by Team BB | Apr 30, 2014 | Home Buyer’s Resources, Housing News, Real Estate Industry
Preventing the spread of municipal land transfer taxes (MLTT) is the focus of a new advocacy campaign at the Ontario Real Estate Association. The association launched the issue-based campaign in April to demonstrate the negative economic impact of the MLTT, based on...
by Team BB | Dec 11, 2013 | Home Buyer’s Resources, Tips & Advice, Uncategorized
CMHC Purchase Plus Improvements RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan 5% Down Payment Program HST New Housing Rebate Land Transfer Tax (LTT) Rebate Program Government Programs for Home Buyers A home is usually the single largest investment that most people make in their lives....
by Team BB | Nov 7, 2013 | Home Buyer’s Resources, Tips & Advice
If you’re like many people with a mortgage, you’re probably looking for ways to pay it off sooner. Below are some great tips to help you reduce your principal and eliminate your mortgage debt faster, so that you have more money in your bank account for...
by Team BB | Jan 10, 2013 | Home Buyer’s Resources, Housing News
OREA renews call for grow-op registry Ninety-six per cent of Ottawa residents agree they want to know if the home they’re planning on purchasing was formerly used as a marijuana grow-op (MGO) or clandestine drug lab, according to a study by Ipsos Reid for the Ontario...
by Team BB | Jan 16, 2012 | A Day in the Life, Community Development, Home Buyer’s Resources, Home Seller’s Resources
Business marketing has been transformed by the internet. The real estate industry in many ways has been a trailblazer for what is now impacting our local small business community. According to recent studies, over 91% of all home searches now begin on the internet....
by Team BB | Aug 22, 2010 | Home Buyer’s Resources, New Home Sales, Real Estate Industry, Tips & Advice
Aging boomers are a primary real estate demographic throughout North America. This important market segment has an even greater impact in Niagara because our Niagara census metropolitan area currently has the fourth largest percentage of seniors in all of Canada....