The Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Board recently passed information data exchange (IDX) commonly known as Broker reciprocity. This is where the listings of one brokerage is shared with another brokerage and as such can be posted on the Brokerage’s web site. Many large boards have done this in the United States and in Canada. For instance the Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and London Real ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on May 14, 2012
The Rental bylaw in Waterloo about to come into effect is being questioned by The Ontario Human Rights Commission as it may be discriminatory. Mayor Holloran does not believe that it is and has publically stated this on numerous occasions despite being warned. Her arrogance is astounding and quit e frankly the passing of this by law is nothing more than a money grab and punishes the landlords that ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on March 9, 2012
How much do you charge to sell a home? This is a common question that we receive from sellers looking to sell. However, this is a very poorly phrased question because this assumes that all real estate sales people do the same thing. This question really shows how ill informed the average sellers are concerning real estate and what Realtors do.
This confusion have partially be caused by for sale by ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on November 11, 2011
Press Release
June 1, 2011
LOCAL CENTURY 21 FRANCHISES MERGE
Tom Watson, Paul Saunders and Denise Dion of CENTURY 21 Watson Realty Ltd. and Roy Singh of CENTURY 21 Home Realty Inc. announced today that their two companies will merge effective June 15, 2011. All Sales Persons will continue to work from their respective offices in Waterloo, Guelph and Cambridge and will ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on June 1, 2011
What is a Certified Pre-Owned Home?
Essentially, it consists of two main components/processes.
Pre-Listing Inspection-Prior to being listed, the Seller has a Home Inspection performed on their home, at their expense, by a Member of the Certified Pre-Owned Homes Inspector Network and the Sellers agree to complete the repairs as identified by the Home Inspector. See what Mike Holmes ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on April 6, 2011
Well the snow is melting and the real estate market is moving at a steady pace and interest rates are stable. It is expected that 2011 will be seen as a normal real estate year with steady sales over the year and a good supply of marketable properties. This will allow for a balanced market, but still slightly in favour of the sellers.
In Waterloo region, there is a shortage of homes in the $300 - ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on March 8, 2011
By Rose Simone, Record staff
KITCHENER — Imagine a dense, large city, cosmopolitan in nature, with lots of people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, plenty of highrise condos and condo townhouses in the core, and streets bustling with traffic.
That describes the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo of the future, says Joe Berridge, a partner at Urban Strategies, a Toronto-based planning and ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on November 3, 2010
The Federal Government recently made two significant changes to the mortgage rules. In the fall of 2008 the Feds did away with 40 year amortization as well as 100% financing. More recently they reduced refinancing to a maximum of 90% of the value of the property as well as change the amount of down payment required to buy an investment property from 5% to 20%.
While these changes may appear prudent, ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on October 7, 2010
As many of you know, our firm has been offering both Real Estate and Mortgage Financing services for quite some time. This has been a great combination as we are able to assist clients with their Real Estate as well as Mortgage needs.
While this has been very good for us and our clients, it was always our dream to do more for our clientele. Many of you know that my background is in the Financial ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on May 12, 2010
Rob Carrick and Roy Singh
The Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010
Interest rates are rising – we all get that – but it looks like the Big Banks are pushing things a bit with mortgages.
After a pair of increases in the past two weeks, the posted Big Bank five-year fixed mortgage rate now stands at 6.25 per cent. Does that seem high? In fact, it’s just half ...
Posted by Roy Singh
on April 29, 2010