Smartest household renovations you can make for Return On Investment

So you are thinking about getting a deal on a bargain house or perhaps staying put and fix it up? When does it make sense for you to renovate?  The “R” word almost always presents itself while out with clients on home hunting tours.  Furthermore, clients getting their homes ready to sell ask: “What are the smartest household renovations you …

Five Buying Tips helpful in a Hot Mississauga Real Estate Market

Home Buyers today have a challenge in Mississauga’s Real Estate Here are five buying tips helpful in a hot Mississauga Real Estate market.  Ask anyone who has been through a multiple offer situation. There are not enough homes for sale. Home Prices are at an all-time high in the entire GTA housing market. The average home price for all housing …

Five Helpful Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Stop the Press! Millennials are finding it a stretch to buy homes in the Neighborhoods where they grew up! Mississauga house prices have hit record high increases. First time home buyers are the most adversely affected by this huge price spike, many are the Millennials, aged between 16-35 and in prime family rearing years. Landing a  home suitable for their …

Baby Boomer Housing Bubble?

I’m a baby boomer!  For most of us, our home is the most valuable asset, an important part of financing retirement plans.  In the last year alone, I have helped many of my clients and friends navigate through this life changing process.  The situation is that the sheer numbers of us downsizing and selling Real Estate assets could cause a …

Realtors and Professionalism: Do the Two Terms Mix?

Realtors and Professionalism: Do the Two Terms Mix?     Just because all realtors are licensed doesn’t mean that all realtors are the same.  There is a high turnover in this industry: I’ve seen people quit or lose their jobs, and, in the misguided belief that real estate is easy, jump into the prerequisite training and licensing programs. They become very surprised …