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HomeLife: June 2015
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June 16, 2015. Rogers Shuts Down Zoocasa. Rogers Communications is getting out of the real estate business and has announced that it’s shutting down its discount brokerage, Zoocasa, as of June 22. 8220;After June 22, 2015, the brokerage will cease to be registered and will be prohibited from trading in real estate as a brokerage,” Zoocasa announced in a letter to customers this week. Rogers had just undertaken a Rogers sent shock waves through the real estate industry back in 2008 when it launched the on...
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HomeLife: April 2015
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April 28, 2015. Canadian home sales climbed 4.1 per cent in March from February, according to statistics released last week by the Canadian Real Estate Association. Check out CBC's interactive map of real estate prices across Canada. Canadian home sales climbed 4.1 per cent in March from February, according to statistics released last week by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Current promotional rates are as low as 2.74 per cent on a five-year fixed mortgage. I'm in the business and it scares ...
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HomeLife: January 2015
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January 30, 2015. Simple Ways To Invest In Real Estate. Real Estate Investment Groups. A second class of property flipper also exists. These investors make their money by buying reasonably priced properties and adding value by renovating them. This can be a longer-term investment depending on the extent of the improvements. The limiting feature of this investment is that it is time intensive and often only allows investors to take on one property at a time. HomeLife Cimerman Real Estate Ltd.,. Investors ...
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HomeLife: November 2014
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November 28, 2014. 10 Tips When Selling. People sell their homes for a variety of reasons, whether it’s because they need more space, they’re downsizing, moving up, leaving the country, or getting a divorce. They all have one thing in common: They want to get the most they can. Here are 10 things you need to know about selling your house. 1 What’s my house worth? 4 You can do it yourself. There are plenty of do-it-yourself companies. To help you sell. Or you can do most of the work yourself. That inc...
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HomeLife: February 2015
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February 27, 2015. Buyers must be very careful to check for minor defects in a home by themselves, as they may not be protected if they find out about it later. One client complained that after closing, they learned that one of the mirrored closet doors was cracked. When they had first inspected the home, the closet doors were open, such that the cracked one was behind one that was not cracked. The buyer says that they were fooled by the seller. The buyers had two opportunities to visit the home before m...
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HomeLife: 50% Of Condos Are Foreign Owned
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May 11, 2015. 50% Of Condos Are Foreign Owned. The man known as Toronto's "Condo King" estimates foreign owners make up about half of the city's condominium market. But realtor and developer Brad Lamb argues that doesn't mean there are scores of empty condos in Toronto that aren't or can't be rented. Lamb believes it's "inevitable" that every Toronto resident, except the wealthy, will be living in a condo within 20 years. That's why the industry, according to Lamb, is making a stronger effort to lure...
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HomeLife: May 2015
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May 11, 2015. 50% Of Condos Are Foreign Owned. The man known as Toronto's "Condo King" estimates foreign owners make up about half of the city's condominium market. But realtor and developer Brad Lamb argues that doesn't mean there are scores of empty condos in Toronto that aren't or can't be rented. Lamb believes it's "inevitable" that every Toronto resident, except the wealthy, will be living in a condo within 20 years. That's why the industry, according to Lamb, is making a stronger effort to lure...
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HomeLife: March 2015
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March 28, 2015. House Sells For $567K Over. A Vancouver real estate agent who has just sold a home for $567,000 over its published listing price says that underlisting is an accepted selling strategy in the real estate market. If the product's right, the timing's right and the inventory is right, it's the right strategy," Paul Eviston told CBC News. It was the highest price per square foot ever achieved for an East Vancouver home," he said. Eviston stands by his strategy on the property, and in the end, ...
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HomeLife: East Gwillimbury House Hits New Record
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July 01, 2015. East Gwillimbury House Hits New Record. East Gwillimbury is hot. So is Brampton, Caledon, Vaughan, Markham and Richmond Hill. The drive to buy a home with a backyard — and especially the Holy Grail of housing, a detached house — is requiring a longer-distance commute as the average price of new detached, townhomes, semis and link houses across the GTA hit another new record, $783,995, as of May. 8220;It’s alarming just how quickly that price gap has grown,” says BILD president ...Increasin...
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