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A spring in the housing market's step
Spring in our fair city has been good to the resale housing market so far. At the beginning of the month, the Ottawa Real Estate Board reported a 2.2 per cent increase in sales in April of this year compared to April 2008. Back in March, sales were up more than seven per cent over the same month last year. Any way you slice it, that’s good news for both buyers and sellers.
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An eye-catching property
In recent months the Ottawa resale housing market has begun to heat up again, which is great news for sellers. But even in a busy market, it's essential to have an attractive home to show off to potential buyers. We all know the saying about first impressions. Making a good one is still the best way to ensure that people will get excited about possibly owning your home. That means making sure that your home looks terrific from the street, the sidewalk, the front porch and the back yard.
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Conditional Offers
If you're a new player in the housing market, everything about the buying and selling process can be confusing. Purchasing or selling real estate is not the same as most other transactions. When you see a pair of shoes you want to purchase, you try them on. If they fit, and you like the way they look, you buy them and take them home. But with home purchases, it’s rare that a buyer will say to their REALTOR®: "It’s perfect as it is: we’ll take it."
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Higher temperatures... lower energy bills?
Dreaming of summer but dreading the higher energy bills associated with trying to keep your home cool and comfortable during the hotter months? The Ontario government has some great tips and programs designed to help people keep their energy costs under control during the summer.
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MPAC delivers free information about your property
No one likes thinking about their property tax assessment, but wouldn’t you love it if there was a way to help is make more sense to you? You should know that the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, or MPAC, undertook some major changes last year, and one of their new and helpful features is the About My Property™ application available online through its website, www.mpac.ca.
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Real Estate is a four-season business
In Ottawa, as in many places where there are four distinct seasons, real estate market activity often ebbs and flows as the weather changes. Right now we are in the midst of the busiest time of year for real estate sales in Ottawa – the spring market, which generally begins in March and lasts until June. In the winter months, from December through February, sales tend to slow down as many people hibernate and try not to think about going outside for any reason, especially not to load boxes into a moving truck!
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REALTORS® petition MPs for legislative change
Every spring, REALTORS® from across Canada gather in Ottawa at the invitation of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) to talk about federal politics and advocate for legislative changes that make investing in real estate easier and more accessible for all Canadians.
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Social Networking and your REALTOR®
Traditionally, finding a REALTOR® to work with usually happened one of two ways: either you picked a name that you saw on a For Sale sign in someone's yard, or you got a referral from a friend or family member who had worked with a REALTOR® to buy or sell their home
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