Getting The Best Price On A Home: 5 Tips For Buyers

Getting The Best Price On A Home: 5 Tips For Buyers

Buying a home can be a wonderful process when you have confidence in the decision that you have made. In our experience, confidence comes with knowing all the facts, the pros and cons of your choices and the ability to get the best price for the home in Toronto. No matter how badly we may want to be rational during a purchase, our emotions can run amuck. One of the triggers often revolves around getting the best price on a home. Who wants to “overpay”?! No one wants to feel that they overpaid for a property. This blog post is going to dig into this topic to position yourself for success best when purchasing a home.

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Why Downsize Your Home

Why Downsize Your Home

A topic that is less relevant for younger homeowners is a very relevant topic for a particular segment of the market: “Why downsize your home?”. But before you assume downsizing your home is just for Baby Boomers, we want to detail how other generations (i.e., Millenials) of homeowners may see things as well. We will walk through the most common reasons someone would downsize their home. Remember that the rationale is very personal, from lifestyle to necessity, whether to downsize from a detached to a semi-detached Toronto house or from a home to a condo. It can be a big decision requiring some excellent advice.

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What Do Home Buyers Want

What Do Home Buyers Want

What do buyers want? It may not come as a surprise, but most Toronto real estate buyers want similar things in a house or condo. The price can vary from one buyer to the next for obvious reasons. It is important to know what you, as a buyer, want in a Toronto home. After all, buying real estate is a subjective desire. We cover many of the most common real estate wants for a buyer. Having served as a real estate broker in Toronto for over 15 years, the buyer wants boil down to these few points. Let’s dive in!

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Mistakes When Selling Your Home

There are common mistakes when selling your home in Toronto. After all, when there are 70,000 real estate agents at the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB,) your chance of getting a lesser-skilled agent is high. Here is a list of what happens regularly in real estate. It cannot be stressed enough a professional, insightful, […]

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Best Home Improvements For Resale

Best Home Improvements For Resale

Some home improvements offer zero benefits to the home’s value. In fact, many “improvements” can negatively impact the value of a home. It’s important to navigate all home improvement decisions based on what buyers in your area most want and desire. Subjective, personal tastes can be a minefield. So, do your research with regard to the aesthetic desires of a pro. It also goes without saying that quality workmanship is an essential minimum.

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What Happens When The Homeowner Passes Away?

This is part 1 of 3 from my guest legal blogger, Patrick Shing. What Happens When a Homeowner Dies? When a person dies while still owning real property, one of several things can happen, depending on how that person holds title to the property. Joint Tenancy When two or more people hold title to a […]

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