How to Use Feng Shui to Improve Your Home
Feng Shui is the Chinese practice of rearranging your living or work environment to positively impact all aspects of your life. Many people in the western world dismiss Feng Shui as superstition or confuse the practice with mysticism. However, the art
Average price of a detached home in Toronto nears $1.3 million
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its monthly resale housing figures for April 2016, announcing record high sales and aggressive price growth. There were 12,085 home sales reported through the MLS last month, which is 7.4% higher than the
Only 18% of young Canadians putting off buying a home due to current debt load
Recently, Angus Reid Institute, in partnership with the Globe and Mail, released the results of a new public opinion poll about Canadian debt.
What first-timers should know about changes to the Home Buyers’ Plan
Thinking of breaking into the Canadian housing market for the first time? Chances are, you’re doing your research and looking into every possible tax break and incentive available to help financially ease your transition into home ownership.
Don’t blame foreign buyers for vacant homes in the GTA
There’s been word on the street that the amount of vacant homes in the Greater Toronto Area listed on MLS has increased significantly compared to last year. It’s possible your initial thought was to blame non-resident speculators – not so fast.
How to Read your New Home Floorplans
By Amit PaulIt seems to me that the need to understand, and be able to properly decipher, real estate floor plans should be greater today than ever before. In a large portion of real estate sales the floor plan is all we have to try and understand what
Generations Y and Z Want Green Homes!
We think it’s finally safe to say that the “green trend” is no longer just a trend. The sustainability industry is huge now with companies, inventors, and innovators coming up with new designs for buildings, materials, products, and technologies every
Average Resale Price for Detached Homes in Toronto Soars
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) announced recently that the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) REALTORS reported 3,459 transactions through the TorontoMLS system in the first two weeks of March 2014.GTA resale figuresThis total for the first two weeks of
8 questions to ask when choosing window coverings for your new home
As with all decorating and design decisions in your home, planning will help you make the right choices, improving your surroundings both functionally and aesthetically. If you make a list of all the rooms where you need windows coverings and ask
Oh, the Green, Green Grass of Home
Image via Curbed.comBy Penny Munoz‘Anyplace is Paradise’, but if you’re looking for a brand new home in Palm Springs, Elvis Presley’s Graceland West property isn’t it.Listed for $3.75 million, the property’s disastrous history has ‘Suspicious Minds’,
