Redfin attended the Technology Alliance annual luncheon today, to see who would win the startup of the year award. I brought my computer to the awards ceremony so I could work in the bathroom. We arrived a little late and tucked right into the meal.
But then we were moved by the speeches about improving […]

If your property is fresh in the market, an open house can be very important. You never know whom in your neighbourhood is looking to buy a home like yours. There has been some instances where the actual buyer came from a Open House visit. Although this isn’t always the case.
In fact, most visitors who […]

Today I heard that a home seller was uncomfortable with spending money on staging. He didn’t want to spend on anything that did not add “real” value to the house.  I admire that attitude in this cut throat day and age!  But to be true to his philosophy, no money should be spent on any marketing efforts.
 
If one were selling a $250,000 car, would the […]

ByTheOwner.com will have 3 representatives at the 2007 Mesh Conference.
 
The Mesh Conference is Canada’s premier Web conference, and it is being held in Toronto on May 30th & 31st, 2007. It is a chance to connect with people who are excited about the potential of the Web? people who want to know more about how it […]

The Royal Bank of Canada’s Mortgage website has tips for selling your own home. They do point out all the money that can be saved selling privately and they also mention “pitfalls” to selling your own home.
ByTheOwner.com thinks it’s great that Canada’s Largest Bank has discussed selling privately on their website. However, we do have […]

ByTheOwner.com is Canada’s Largest FSBO website with an average of more than 150 000 weekly unique visitors in 2007. Below is our May 2007 inventory of our current active listings of for-sale-by-owner homes. These are homes for sale with no agents: Private sales

Kitchener-Waterloo
65 Homes for sale

Barrie
61 Homes for sale

Brampton
61 Homes for sale

London
60 […]

About a week after Redfin showed up on 60 Minutes, Century 21 started running an ad challenging the idea that you could buy a home online.

“Some people think they can do it all on the computer,” the actor says. Find a home, sell a home. Except the computer can’t do what I do at […]

Every municipality must collect duties on the transfer of any immovable situated within its territory. These land transfer duties are better known as the ?Welcome Tax?. This tax is payable by the buyer and is calculated as follows:

0.5% of the first $50,000;

1% of the next $50,000 to $250,000;

1.5% of any portion exceeding $250,000.

For example: If […]

If you are looking for Montreal Rentals. Here are a few links that will help you find your new pad.

Craigslist’s Montreal for Rent
Kijiji Montreal
Canuck.ca Montreal
Louer.com
More Montreal

Although not about Real Estate, these blogs are quite entertaining. Specially for the downtown and Plateau crowd.

Midnight Poutine | Montreal Blog
MetroBlogging Montreal
Montreal City WebLog

Do you know of other interesting and […]

Well, I gotta admit it really is odd to see the house empty again”¦ but just one weekend later that’s how this house sits.
However, LAST weekend, this newly constructed luxury home in Park Ridge, Illinois was staged and GLORIOUSLY TRANSFORMED (as these photos show) into the premier site on the Artistic Living Tour of Homes.

Last […]