Part 3: Mortgage types and regulations
Sponsored by First Calgary Financial
Calgary Herald May 1, 2013
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Posted by Elizabeth Martin
on May 3, 2013
Many First Time Buyers are surprised to discover that they may benefit from choosing a New Construction Home as their first property.
On April 3, 2012, the government announced that the maximum rebate provided under the First Time Home Buyers’ Rebate Program has risen to $3,000 from $1500, effective April 1, 2012.
Nova Scotia's First-Time Home Buyers Rebate is a rebate equivalent to 18.75% ...
Posted by Anne Butler
on March 6, 2013
While hosting an open house this week I was thinking about the importance of a new home warranty. So I figured I'd share what I found on website so you can begin to investigate for yourself.
What is a New Home Warranty?
Buying a new home is one of the single, biggest investments you will ever make. Protecting that investment is the next step to comfortable and secure living. We have warranties ...
Posted by Gina Conrod
on March 3, 2013
The ENERGY STAR® for New Homes initiative promotes energy efficiency guidelines that enable new homes to be more energy efficient than those built to minimum provincial building codes. The increased efficiency of these homes translates into reduced energy costs for homeowners.
The ENERGY STAR® for New Homes initiative is currently available in many regions across Canada and is delivered ...
Posted by Anne Butler
on February 12, 2013
The VivaCity Halifax event last night at the Halifax Railway Station, sponsored by FUSION Halifax, was a great and informative event showcasing some of the more than 27 developments either underway, proposed or planned for the Halifax Regional Municipality.
It was exciting to see some of the proposed developments and to talk to the people involved in them. It was encouraging as well to see the number ...
Posted by David Yetman
on October 25, 2012
They say where there’s smoke there’s fire. But when it comes to electrical fires, you don’t always see the smoke. By the time you do, it’s too late and the flames are already climbing up behind your walls.
I was up north a couple of weeks ago. I stopped at a pub I’ve known for years and it was completely renovated, and not because they wanted to. They had no choice — ...
Posted by Rodney Fraser
on October 18, 2012
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 9, 2012) - Housing starts in Halifax, Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 2,791 units in September, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) 1 of housing starts. The standalone monthly SAAR was 4,698 units in September, down from 5,159 ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on October 11, 2012
Overdue rules governing environmental cleanups will make it much simpler to redevelop valuable land in HRM
The site of a former Ultramar gas station at the corner of Chebucto and Elm streets on the Halifax peninsula sits empty many months after the station closed. New provincial regulations will actually make it easier to clean up and redevelop such places. (ERIC WYNNE / Staff)
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Posted by David Yetman
on March 20, 2012
AT 5pm on October 19, 2011, the Federal Government announced the most exciting news ever for our region - Halifax/Nova Scotia/Irving get $25 BILLION to build 21 combat ships for the navy.
CBC News intervewed various people in Halifax...
"It means that we're going to be able to bring people home and to allow them to have prosperity here in the province" — Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter ...
Posted by Paulette Upshall
on October 20, 2011