When you are ready to sell your house you'll want to make your home as marketable as possible. Here are a few tips:
Clean everything in and out of sight
With clipboard in hand, take a tour of your home. Take note of every opportunity to remove clutter and dirt. Rooms, closets and cupboards will appear larger and more inviting when you get rid of unnecessary stuff and tidy up what's ...
Posted by Chris Dosne
on February 4, 2010
Land Transfer Tax (LTT) Rebate
First-time buyers of newly constructed homes and resale homes may receive a refund of land transfer tax up to a maximum of $2,000.
Only individuals who are at least 18 years of age, have not owned an interest in a home anywhere in the world and whose spouse has not owned an interest in a home anywhere in the world while he or she was a spouse of the individual ...
Posted by Chris Dosne
on January 5, 2010
RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP)
The government of Canada’s Home Buyers’ Plan allows qualified buyers to withdraw a maximum of $25,000 tax free from their RRSP’s to purchase or build a house. If your spouse is also eligible, you can each withdraw up to $25,000 towards the downpayment, for a total of $50,000. No income tax is deducted from these funds, as long as they ...
Posted by Chris Dosne
on December 3, 2009
If you're thinking about buying a piece of real estate as an investment property, market conditions are definitely in your favour. While the resale housing market has seen a tremendous amount of activity from first-time buyers in the past year, it's also a perfect time for existing homeowners to invest in secondary residential properties.
With record-low interest rates and significantly ...
Posted by Chris Dosne
on August 26, 2009
Have you ever golfed in the rain? Yesterday we had the pleasure of doing just that. I am not an enthusiastic golfer, however, I have to admit, I really enjoyed the game, even in the rain. Century 21 Millennium Inc. had a group of us play 18 holes. We thought for sure we would make it through without getting wet. We took longer than we had hoped. I say about 3 ...
Posted by Chris Dosne
on June 18, 2009
Posted on Yahoo Tue Mar 3, 12:38 PM
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada's central bank on Tuesday cut its key lending rate half a percentage point to a record low of 0.5 percent in its latest move to help arrest a deepening economic slump.
ADVERTISEMENT The Bank of Canada lowered its overnight rate as part of its ongoing effort to stimulate credit and economic activity. Since December 2007, it has cut ...
Posted by Chris Dosne
on March 4, 2009
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Posted by Chris Dosne
on March 4, 2009