Balancing the Emotional and Practical Sides of Buying a Home Imagine this scenario… You’re shopping for a new home. You drive to visit a recent listing. As you walk through the front doors, you’re impressed. Every room looks fantastic. You
Setting Your List Price Requires Calculation and Savvy When you’re having a garage sale, one of the toughest tasks is pricing your items. If you put a price tag on your old golf clubs that’s too high, no one will
How to Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal Ideally, you would like buyers to wait until they’ve viewed your whole property before they judge it. However, the reality is, buyers start forming an impression of your home as soon as
Creating the Ideal Working Relationship with Your Agent If you’re working with a landscaping contractor, you want to develop a good working relationship with that professional, so you can avoid delays, stress and other issues. After all, the last thing
More supply and less demand seen across Metro Vancouver housing market The supply of homes for sale continued to increase across the Metro Vancouver* housing market in September while home buyer demand remained below typical levels for this time of
Lowering Shipping Fees When Shopping Online Online shopping is growing by an average of 20 million new shoppers each year. That’s a lot of people clicking and buying! You may be one of them. However, there’s a cost to online
Four Things You Should Know About Staging You’ve probably heard about “home staging”. As the name implies, it’s all about arranging each room in your home in a way that will make the best impression on buyers. Here’s what you
CRA Rules and Taxes Did you know? Most Canadians pay their fair share of taxes, says CRA, but the agency has detected some who are avoiding paying taxes related to real estate transactions. According to CRA audits over the last
Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide In Your Home Carbon Monoxide (CO) is invisible and odourless, so you can’t actually “watch out for it”. However, you should monitor for it because an excessive build-up of this gas in your home can
What Type of New Home Are You Qualified to Buy? When you think about looking for a new home, one of the first questions that probably comes to mind is: “What type of property can I afford?” That’s an important