Selling a home is always a very difficult task, it can be even more difficult when your home needs to have work done on it. Whether that be a new kitchen renovation or a bathroom revamp, these type of upgrades can cost you a lot of money and delay the selling process.  Put plain and simple: When you want to sell your home, you sometimes need to renovate the home before putting it up for sale. The cost of renovations may lead you to realize that you do not have the capital to follow... [read more]

In my time as a realtor I have had the pleasure of helping many families and individuals with selling and buying their dream home and property. But during this same time, I have seen many people make some drastic mistakes when being on the selling end of the transaction.   Recently there has been talk of the Toronto real estate market cooling, but the residual homes still on the market and those that continue to be put on the market – show that this could be far from... [read more]

Part 2: Hiring your agent   Although many people think that they can easily use the internet to syndicate their property and hold an open house, maintain and dangle offers and ensure that the real estate agents commission price is avoided – it is simply strongly advised to AVOID self-representation at all times.   I am not telling you this because I am a real estate agent, I am telling you this as an individual who has a full-time job, family, personal life and... [read more]

 PART 5: Marketing and transparency   Did you know that 90% of home buyers searched online at some point during their home buying process? And that 100% of home buyers use the internet to research a specific home. And that the first step for 43% of home buyers is searching for online properties.* With staggering data like this, you would wonder why so many of these online listings are vague, poorly marketed, have little to no details about the property or neighbourhood and... [read more]

With the recent announcements made by the bank of Canada regarding the increase of interest rates, many home owners gearing up to put their home on the market are beginning to think that the future of their sale is looking bleak as buyers are no longer rushing to buy. The cause of the slowdown is that home buyer are using new tactics to bring home prices down. They think that if they all stop coming with money in hand, that the home owners will drop the prices.   In an effort to... [read more]