A close look at "For-Sale-By-Owner" (FSBO) data from The National Association fo Realtor's 2006 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
Each year a small army of home sellers throw caution to the wind and “go it alone” — without the assistance of a licensed real estate professional. Now they can get a boost by putting their home listing on the MLS website which many home owners ...
Posted by Robert Atkinson
on February 1, 2011
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced three new changes to financing rules. Effective March 18, 2011, it will become harder to buy a new home or consolidate debt into your mortgage. What are the changes?
The maximum amortization period has been reduced from 35 years to 30 years for mortgages that are insured by CMHC where the homeowner has less than 20% equity ...
Posted by Robert Atkinson
on January 18, 2011
Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,395 existing home sales for the month of December, bringing the 2010 total to 86,170 – down by one per cent compared to 2009.
“Market conditions were anything but uniform in 2010. We went from supercharged sales activity during the first four months of the year, to a marked drop-off in transactions in the summer and then in the fall saw sales climb ...
Posted by Robert Atkinson
on January 14, 2011