Easement Restriction of the right of ownership for reasons of private interest, general interest or public use. Right of access or use of land by others, for a defined purpose (passage, parking, public utilities, etc.).
Equity The difference between the price for which a home could be sold and the total debts registered against it. […]

Home resales up 24 per cent in first half of June
During the first fifteen days of June, resale home transactions jumped 24 per cent compared to the same timeframe a year ago, Toronto Real Estate Board President Dorothy Mason announced today. The first half of the month yielded a remarkable 5,074 sales, an increase […]

Tickets went on sale this weekend for the White Stripes concert Sept. 26th & 27th at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. Members of Facebook can stream The White Stripes new album “Icky Thump” in its entirety tomorrow, June 19th. You can add the app by going here.

Matt Carter […]

When it comes to pricing your home, you’ll find lots of “experts.” The neighbors may want you to set a high price, thinking it will make their homes more valuable. Your company may encourage you to set a lower price so the home will sell quickly and you can move to your new assignment. You […]

It looks like the Barrie Real Estate board is trying to use billboard advertising to promote their services…or perhaps they are cross training to become doctors?

Our Barrie rep, John Babic, thought this was quite funny so he took this photo for our blog.
What do you think about this photo?
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This is the link to the article that accompanied the Profit 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
Here is the section about ByTheOwner.com…
“…Another success story, Charny, Que.-based DuProprio.com/ByTheOwner.com (No. 90), offers a different lesson in responding to opportunity: decide fast, then get on with it. The for-sale-by-owner real estate website, with five-year revenue growth of 656%, to $2.3 […]

House prices, mortgage rates present challenges
Rising housing prices combined with mortgage rates hitting a five-year high have created a double-whammy effect, making it more expensive than ever to get into the Canadian real estate market. The average price of homes in urban markets has risen 10.2 per cent from a year ago, hitting $333,524 last […]

To Stage or Not to Stage ““ that is the question! by Sveta Melchuk
Staging a Home for sale will cost you money. Is it worth spending time and effort on it? After all, once the decision to sell has been made, you just want to get it over with as fast as […]

Average home sale yields $32,200 in additional consumer spending.

OTTAWA ““ June 12, 2007

The resale housing industry in Canada generated more than 158,000 jobs and an average of $15.3 billion annually in the period from 2004 and 2006, according to a study prepared for The Canadian Real Estate Association by Altus Clayton.

The report says each residential […]

 
ByTheOwner.com’s properties for sale can now take advantage of the 30 Million Facebook users!
On June 14th, ByTheOwner.com released our exclusive Facebook application. The application was built by our programmers and it allows our properties (Front photo and info) to be uploaded to Facebook.
Facebook is on it’s way to becoming the most visited website in the world. […]