Your foyer is the first impression people get when they enter your home so it’s important to properly showcase this severely underrated area, especially if you’re trying to sell your home. Don’t worry though – transforming your foyer from a dumping ground into a grand entrance is easy! Here are a few ways to create…
The home of your dreams has finally hit the market! You anticipate it’ll be easy to get a mortgage but if your credit’s not in great shape, your dream home may remain just a dream. It’s important to have a clear understanding of your credit score long before you get pre-approved for a mortgage and…
Pricing your property is both an art and a science and if you’re looking to sell your home, it’s critical that you get it right from the start rather than adjusting the price later on. A comparative market analysis (CMA) is a report that estimates your home’s value by comparing it to similar properties that…
Fortunately, there’s a simple strategy that can shave years off your mortgage and save you thousands of dollars in interest! Making bi-weekly accelerated payments is one of the easiest ways to make your mortgage disappear! Most of us pay our mortgage each month but accelerated bi-weekly payments can put thousands of dollars back in your…
There were 597 residential homes sold last month through the Multiple Listing Service® of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® setting a new record high for November. Compared to the same month last year, November sales were up 4.4% and on par with last month. The previous ten-year average number of residential sales for November is…
A total of 593 residential homes sold last month through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS® System) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR). This was a decrease of 11.1 per cent compared to last October and an increase of 16.5 per cent compared to September. “While not as red-hot as last year’s record-breaking October, it…
A total of 506 residential homes sold last month through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS® System) of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS® (KWAR), a decrease of 32.1 per cent compared to last September and a decrease of 5.9 per cent compared to August. “While the total number of homes sold last month was down considerably…
A total of 535 residential homes sold last month through the Multiple Listing Service® of the Kitchener-Waterloo Association of REALTORS®. This was a decrease of 22.1 per cent compared to last August’s record-smashing month, and a decrease of 12.3 per cent compared to July. While sales were down relative to last month and last August,…