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- 10 Real Estate Myths
- 12 Terms You Need to Know When Buying
- 2010: The Year in Review
- 2011: The Year in Review
- 2012: The Year in Review
- 2013: The Year in Review
- 2014: The Year in Review
- 2016: The Year in Review
- 2017: The Year in Review
- 2018: The Year in Review
- 2019: The Year in Review
- 2020: The Year in Review
- 2021: The Year in Review
- 2022: The Year in Review
- A Clause to Remember
- A History of Bidding Wars
- Abatements: What and Why?
- Adding a Pond?
- Additions and Facades
- Affordability: Income vs. Interest Rates
- Agency and Fiduciary Duty
- Alternatives to Asphalt Shingles
- An Erratic Market
- Annual Spring Maintenance
- Are Flips Pushing Prices?
- Avoid "Flashing" with Latex and Acrylic Paint
- Basement Flooding and Grading
- Basement Leaks, Grading, and Eavestroughs
- Be Careful with E-mail and Fax
- Be Smart, Get GFCIs
- Beware “Subject to Adjustments”
- Beware Early Move-In
- Blame the Flippers
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2013
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2014
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2015
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2016
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2017
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2018
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2019
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2020
- Brampton and Bramalea Price Statistics for 2021
- Brampton Market Statistics during COVID-19
- Budget for Rising Interest Rates
- Bullying the Seller?
- Buy Real Primer!
- Buying a "Flip"? Watch for These Four Pitfalls
- Buying a Handyman Special
- Can you walk away?
- Check that Humidifier!
- Checking for Winter Damage
- Choose Home Inspection Clauses Carefully
- Choose Movers Carefully
- Choose Practical Renovations
- Choose Your Level of Service
- Commuting: Does it Save Money or Not?
- Cooling the Market?
- Cork Flooring: A New Idea?
- Dealing with Roof Damage from Ice Damming
- Disclosure: What, Why, and How
- Don’t Lose Your Deposit!
- Don't Hide from Mortgage Problems!
- Don't Make the Waiver Mistake!
- Don't Owe the FRO
- Doomed to Fail: HER&D
- Down Spouts, Get Out!
- Driveway Longevity
- Duct Cleaning - is it Worthwhile?
- Duct Cleaning: Don't Bother
- Duct Cleaning: What is ‘Biocide’?
- Exterior Repairs
- FINTRAC—Does it really help prevent money laundering?
- Fireplaces: a Great Addition Becomes Less Expensive
- Five Factors That Influence Your Selling Price
- Fixing a Noisy Bathroom Fan
- Fixing a Sliding Closet Door
- Flip Buyers, Beware!
- Flush Much? Low-flow Toilets Can Save You a Fortune!
- Free from liens and encumbrances...
- Free Solar Panels... Really?
- Get Ready for Winter!
- Getting Ready to Sell
- Ghost Offers “Busted”
- Give Your Home the Edge
- Good Neighbours Make Good Fences!
- Grow-houses and Disclosure
- Home Improvements Gone Bad
- Home Inspectors Revisited
- Home Staging - is it Worthwhile?
- How Location Affects Price
- How Market Conditions Affect Price
- How NOT to Choose a Realtor
- How Special Upgrades Affect Price
- How to Blow $20,000 on Needless Repairs
- How to Have a Successful Showing
- How to Interview an Agent
- How to Save on Heating When Prices Go Up
- How Upgrades and Upkeep Affect Price
- How's the Roof?
- Humidity, Mold, and Furnace Humidifiers
- Icicles on the Eavestrough
- In Good Working Order - Whose Responsibility?
- In Working Order—But When?
- Inspection Clauses - Make Sure Yours is Solid!
- Is it a Bubble or Not?
- Is Your Fireplace WETT?
- Kitchen Countertop Materials, Part 1
- Kitchen Countertop Materials, Part 2
- Kitchen Flooring: Hard vs. Soft
- Laminate Flooring Revisited
- Landlords, Be Careful!
- Latent and Patent Defects
- Leaking Power and Water
- Leaky Basements: Why and What to Do
- LED Lights Revisted
- LED Lights: Worth Your Money
- Legal Pot and Real Estate
- Make the Grade this Winter
- Merging Without Traffic
- MLS Listings—A New Option
- MPAC and Property Taxes
- New Rules for Mortgages on Second Homes
- No Shortcut to a Great Paint Job
- No-Transfer Rentals
- One Word Can Mean a Lot
- Open House: Not Worth It
- Pools are for Swimming
- Post-Winter Checkups
- Power of Sale and Foreclosure
- Pre-Winter Maintenance
- Preparing for Winter
- Preparing for Winter
- Preventing Bacteria Growth in Whirlpool Baths
- Preventing Mold Growth
- Price Changes in Brampton, 2015-2018
- Probate During COVID-19
- Prolonging Shingle Life
- Property Insurance - Make Sure You Can Get It!
- Realtor Designations
- Realtors are Now Required to Ask for ID
- Realtors Shouldn't Be Mortgage Brokers
- Rental Myths and Truths
- Rented Appliances and Equipment: Be Careful!
- Replacing Your Shingles?
- Save Money and Keep Warm
- Say What?
- Seller's Disclosure: Avoid a $10,000 Mistake...
- Selling a Home With a Pool
- Selling Privately (Part 2)
- Selling Privately: a How-To Guide
- Selling With Tenants
- Sign First, Ask Questions Later?
- Small Repairs Can Make a Difference
- SPIS: Don't Make a $160,000 Mistake
- Spring Maintenance
- Spring Repairs
- Squeaky Floors
- Stage it Yourself!
- Staging Wars?
- Sump Pumps: The Forgotten Guardian
- Surveys - What and Why?
- Synthetic Water Supply Pipes? Yes!
- Tankless Water Heaters
- Tankless Water Heaters Revisited
- The Agreement of Purchase and Sale (Part 1)
- The Agreement of Purchase and Sale (Part 2)
- The Agreement of Purchase and Sale (Part 3)
- The Agreement of Purchase and Sale (Part 4)
- The Agreement of Purchase and Sale (Part 5)
- The Cost of Commuting
- The Danger of Firm Offers
- The Flips Keep Coming
- The Hidden Costs of Flipping
- The Hidden Risks of Home Inspections
- The Holdover Clause: What and Why
- The Pitfalls of Pre-Approvals
- The Real Cost of a Flip
- The Secrets of Window-Washing...
- The Spacious Yard that Wasn't
- The Value of Renovations
- Thinking of Building a Deck?
- Time for Spring Repairs!
- Time is of the Essence...
- Timeshare: Bargain or Scam?
- Title Insurance, Part 2
- Title Insurance: Get It!
- To Show or Not to Show?
- To Team or Not To Team?
- Trees: Yours, Mine, or Ours?
- Using Incandescent Bulbs for Showings
- Virtual Tours - are they Worthwhile?
- Watch Out for Innocent-Sounding Clauses
- What if it Doesn't Close?
- When Mold Takes Hold
- When the Bubble Pops...
- When to Replace Windows
- Who Pushed the Button?
- Why Change Your Filter?
- Winter Maintenance
- Wood Flooring 101
- Your Privacy at Risk?
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