Moving into your new home is very exciting for the entire family... But did you know that introducing your dog into a new home can be incredibly stressful for them?
Fortunately, there are a lot if things that we can do to make this transaction easier on them (which, of course, in the end makes it easier on us).
On moving day, leave your pet with a friend. This will decrease the chance of accidents ...
Posted by Cindy Ambeault
on May 19, 2009
Watching which words are hot in the world of search engines - those terms being typed into Google, Yahoo! and MSN - can be a fascinating peek into how and what people are feeling and thinking...
Like how folks are increasingly preoccupied with the search term, "mortgage": up 72% from 4.5 million searches in Dec. '07 to 7.8 million searches in Dec. '08. (And those are just the US numbers.) These stats ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on May 15, 2009
Q: Since when does CNN mention Saskatchewan in its news coverage?
A: When it is experiencing a hot job and home sales market! The hugely popular US news channel's web article was titled Saskatchewan a jobs 'hot spot' in Canada," and CNN even quoted an American relocation service company president as saying he's moving more people to Saskatchewan than ever before. Of course, these (extremely lucky) ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on May 12, 2009
You've looked at enough houses to know there's no such thing as an "average" home...
So why, then, do so many news stories and provincial or national home statistics list 'average' prices?
Beats us
In reality, 'average prices' do not help in understanding the true value of a home. What does help is basing the value of your home on the selling prices in your own neighbourhood.
Suppose five homes ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on May 7, 2009
Three Canadian cities are outperforming US "twin cities" this spring - and three other Canadian cities have similar house price trends to their "twins,” according to our house price survey released today. Doing BETTER in Canada are the Following Housing Markets: • Business centre Toronto is outperforming business center Chicago (both, right)
• Midwest hub Winnipeg better off than ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on May 6, 2009
Living and working close to 8th Wing -CFB Trenton - and by the highway of heroes - gives our staff particular awareness of the debt owed to Canada's military heroes.
That commitment and the sacrifice made by the women and men in the military, and by their families, is appreciated by Canadians of all walks of life, regardless of their personal and political beliefs.
The Century 21 offices ...
Posted by William Rorabeck
on May 5, 2009
Who knew that CENTURY 21 Canada and Randy Bachman (right) - guitar hero of "American Woman" and "Taking Care of Business" fame and now host of a Saturday-night music show on CBC Radio - would have something in common?
Well, actually I knew... because I recently handed a trophy to Gary Bachman, brother to the famous rocker! The broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Bachman & Associates in Winnipeg, Manitoba, ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on May 4, 2009
Bold gold T-shirts, garbage bags and gloves were the costume of the morning, besides the smiles worn by all volunteers, happy to have the opportunity to participate in the Prince Edward County Trash Bash, in honour of Earth Day this year.
Volunteers gathered between the Waring House at the new Round About in Picton, ON and the Bloomfield Town sign.
It is amazing what garbage people will throw from ...
Posted by Veronica Lockyer
on April 29, 2009
No sooner did I blog about the new AIR MILES social networking site, then a user at that community posts about his own experience collecting AIR MILES reward miles from CENTURY 21 Canada!
An unnamed Alberta entrepreneur has posted in the Discussion area of the AIR MILES Community site the following comment:
"I've done well with getting airmiles through Century 21. Any time I've bought or sold property ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on April 28, 2009
If you're a passionate collector of AIR MILES reward miles - and two-thirds of Canadian households are - then you'll probably love the new online community set up by the company that doles out the discount cards for free flights. Launched last month, the AIR MILES Community social networking site offers the kind of sharing, socializing and personalization touches of other networking sites. Features ...
Posted by Don Lawby
on April 24, 2009