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Expert advice, market reports, and tips from the Niagara Region real estate professionals.
Most pet owners think of pets as part of their family, and want to ensure that after they pass, these pets are taken care of. There are several factors which must be considered in estate planning to ensure the best for your pets, and their caregivers. This article will give a brief overview of some considerations one should turn their mind to while drafting their Will.
Make 2022 the year of finance by improving your financial direction from the start! Even if you are living paycheck-to-paycheck, a few changes to the way you spend and look at money can make all the difference. It’s never too late to start again and reverse course! Here are a few simple ideas to get you started:
For financing reasons, a parent may decide to go on title to land that a child owns or is looking to purchase. There are a few considerations when adding a parent to title. This article gives a brief overview of those considerations and provides the reader with some questions that they might ask before agreeing to go on title.
April 2022 - Market Watch - MORTGAGES FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED
They say there is no bad time to have a party. And while that may be true, it seemed to us with winter in the rearview mirror, COVID restrictions being eased significantly and St. Patrick’s Day almost upon us, that March 17th would be an excellent time for a celebration. So, we earmarked the date for our very first RE/MAX Garden City Realty St. Patrick’s Day Bash.
n every real estate transaction, a buyer and seller must agree upon what items in the home are included and what fixtures may be excluded. The question of whether an item is a chattel or a fixture can sometimes lead to unpleasant surprises for purchasers who thought they were obtaining items that the seller never intended to give.
Back in the early fall of 2021 after an incredible run up in prices over the first 8 or 9 months of the year, the average sale price for St. Catharines sat at $663,810 (end of September). We couldn’t help but wonder if after gaining $106,556 or 19.12% from the beginning of the year, if the average price could possibly cross the $700,000 threshold by year-end. It didn’t. Average price in St. Catharines ended the year 2021 at $670,075. Still a yearly increase of 20.25% but not quite $700,000. Who would have thought that just 2 months later, February 2022 the average price in St. Catharines would have crossed not only the $700,000 mark but the $800,000 as well, ending at $801,413.
In the last issue of our Market Trends newsletter under The Money Machine, we looked at four forces at work that could derail your plans to build an investment portfolio. And we talked about ways you could protect yourself from that happening.
A lot has changed in the 40+ years since I first entered the real estate profession. Back in 1980 contracts were written on paper, by hand, with the use of carbon paper – ‘press hard, there are 6 copies!’. Presentation was done face to face with the Listing and Selling Agents both being present. Inventory was presented to Agents by way of a catalogue which came out once a week. Consumers were not allowed access for some reason.
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