SEVEN SIMPLE STAGING SECRETS

When it comes to staging a home for sale, sellers should create a warm, inviting yet neutral atmosphere that will appeal to as many potential buyers as possible. The good news is, sellers don’t need to do a complete design overhaul to get a great result.

Coldwell Banker offers seven simple staging tips to help boost [...]

HOME BUYING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OLDER AND YOUNGER BABY BOOMERS

A new survey from Coldwell Banker Real Estate finds that 87 percent of 1,300 agents and brokers polled agree that the economy is delaying baby boomers’ plans to sell their homes. That said, the desire to purchase and own a home, or more than one home, remains strong in this demographic cohort, especially so in [...]

Options When Selling Your Home

You have many options available when selling your home in Toronto, Canada. 

First, I want to tell you that yes, the rumours are true, you do not need a realtor to sell your house in Ontario, or even Canada. You can sell it yourself – privately. This is known as private sale or for sale by [...]

MLS RULE CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO COMPETITION BUREAU

The national organization that oversees all Canadian MLS systems, CREA, (the Canadian Real Estate Association) modified some of its rules today in order calm some fears that the Competition Bureau has about residential data listing practices.  Most of the rule changes are simply rewording to make it clearer that the rules are in a competitive [...]

MICROSOFT SURFACE

With Microsoft Surface, we catch a
glimpse of the future of computing.  It is a
computer platform where the interface is a table top.
Cameras identify human movement and translate that
into an interaction with digital items just as if they
were physical objects.  There is no keyboard, or
mouse.

Many users can use the same surface
at the same time, [...]

MARKET UPDATE / PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

The real estate market is really the story of two markets.  Well presented homes in desirable areas are doing well. By their performance, you would not even know we are in a recession. Then there are those homes that need a little work, or are not in the best area, these homes are not selling [...]

INTERNET MARKETING

A cornerstone of my service is my presence on the world wide web, this is because in just the last few years, we’ve seen the average real estate customer turn to the Internet as their primary source of real estate information.  Most of today’s prospective buyers now start their home search on the Internet – [...]