ByTheOwner.com’s website statistics for the month of April 2008:
Website visitors increased from 694,507 visits in April 2007, to 990,641 in April 2008. This is a 43% increase in website visits from April 2007 to April 2008.
Pageviews increased from 6.0 million page views in April 2007, to 8.2 million pageviews in April 2008. This is […]

So, you think you don’t need Home Staging?
You have decided to sell your property. You love the home decorating shows on TV. You have good taste and you house is well decorated. You are ready to put the property on the market. But, are you really? I often hear this […]

Advantages to having an Open House
There are many advantages to having an open house including:
Managing Your Time: People who sell privately need to minimize the time spent on the sale of their home. Open houses can be a great way to do this. Not everyone has the time to keep their home clean all the […]

Open House Tips
An Open House is your time to shine as a private seller! It’s also your home’s time to shine and get sold! Here are some tips to make your open house go great… Be Prepared: Your Home
You can spend the morning before an open house making sure your home is in perfect […]

It was a long hard winter: Record snow falls, cars stuck, streets closed! Those days are all behind us and Spring Is Here! The birds are back, and the grass is green so it’s the perfect time for an OPEN HOUSE!
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Canada.com has a interesting article on a home that was listed with an agent for 2 months with no luck. “The real estate agent’s strategy was that I reduce the price”, but instead the owner decided to sell their home privately and also use a home stager. The home sold in no time at all!
To […]

ByTheOwner.com recently reached 6,000 properties for sale in Canada! This is a significant milestone for us, as we only reached 4,000 properties for sale in June of 2007. In less than 1 year we have increased our online inventory by 50%. At this pace, we should reach 10,000 homes for sale in 2010.
For ByTheOwner.com, […]

In Today’s Toronto Star, Ellen Roseman writes about some of the potential hazards with 40-year mortgages. To read the article you can click here:
Homeowners facing hidden hazards with 40-year mortgage…
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An article in today’s Toronto Star reports that MLS sold properties in the GTA dropped 22% in March. This is in addition to an 11% drop in February, and a 2% drop in January. So far this year MLS sales in the GTA have dropped approximately 13%. Some of the reasons given for the drop […]

I recently had the pleasure of listening to the author of Freakonomics, Steven Levitt, speak at York University. In his book, Freakonomics, has talks about the power of information and those who attempt to keep it from the public in order to exploit it for their own gain. He raises some interesting points about real […]