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Checklist for Selling your home this Fall

Checklist for Selling your Home this Fall

Get ahead of the market and prepare for a Fall sale ...

Summer Home Maintenance Tips

Summer Home Maintenance Tips to Keep Your Property in Top Shape

Keep your home in top shape this summer with these tips ...

Easy to miss home security plans

Easy-to-Miss Home Security Tips for your Vacation

How to secure your home and travel worry-free.

How to pressure wash your patio cushions

How to Pressure Wash Your Patio Cushions

Make your patio cushions look like new!

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Is this your Year to Get Gardening?

Discover how gardening supports a healthier lifestyle.

DIY-Friendly Bathroom Makeovers

DIY-Friendly Bathroom Makeovers

DIY-friendly projects that can dramatically refresh your bathroom.

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Know Your Smoke Detectors

Smoke detectors are crucial in protecting lives and property.

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Tips to Start off 2025

Tips to consider when buying or selling properties.

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Investing in Real Estate: Strategies for Success

Real estate investing can be a powerful way secure your future.

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Selling Your Vacant Home: A Strategic Approach for Homeowners

Selling a vacant home can be both an advantage and a challenge.

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The Changing Dynamics of Toronto’s Real Estate Market: A Shift from Buyers To Sellers?

With rising demand the balance may soon tip in favor of sellers ...

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6 Essential Fall Maintenance Tasks

Ensure your home is safe, warm, and energy-efficient all winter long.

Unexpensive Kitchen Improvements

Improvements can have a huge impact on the overall look of the kitchen

New Decking options

New Decking Options

Each type of decking has its advantages and disadvantages...

Outdoor lighting

The Latest Options in Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor lighting can transform your outdoor spaces.

Title Fraud

Title Fraud

It takes a lot of time, money, & effort to try and restore your title.

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Bidding Wars Are Back!

Many are confident that interest rates will decline by the summer

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Picking the Ideal Neighbourhood for Your Next Home

The choice of neighbourhood plays a huge role in your home enjoyment

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What Lies Ahead?

Some homeowners are waiting for the prices to go up before selling

Three Lists to Make When Selling Your Home

Three Lists to Make When Selling Your Home

Why the buyer should choose your house?

Living room of a luxurious show home.

Maintaining your home during the winter

Preparing for winter can help reduce heating costs and prevent damages

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What to Do When Closing Dates Don’t Match

Wondering whether the closing dates need to be on the same day?

Storage Solutions for Smaller Homes

Storage Solutions For Smaller Homes

One of the biggest challenges in smaller homes is a lack of storage.

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Not-So-Obvious Home Staging Tips

Some less obvious home staging tips can help to sell your property

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Lighten Up For Summer

How to create a fresh & airy atmosphere at home for the summer months

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Understanding Mortgage Options: Fixed vs. Adjustable Rate

Homebuyers should consider their financial goals and risk tolerance

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The Pros and Cons of Renting vs. Buying a Home

"Should I buy a house, or should I rent it?"

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Seller’s market is back?

Things are starting to look better, activity and price wise ...

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Ready to Declutter Your Home?

Three important steps to follow BEFORE you start decluttering ...

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What’s your Home Worth in Today’s Market?

There are several factors influencing the selling price ...

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It’s Spring Maintenance Time

Spring is the perfect time to do some maintenance of your home

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Kitchen Staging Ideas that will WOW Home Buyers

An effectively staged kitchen can help sell your home ...

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Interest Rates & Supply are the Big Factors

There is one other factor at work here - the “pent-up demand”!

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How’s Your Home’s Water Quality?

Water quality in the home is a concern for many homeowners...

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Holiday & Winter Fire Safety: Top Tips

Some simple, smart precautions can help keep your family safe ...

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Rising Interest Rates and VTB

Vendor Take Back (VTB) Mortgage could secure the sale of the house ...

Comfortable bathroom with round bathtub, windows overlooking the garden

Moisture on Windows

Some simple steps you can take to reduce the moisture in your home ...

Interior of a modern cozy lake house with fireplace and Christmas decorations in the winter.

Get Your Home Winter Ready

How to protect your home from any potential damage

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Pricing Strategies

Pricing strategies can vary depending on the trend, the market, supply

Modern living room with modern kitchen. Modern interior design

Upgrading Windows

There are many good reasons to upgrade windows, but ...

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Home Sweet Home Security

Useful tips for keeping your home, family and belongings secure.

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Attic Mold

Attic mold is very common and is dealt with by many homeowners yearly.

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Does Your Home Insurance Cover Everything?

Having the right insurance policy gives you peace-of-mind you need.

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Radon and Your Health

Radon can expose homeowners to possible health risks.

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Market Watch

GTA market is cooling down

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A Sudden Shift

Drastic change in the market since March

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Estimating Your Selling Costs

Selling costs are fairly easy to estimate

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Spring Maintenance Checklist

Prepare your property for the months to come ...

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770 Don Mills Road & 805 Don Mills Road

New projects at Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East

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Rising Prices – The New Normal?

The lack of supply is the biggest culprit.

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Market Watch

It surely is a great time for the sellers & a hard time for the buyers

3D Render of Living room

Prices Still on the Rise!

The residential real estate prices in the GTA seem to be going up

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Wingreen Court Development Project

Redevelopment of low-rise rental buildings in the Don Mills community

Houses in Banbury- Don Mills

Moving to Banbury-Don Mills Neighbourhood

Banbury-Don Mills is one of the most sought-after neighbourhoods ...

Home agents are sending pens to customers signing a contract to buy a new home.

What is a Notice of Security Interest?

A Notice of Security Interest (“NOSI”) is lien on personal property...

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Donway Covenant United Church – Site Redevelopment

New church facility & more affordable housing for Don Mills residents

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Improving Indoor Air Quality

There are simple steps homeowners can take to improve the air quality

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175 Wynford Drive, Don Mills

The new plan include 45 to 54-storeys height buildings ...

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Kids and Clutter

Check out these 6 tips to help manage your kid’s stuff ...

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What is a secondary suite in Toronto?

What is a secondary suite and why are you hearing of them more often?

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10 Concorde Place, Don Mills

Presently the site is occupied by a 10-storey office building...

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Homeowners Beware – Don’t Give Your Houses Away

It is not just about commission, but what you NET ...

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Sellers market is back with a vengeance!

Since our last issue, Toronto real estate prices have increased...

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Upcoming updates in your neighbourhood

The re-vamping of Don Mills and Eglinton is well underway.

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Your neighbourhood real estate news

I am sure that many of us for many reasons are heaving a sigh of ...

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Toronto real estate sales were up 64.5% in December!

GTA had the busiest December in years!

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Forced Air Gas Furnace

Learn all about forced air gas furnaces

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Asphalt Shingles

Asphalt shingles are the most common type of sloped roof covering

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Rollercoaster Housing Market

Canada’s housing market this year has been nothing but unpredictable

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Open Houses – To Do or Not to Do?

Public open houses – to do or not to do?

Hot Water on Demand

Hot Water Tank or Tankless?

There are three key benefits of a hot water on demand system ...

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What is a Condominium Occupancy Closing?

When a new condo is purchased from a builder,there are 2 closing dates

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Mold in your Home

Believe it or not, you already have mold in your house!

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Market is Hot Again!

Presently the market seems to be very hot in Don Mills ...

Swimming Pool Safety

Swimming Pool Safety

Drowning accidents are preventable!

Living trust and estate planning form on a desk.

Do You Have a Trust?

Some Trusts now have to file Information Return & an Income Tax Return

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Damp Basement

Damp basements are one of the most common problems that plague homes.

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A Reverse Mortgage – What Is It?

Have you heard of a "Reverse Mortgage"? Should you obtain one ....

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Masks Yes. Masks No.

April was a disaster month for Don Mills and most of the GTA ...

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Toronto Real Estate post COVID-19?

Will the market crash or will it be business as usual?

Sold Home For Sale Real Estate Sign and Beautiful New House.

Toronto Home Sales down by 69% in April!

(TRREB) statistics for the first 17 days of April shows sales are down

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This Too Shall Pass

For the very first time since April of 2017, in Feb 2020...

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Prices In Don Mills Are On the Rise

If I may say so myself, I was right about my predictions...

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Where Is The Market Going?

By the time you read this post it will be past...

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What Is a Parcel Of Tied Land (POTL)?

Many people believe that a condominium is a tall...

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Assuming a Tenant as Part of Your Purchase

For many potential homeowners, renting out a part of their..

Fixtures and Chattels

Fixture or Chattel? What’s the Difference?

Many clients do not understand the difference between...

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Title Transfers

As real estate lawyers, we are often consulted by clients...

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H.S.T. Rebate And Newly Build Properties

The real estate buying process is complicated even for the..

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Understanding the Occupancy Closing

If you have purchased a brand-new condominium from the ...

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Mortgage Shopping 101

Whether you are a first-time buyer or a more experienced ...

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Does COVID-19 Impact Condo Lien Deadlines?

Under the Condominium Act,1998 a condominium corp ...

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Kitec: What Buyers And Sellers Need to Know

Kitec piping was sold and used between...

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