My home is on the market and we’d like to have an open house. What should we do to prepare for it? With warmer weather upon us, open-house signs are starting to pop up more frequently. It’s one of the signs that we’re heading into the busy spring real estate market. March is also […]
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More than one way to insulate a house
Having less-than-ideal attic insulation is, essentially, another way of burning money. Chances are you know this, and have packed your uppermost level like a sardine can full of insulation. But that may still not be enough. “No matter how much insulation you add to the attic, if you don’t have a proper vapour barrier […]
Toronto Homeowners Get $8,500 Richer Every Month, While Condo Owners Get The Shaft
Forget working. The real way to accumulate wealth is to buy a single-family house in Toronto, and wait. OK, that’s bad advice. But given what’s been going in Toronto’s housing market, you can be forgiven for coming to a conclusion like that. If you own an average single-family home in Toronto, your net worth […]
Consider the ‘Conrad Black’ home sale method, say Toronto financial planners
A Toronto financial planner is now recommending some of her clients do a “Conrad Black” — that’s selling their house and renting it back. Black, the former media mogul, sold his Bridal Path mansion last week, but is leasing it back. He’ll be paid for the sale — likely something in the neighbourhood of $20 […]
Forget the $1 million Toronto home, it’s the $5 million market that’s on fire
A Toronto realtor says in a new study out Monday that $5 million home sales are taking off across the city, aided by international buyers. Real estate prices in the city made headlines in 2015 when the average sale price of a detached home crossed $1 million, but Barry Cohen, a luxury realtor in […]