Five Secrets To A Fast Sale

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Most people are aware of the standard procedure when selling a home. All Real Estate Professionals will tell you to: - Make sure your home is clean - Make sure your home is uncluttered - Remove personal photos and belongings - Make your decor “neutral” to appeal to as many buyers as possible - Have ...

Commercial Real Estate Holds It Breath, Waits For Sale Of ING Assets

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

On the block, 450 warehouses and factories across Canada—all of the commercial properties Dutch financial giant ING bought in 2006, investing over $2 billion in cash. Now, mired in a financial debacle similar to the American banking crisis and beneficiary of billions in Dutch government bail-outs, ING reluctantly will ...

Vancouver Home Sales Drop 30% In June.

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Marking the second straight month of declining sales, Vancouver home sales figures for June fell 30% below comparable numbers for June, 2009. Even with the decline, the nearly 3000 sales make it the second busiest June on record. The decline did not surprise most analysts, who had predicted ...

Real Estate Email Scams: If it Sounds To Good To Be True

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Selling your own home using the for sale by owner method is a great money saving idea. Unfortunately, as with any medium that allows for email communication there are scammers who will attempt to pray upon your eagerness to sell. When putting your house up for sale on the internet you ...

PropertySold Mentioned in Ottawa Business Journal

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Gabi Fish our likeable Vice President has been busy lately making the rounds in the media helping to spread the word about the private sale industry. Recently, Gabi was interviewed for an article in the Ottawa Business Journal titled: "Remodelling the Real Estate Agency".

PropertySold.ca Mentioned In Toronto Star Article

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Recently Gabi Fish was interviewed by the Toronto Star in an article about the changing face of real estate agent commissions. Please check out the article: NEW REALTOR REALITIES

Navigating Vancouver’s Hot Real Estate Market

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

There is good news and bad news in the Vancouver real estate market. The good news is that home prices in the Vancouver real estate market are among the highest in Canada. Of course the bad news is that some of the highest real estate prices in Canada are in ...

Canadian Banks Offset Toronto Transfer Tax

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Ever since Toronto's municipal council approved the new land transfer tax, set to come into effect in February 2008, Canadian banks have been wooing Toronto's imminent homebuyers with cash-back offers and promotional mortgage rates to offset the tax's cost. Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Canada Trust and Bank ...

Toronto Land Transfer Tax Approved

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

The Toronto City Council approved yesterday the much-debated Land Transfer Tax (LTT) in hopes of offsetting the city's budget shortfall, sparking a scramble among buyers hoping to close their real estate deals before the end of the year. The new tax will add up to 2% to the cost of both ...

Bank of Canada Raises Rates, More to Come

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

The Bank of Canada announced a quarter-point hike in its key interest rate this week, and warns that more increases are still to come. By early 2008, the Bank projects interest rates will increase another three-quarter points, bringing the overnight rate to 5.25. The current rate is now 4.5. This is bad ...

Toronto Land Transfer Tax Causes Uproar

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

The Toronto Star recently published a report on a new land transfer tax under consideration by the municipal council. The land tax would make Toronto homeowners the only Canadians to pay two, concurrent land transfer taxes, both provincial and municipal. This has many groups up in arms, concerned about impacting a ...

PropertySold Prices Soar Past National Stats as Sales Hit $80 Million

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

The flourishing ‘For Sale by Owner’ real estate market is set to outpace traditional agent-assisted sales, as purchase prices rocket past the national average. The do-it-yourself approach to home sales is becoming increasingly popular in Canada. FSBO, as it is known, eliminates real estate agents from the sale of homes, ...