Ottawa Homes Blog

Sellers can facilitate the sale of their home by obtaining a pre-listing home inspection (PLI). Home inspections used to be initiated almost exclusively by the buyer in real estate transactions. However, PLIs, paid for by the seller before a house is put on the market, are a popular way for REALTORS® to try to reduce the possibility of ...

Click the link to view Ottawa Real Estate Board April Statistics http://www.theottawahomes.com/MLS/page_2179039.html

As an MLXchange Instructor, I have decided to start blogging about how as realtors, we can help each other out by posting tips and tricks with regards to using MLXchange.  Therefore I am posting my first Tip and hopefully this will be the beginning of a new trend TIP # 1: Checking how many times your clients have accessed their personal web ...

For all Realtors who are representing clients purchasing a Hobby Farm, I would like to share this valuable information and experience with you that will benefit your client and relieve unnecessary stress.  I recently represented a client who was downsizing from a $800K home to a 98 acre hobby farm which he purchased for $580K.  ...

The 2009 Federal Budget offers up several financial breaks for first-time homebuyers and home-owners looking to improve the value of their homes through renovations. First-time buyers could see savings of up to $750 to alleviate closing costs by way of a $5,000 non-refundable income-tax credit on a qualifying home purchased after Jan. 27, 2009. ...

OTTAWA ‘continues to be a sound and stable city’: report By Paula McCooey, The Ottawa CitizenJanuary 27, 2009OTTAWA — The city's resale housing market remains resilient even while sales and prices are dropping in other Canadian markets, according to a survey by a major real estate firm. Citing “solid” ...

For information pertaining to Land Transfer Tax Refunds for First-Time Homebuyers, click the following link. http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/english/bulletins/ltt/1_2008.html 

A coalition of groups representing Ontario’s Housing Industry released a wide ranging set of recommendations today to the Ontario government to address the province’s poverty and affordable housing challenges. Ontario’s Housing Industry commends the Ontario government for its renewed commitment to reducing poverty and expanding ...

A slowdown in some of the country's most expensive cities for housing continues to drag down the average sale price of a home in Canada, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on November 14th, 2008. The average sale price of a home last month was $281,133, a 9.9%decline from a year ago. It's the fifth straight month that prices have ...