With the ever-changing house market, home buyers should be able to keep themselves abreast with the latest and tried-and-true advice on house hunting. The economic data team of realtor.com were able to come up with some great advice based on the stats that matter to help buyers find the perfect home for them this […]
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Canadian Government increases minimum down payment for homes over $500K
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is increasing the amount homebuyers must put forward as a down payment on houses over $500,000. It’s a move designed to cool off the booming real estate market in some of Canada’s biggest cities. Homebuyers will have to put 10 per cent down on the portion of the price over […]
Buying and Selling a Home During the Holidays
Buying and Selling a Home During the Holidays Sеllіng During thе Hоlіdауѕ – Pros and Cons For thе mоѕt раrt, real еѕtаtе аgеntѕ rесоmmеnd аgаіnѕt ѕеllіng your home durіng thе hоlіdауѕ, аnd fоr оnе vеrу good rеаѕоn – dеmаnd іѕ low. Pеорlе аrе often traveling оr spending tіmе with loved ones, аnd not […]
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide
Buying a home – Buyer’s guide 1. Start with your credit. Credit reports are kept by the three major credit agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. They show whether you are habitually late with payments and whether you have run into serious credit problems in the past. A credit score is a number calculated […]
CMHC finds foreign ownership of Toronto Condos low but growing
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has crunched the 2015 numbers on foreign ownership of condos in Canadian cities and again concluded that it is low but growing. In Vancouver, about 3.5 per cent of condominiums were owned by foreign buyers in 2015, up from 2.3 per cent a year earlier. The percentage jumped in […]
