Bank of Canada (BoC) will take in 2024 and immigration levels. Will the central bank cut...

10 Tips for Getting the Best Mortgage Rate in Canada

When you purchase a home, a down payment is typically applied to the purchase price, and the balance is to be paid off over your term of the mortgage. The loan you receive from a lender in order to pay for the house is called a mortgage. Simply put, a mortgage is a legal and binding agreement between a lender and a borrower for a specific amount of money that must be paid back within a predefined...

Guide to Mortgage Renewal: How Do I Renew My Mortgage?

During the pandemic-era housing boom, many homebuyers purchased residential properties at rock-bottom mortgage rates. In response to the national economy’s pressures, the Bank of Canada (BoC) slashed interest rates to near zero, allowing prospective homeowners to obtain greater purchasing power and acquire a detached house, townhome, or condominium suite that might have exceeded their initial budgetary...

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