Ottawa Real Estate - How to select your REA - 10/29/10 09:51 AM
How do Sellers select their Real Estate Agent (REA).
1.  Previous sales and purchases
2.  Recommended by a friend, family or business associate
3.  Met at an Open House 
4.  Advertising
The Seller should select a high caliber REA.  How do you determine if an agent is high caliber
The definition of a high-caliber agent is an agent who performs to expectations in the shortest amount of time. That is, an agent who sells your house, closest to the price point agreed upon, in the shortest amount of time.
Here are a few questions to ask an agent to determine … (0 comments)

OTTAWA REAL ESTATE - CONDOS - 10/27/10 08:03 PM
Living in an apartment or condo can be a GREAT SOLUTION when downzing and you can truly be happy with lower cost and less maintenance. BUT is condo living for you - lets look at the pros and cons.
When you are thinking of purchasing a condo apartment, you must think beyond the dollars and cents.  Your neighbors are closer than you think and that might be a good thing or not such a great thing.  If you are downsizing because you are reaching those golden years and want to socialize with people in the same age bracket it might not be a great idea … (1 comments)

OTTAWA REAL ESTATE - 10/20/10 02:52 PM
SOMETIMES DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL, YOU ARE UNABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME BUT IF SOMEONE COULD HELP YOU IT MIGHT JUST HAPPEN.
There are rent-to-own programs where you can rent a home for an agreed upon time while you build up your down payment for that house.  You will then have the option to buy that home at the end of the lease trm for a price that is agreed upon before the lease begins.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Rent to Own can be for almost anyone who wants to own a home but does not quite qualify for a … (0 comments)

OTTAWA REAL ESTATE - 10/14/10 01:26 PM
Living in an apartment or condo can be a GREAT SOLUTION when downzing and you can truly be happy with a lower cost and less maintenance. BUT is condo living for you - lets look at the pros and cons.
When thinking of purchasing a condo apartment, you must think beyond the dollars and cents.  Your neighbors are closer than you think and that might be a good thing or not .  If you are downsizing because you are reaching those years and want to socialize with people in the same age bracket it might not be a great idea to move into a … (0 comments)

OTTAWA REAL ESTATE - CANADA'S ECONOMY - 10/12/10 04:13 PM
Fears of a Canadian housing market crash overblown You may have noticed a lot of stories in the press recently about a significant risk of a collapse in housing values. These concerns are based on the belief that the increase in house prices we’ve seen in the past several years have created a housing bubble. To better understand current housing market trends, we have looked back at the level of housing affordability that prevailed in the late 1980’s and early 1990 when a real estate bubble caused the Canadian housing market to meltdown in the years that followed. While it is … (0 comments)

OTTAWA REAL ESTATE - LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - 10/09/10 08:03 PM
DEAR BUYERS
Please, please, please - when looking for a home, DO NOT purchase a home just based on the house.   Look around the neighborhood, drive by the property at diffrent times of the day to see what's happening on the street.  Park in front of the house - look at it from different angles.  What's next to the house, what's behind the house, is there a bus stop right in front of the house - those are all the things you should be looking at before making the decision.
More often than not people do not look around and when … (0 comments)

 
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Keller Williams Ottawa Realty

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