Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Fiery Toronto real estate heats up surrounding markets Increasing home prices in the GTA are having a spillover effect in surrounding cities, according to a recent report. Skyrocketing single-family home prices in the GTA are encouraging buyers to purchase outside the city, according to CMHC’s latest Housing Markets Insight
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Homes for sale,sugarbush,oro,oro medonte,Gloucester pool,six Mile Lake,Severn,Georgian Bay,homes for sale,simcoe,muskoka
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Warning over flood risk for homebuyers Homebuyers may believe that they are protected in the event of a flood but are ill-informed. A poll commissioned by Public Safety Canada reveals that 40 per cent of homeowners think the federal government will compensate them if there is a large overland
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Homes for sale,sugarbush,oro,oro medonte,Gloucester pool,six Mile Lake,Severn,Georgian Bay,homes for sale,simcoe,muskoka
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
New LTT rebate for first-time buyers in Ontario First-time buyers in Ontario will benefit from the newly-extended land transfer tax rebate announced Tuesday. Buyers can now claim back up to $4,000 which for cities with an average price of $368,000 or less will mean they pay no LTT at
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Homes for sale,sugarbush,oro,oro medonte,Gloucester pool,six Mile Lake,Severn,Georgian Bay,homes for sale,simcoe,muskoka
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
PROTECT YOUR PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION! PROTECT YOUR PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION! – CHANGES TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SALE OF YOUR HOME By Dave Thomas Generally speaking, Canadians do not pay any Capital Gains Tax on the growth in value of their homes. The Income Tax Act provides an exemption
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Category: Real Estate
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Loonie weakness could stimulate home price growth this year The sustained weakness of the loonie-greenback exchange rate might prove most helpful for the Canadian housing sector in 2017, according to an analyst. Vestcap Investment Management senior portfolio manager Lyle Stein argued that the low Canadian dollar could magnetize
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Category: Economics
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
The price needs to be right The saying goes, that when it comes to real estate, the three most important things are location, location, location. New research reminds agents that a “sweet spot” price that won’t turn off potential buyers is just as important. A large majority of Ontarians
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Category: Real Estate
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Saturday, September 19, 2015 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Fed rate freeze good news for Canadian mortgages – for now The Fed’s decision to hold US interest rates steady at near zero Thursday is good news for Canadians with a long-term mortgage. With mortgage rates for home loans with longer terms affected by US bonds, which are tied
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Category: Economics
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Monday, February 9, 2015 @ 9:26 PM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Residential non-waterfront, waterfront sales set new January record Residential non-waterfront sales activity recorded through the MLS® system of Muskoka Haliburton Orillia – The Lakelands Association of REALTORS® numbered 92 units in January 2015. This was an increase of 39.4 per cent from January 2014 and marked the best month
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Category: Real Estate
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Interest rates to remain low and on hold for longer The Bank of Canada announced on October 22nd, 2014 that it was holding its trend-setting overnight lending rate at 1 per cent. Its most recent rate announcement and Monetary Policy Report suggest a number of reasons why interest rates
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Category: Economics
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Friday, September 5, 2014 @ 8:58 AM
Posted By: Sean Smith
Mike Holmes: Maintain your gutters, before the frost Source: National Post The kids are back in school and that means summer’s over. Autumn is coming and soon we’ll be climbing up our roofs and cleaning out the gutters before the fall leaves begin their damage. But how much damage can
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Category: Home Improvement
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