Good decisions and great investments start with a good understanding of the market. This is the monthly edition of Canadian Real Estate news by Keller Williams Realty's stars, Jay Papasan and Bryon Ellington. Here is the video on the topic for this month.
April 29, 2009
April 22, 2009
A pledge to save the Earth.
Happy Earth Day!
Did you know that if every household in the U.S. replaced one light bulb with a Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL), it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing one million cars from the road?
What is you pledge to save the earth going to be? Find more information about CFL and other ways to help reduce your contrubution to global warming on the Earthdaynetwork's website. Cick here.
Did you know that if every household in the U.S. replaced one light bulb with a Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL), it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing one million cars from the road?
What is you pledge to save the earth going to be? Find more information about CFL and other ways to help reduce your contrubution to global warming on the Earthdaynetwork's website. Cick here.
April 19, 2009
Selling your home? Let's put on a show!
You know that spring is in the air when you wake up and look outside and say “wow, the weather is beautiful!”. Immediately you begin to plan your camping trip for the coming May 24th weekend, begin to think about taking the kids to Canada’s Wonderland (if you have any kids yet), maybe even plan to work on your tan in the backyard!
What if you’re planning to move closer to work, or upgrade your home by the fall? Then selling your home is on your mind as well. And I’m sure that you don’t want this project to take away much of your time this summer in order for you to make memories with your family and friends.
Before you think about having your Realtor’s (Kris Abouzeki, Realtor) “For Sale” sign go up in the front yard, you need to seriously consider staging you home. Home staging is a proven successful marketing tool when it comes to sell a house on the open market. Are you still thinking about working on that tan?
AHA...the backyard it is. Let’s start there, in the backyard. Take out the rake, collect all the winter debris from the lawn, work your way around to the front yard, this will help control thatch build-up and dead grass blades (which eventually turn into thatch). Raking will get your lawn to look clean, and now you might want to consider liming, aerating if there are signs of compaction, overseeding, fertilizing (I like mulching lawn mowers as they leave behind a natural fertilizer), pulling weeds (remember pesticides are banned in Toronto! Or pay a $250 fine and develop Parkinson’s disease down the road :( ). Next, plant flowers, prune those shrubs and rose bushes, and sweep the driveway (or power wash, my favorite).
Your hard work pays off as the yard is taken care of, and you’ve covered the basics of creating curb appeal while getting a tan!
You have a tan, the house looks good from the curb, but you still want to sell it as quickly as possible and maximize the price it sells for. Now is the time to have a staging professional pop by for a visit.
Find a Canadian Staging Professional™ in your area by visiting the Canadian Staging Professionals website. Click here!
What if you’re planning to move closer to work, or upgrade your home by the fall? Then selling your home is on your mind as well. And I’m sure that you don’t want this project to take away much of your time this summer in order for you to make memories with your family and friends.
Before you think about having your Realtor’s (Kris Abouzeki, Realtor) “For Sale” sign go up in the front yard, you need to seriously consider staging you home. Home staging is a proven successful marketing tool when it comes to sell a house on the open market. Are you still thinking about working on that tan?
AHA...the backyard it is. Let’s start there, in the backyard. Take out the rake, collect all the winter debris from the lawn, work your way around to the front yard, this will help control thatch build-up and dead grass blades (which eventually turn into thatch). Raking will get your lawn to look clean, and now you might want to consider liming, aerating if there are signs of compaction, overseeding, fertilizing (I like mulching lawn mowers as they leave behind a natural fertilizer), pulling weeds (remember pesticides are banned in Toronto! Or pay a $250 fine and develop Parkinson’s disease down the road :( ). Next, plant flowers, prune those shrubs and rose bushes, and sweep the driveway (or power wash, my favorite).
Your hard work pays off as the yard is taken care of, and you’ve covered the basics of creating curb appeal while getting a tan!
You have a tan, the house looks good from the curb, but you still want to sell it as quickly as possible and maximize the price it sells for. Now is the time to have a staging professional pop by for a visit.
Find a Canadian Staging Professional™ in your area by visiting the Canadian Staging Professionals website. Click here!
April 06, 2009
Toronto housing market is holding grounds during recession
According to the Toronto Real Estate Board's March/2009 Market Watch report, the situation in the housing market has improved over the past 2 months, a healthy rebound displayed through an increase of the seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales by 36% from a 10 year low reached in 01/2009.
Read the full report by clicking here
Read the full report by clicking here
April 05, 2009
Skateboarding park development in South Etobicoke - Lakeshore
I am thrilled about the City of Toronto plan for the development of a new skate park in South Etobicoke. These are the types of projects that I personally would like to see take place especially during this complicated recession. The benefits are unlimited and perpetual, stemming from healthy living to self development and community building, etc.. Jason Duck of etobigo.ca is doing a great job covering this project, read his coverage of the most recent community consultation meeting at the following link: Skate Park development in South Etobicoke
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