Curb appeal is key in the real estate game. Now, home stagers are taking their act to your tacky front yard and turning it into a temporary oasis that’s prepped to sell
So, you think you’re ready to sell your house. You’ve stored away all the personal knick-knacks, scrubbed the counters until they sparkle and arranged […]

PropertySold is proud celebrate a significant milestone this June as homeowner savings hit five million dollars, thanks to our ‘no agents’ approach to home-selling.
This major savings milestone is hot on the heels of last month’s coup of reaching $80 million in home sales. While the majority of the sales have been in […]

PropertySold is proud celebrate a significant milestone this June as homeowner savings hit five million dollars, thanks to our ‘no agents’ approach to home-selling.
This major savings milestone is hot on the heels of last month’s coup of reaching $80 million in home sales. While the majority of the sales have been in […]

An article by Bob Finnigan is president of the Toronto Building Industry and Land Development Association
A double-whammy is defined as a combination of two unfortunate or negative circumstances or events. Paying the same tax twice, once to the provincial government and once to the local government, would be very unfortunate indeed, particularly when we’re talking […]

When I was a little kid I used to watch the animated cartoon Popeye on Television. One of the cartoon’s secondary characters was a sweet harmless lovable oaf named Wimpy. But Wimpy had a major “issue”… he was addicted to hamburgers.
Hamburgers! Hamburgers! Hamburgers!

Wimpy craved them and could not get enough of them. He would […]

Latest Housing Outlook shows easing of price pressures in Toronto and Ottawa
The pace of increasing housing prices in Ontario will ease in 2007, but the provincial market will remain strong and provide good opportunities for first-time homebuyers, according to a report issued today by Genworth Financial Canada, The Homeownership Company, a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, […]

ByTheOwner.com reached 3000 sales in Ontario! This is a great accomplishment. You can see our growth below. Every year has been better than the last. Our average house for sale price in Ontario is approximately $310,000, which means that the average home sold on our site saves more than $16,000 in commissions and GST. (assuming 5% […]

Ontario housing markets defy industry expectations as confidence levels push sales and prices to new heights.
Despite concerns over a higher Canadian dollar and its impact on the province’s manufacturing sector, housing markets across Ontario continue to perform above and beyond industry expectations, according to a report released today by RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada.
Stronger than expected consumer […]

The same week Buyside Realty enters the real estate game in Washington State, offering to refund 75% of the commission to a buyer, Redfin announces they’re putting a temporary moratorium on accepting listings in some markets that it serves.
According to John Cooke in the Seattle PI’s Venture Blog, “Redfin Chief Executive Glenn Kelman does not […]

New mls.ca user study
A new profile of property buyers and sellers in Canada developed from a survey conducted through the mls.ca web site shows the highest percentage of those who have never owned a property are in Ontario, while the highest percentage of those who have bought and sold more than once are in Alberta.
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