Posts Tagged ‘real estate’
PropertySold.ca just showed up #1 for “Real Estate” on Google. We also show up #1 for “For Sale By Owner”. Although these results can vary from location to location, we are always happy to be “Number 1″. When a buyer is looking for their next home, the internet is the place where they start looking. [...]
Financial Impact Of A Slowing Real Estate Market
In: Real Estate News
1 Oct 2010For the past 3 months (June, July, August), the real estate sales in Canada have dropped approximately 30% each month. This equals about 13,000 less sales per month or 40,000 less sales over the 3 months. What does 40,000 fewer home sales mean for the economy? Let’s examine the impact of this. Many people make [...]
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- Tags: CREA, mls, real estate
Five Secrets To A Fast Sale
In: Guides
31 Aug 2010Most 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
In: Real Estate News
11 Jul 2010On 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 sell its Canadian holdings to put [...]
Vancouver Home Sales Drop 30% In June.
In: Real Estate News
11 Jul 2010Marking 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 the over-heated market would cool as interest [...]
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- Tags: british columbia, decline, homes, real estate, sales, vancouver
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 need to be aware [...]
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- Tags: email, fsbo, home, real estate, scam, sell
PropertySold Mentioned in Ottawa Business Journal
In: Company News
9 Jul 2008Gabi 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
In: Company News
31 Mar 2008Recently 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
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Navigating Vancouver’s Hot Real Estate Market
In: Real Estate News
11 Mar 2008There 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 the Vancouver real estate market [...]
Canadian Banks Offset Toronto Transfer Tax
In: Real Estate News
21 Nov 2007Ever 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 of Nova Scotia are [...]
Toronto Land Transfer Tax Approved
In: Real Estate News
23 Oct 2007The 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 residential and commercial real [...]
Bank of Canada Raises Rates, More to Come
In: Real Estate News
14 Jul 2007The 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 news for mortgage-holders, [...]
Toronto Land Transfer Tax Causes Uproar
In: Real Estate News
4 Jul 2007The 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 fragile housing market, concerned [...]
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, allowing homeowners to pocket what [...]
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