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Playing real estate market can be guessing game

Posted on Jan 02, 2020 in Buying a house

Timing is everything in real estate, right? If you’re lucky enough to see high and buy low, you’ve played the market well.

If only it were that easy.

Every client looking for a house wants to know: What’s the best time to buy?

Here’s the answer:

The best time to buy is when you find the house you want, and it’s the house you can afford.

Period.

Trying to...

House buying and its partnership possibilities

Posted on Dec 16, 2019 in Buying a house

It’s 25 years since singer Jimmy Buffett recorded Fruitcakes, an irreverent song about life, with lyrics that included these words:

“Relationships…we all got ‘em, we all want ‘em…what do we do with ‘em?”

Cohabitation is more acceptable now than it was then, sometimes even for the most practical of reasons.

For example, jointly buying a house or condo...

Style of house: personal preference, mobility keys

Posted on Nov 18, 2019 in Buying a house

What’s the right style of home for you?

Options may include the following: two-storey to duplex to split-level to bungalow.

These are personal preferences, of course. Seniors tend to want bungalows with fewer stairs. Families sometimes find a two-storey best: bedrooms up, everything else down.

Beyond that, there’s no criteria.

However, resale value is...

What First Time Buyers can expect to be asked

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Buying a house

If you’re a newbie when it comes to buying a home, the first thing you’re likely to do is find a realtor, for expertise and help in navigating a purchase.

Here are some of the questions you can expect the realtor to ask when you meet for the first time, so that the realtor can put together a list of homes for you to see, and determine if the governm...

House inspections vital for prospective buyers

Posted on Oct 17, 2019 in Buying a house

One of the “extra” costs that is sometimes dismissed by would-be buyers is paying for a house inspection.

The saving could be, as the saying goes, penny-wise.

A house inspection is not frivolous, nor an unnecessary expense. It’s always important, and often vital.

Why pay hundreds of dollars for a house inspector to tell you that the house you want to...

Remember little things when preparing an offer

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 in Buying a house

When you’re making an offer on a property, it can be easy to take for granted things that fall in the category of “what’s included.”

So it’s important to put everything in writing.

When your offer is being prepared, make sure that your realtor knows everything that you want to be part of the purchase.

Some things are obvious — kitchen appliances, wind...

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