We all want to be comfortable in our home and if when can save a little too – what a bonus.  The easiest way to save on energy costs is to reduce your thermostat down.   You will probably not notice a significant difference of 2 degrees either way – and the savings can be quite substantial. If you want to lower your bill even further each month, here are some additional tips...Read More

  Are you a first-time buyer, real estate investor, or considering downsizing to a condo?  Now maybe the right time to buy a condo. Prior to COVID-19, the condo market in downtown Toronto was very hot, and quite often condos sold in bidding wars.  The current pandemic has changed the demand for condos for 3 reasons:   • Tourism stopped which impacted the short term...Read More

    Home sales have continued to remain strong in the month of October.  We have seen sales dip a little from September but sales continue to be very strong in comparison to 2019.  We had another record month of homes sales in October.   In October 2020 there were 10,563 sales in the Greater Toronto Area compared to 8,445 in October 2019 sales were up 25.1% compar...Read More

  Bully offers can be an effective strategy when a property is holding off offers until a specific date in the future.  If you have fallen in love with a house and don’t want to get into another bidding war on the offer date.  There are some tips and strategies to get your bully offer accepted.   Tips for Bully Offer Success: Surprise the Seller – don’t...Read More

  A bully offer (also known as a pre-emptive offer) is an offer on a property that is holding back accepting offers until a specific date in the future but a prospective buyer decides to submit an offer earlier than the date that the seller has indicated that they will look at any offers. In a hot seller’s market where there are more buyers than homes for sale, a common listing strate...Read More

The housing market is currently very tight.  In other words, there are more buyers looking for homes than there are homes for sale.  This is known as a sellers’ market and quite often homes are selling with multiple offers and selling for over asking price.    What is a Bidding War?   In this type of market Realtors quite often use a holdback offer strategy when list...Read More

  Now that many of us are working from home we are starting to realize how critical having a dedicated space in our homes is for our home office.  Trying to work on our kitchen table, dining room table or worst our bedroom just doesn’t cut it. You are starting to realize that working in existing living spaces isn’t working out that great?  You are also starting to real...Read More

  Deciding to sell a home can be an exciting time but also a stressful time.  You may be excited about moving to your next dream home.  But there is no doubt that preparing a home to sell takes work and having to leave your home so that potential buyers can feel at ease and at home in your house can be stressful as well.  If you are selling in buying that adds the additional p...Read More

  September was another record month in the Greater Toronto Area’s housing market.  We had 11,083 sales which are up 42.3% in comparison to September 2019.  Following record sales in the third quarter of 2020 and for the first 9 months of 2020 sales are approximately 1% higher compared to the same time period in 2019.        &...Read More

Wow in just of few weeks we will be thinking of closing or getting our cottages ready for winter.  It has been a wild year but thank god we had our cottages to escape to.   If you are new to seasonal cottage upkeep and maintenance you may be feeling a little nervous about closing down the cottage.  I will be offering my favourite tips on closing down a cottage but if you are f...Read More