Hamilton Home Review-Robert J. Morrow, editor

The days of single-purpose cell phones is coming to an end. The Apple iPhone, and devices like it, are preparing to put a lot of power in the hands of consumers. On demand real estate services will be a primary positive result from such emerging technologies as they hit the marketplace as workabl...

It's a slow economy and there are no easy answers. However, the basics still apply: 1) The home is too "lived in" and lacks visual appeal. Clean everything and lose anything personal. What's personal? Anything you wouldn't consider leaving for a new owner to enjoy. 2) The home lacks style and fre...

The City of Hamilton has approved a $1.6+ million dollar purchase of Ancaster's industrial park by a company that is essentially a division of the Tim Horton Donut chain. The 9.66 acre lot, purchased by Fruition Fruit and Fills is most likely the site of the Canadian icon's new roasting facility....

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty pledged today to triple the amount of mortgages the government can buy from banks to as much as C$75 billion ($61 billion). He also reduced the cost for banks to tap a government loan insurance program by 50 basis points after it went unused at the initial premium of...

This blog, amongst many others, has received many complaints--from both consumers and industry participants--that the new www.realtor.ca had "flaws", and didn't work as well as www.mls.ca. In the recent edition of "Realinfo", a publication from the REALTORS(R) Association of Hamilton/Burlington, ...