Fizber Search Queries I always love viewing the key phrases that land on our home page and I’m keeping a “very” close eye on our users search terms. I’ll keep a separate page for such interesting queries that lead to our site. I’m also going to create some “tutorials” on these search hits to satisfy […]

Here’s another shameless plug from me… (and I’m ok with admitting I may not be your favorite San Francisco Real Estate Blogger, but just let me pretend, OK?)
Every San Francisco Realtor has to have a website and I’m no different.
My SF real estate blog is more of a hobby, and less of a […]

Scotiabank forum predicts another healthy year ahead for Canadian real estate markets
Canadian real estate markets will remain remarkably buoyant, especially in light of the deepening housing downturn in the United States and the generally softening conditions in most other advanced economies, according to experts who presented at Scotiabank’s Canadian Real Estate Outlook and Trends Forum, […]

Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt renew their argument that real estate brokers aren’t worth 6%, citing a study (PDF) conducted by Stanford economist B. Douglas Bernheim and one of his graduate students, Jonathan Meer, which shows that using a broker has no effect on a home’s average selling price.
We are an (online) broker ourselves, […]

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Week over week refinance applications are down 30.4% as mortgage interest rates continue to rise on fears of inflation.  They are up slightly at 5% above 2007 levels.  Rates are up almost a full 20 basis points (.18%).  The slowdown in refinance applications makes sense in light of the recent wild swings of the mortgage […]

Tips on making your home look … even better.
When it comes to the value of your home, first impressions matter. The at-a-glance attractiveness that real estate people call curb appeal is becoming more important … seriously. These days, 80 percent of home buyers get their first look at a house from a picture on the […]

This was the advice that I recently received from my RBC Financial Planner, makes sense to me!

Investing/Financial Planning Focus on the long term to weather stormy markets

One of the fundamentals of successful long-term investing is monitoring the progress of your portfolio regularly to make sure it stays on track. Sometimes, however, focusing too closely […]

Plateau Mont Royal. Photo: Deyanira Bautista

Spring is the optimum time to sell a home. Here are 10 things you can do to improve the odds that your home will stand out among the sea of new listings flooding the spring-time real estate market: 1) Wash windows inside and out / polish all mirrors Sparkle is free, and sparkle […]