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Essential Steps for Ottawa Homebuyers: Preparing for Your Mortgage Application

If you’re planning on taking the exciting step towards homeownership, congrats! While securing a mortgage is a pivotal part of this journey, and proper preparation can significantly increase your chances of success. Before you dive into the mortgage application process, it’s essential to take some important steps to ensure you’re well-prepared.  Here’s everything you need […]

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Understanding the Total Costs of Homeownership in 2024

Buying your first home is an exciting journey, but it’s crucial to approach it with a clear understanding of the total costs of homeownership involved. As always, the real estate landscape presents unique challenges and opportunities for first-time homebuyers and if you’re planning on buying your first home in 2024, you’ll find that this year

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You found your dream home, but haven’t sold your current house yet. Now what?

It happens: You walk into a home and completely fall in love with it. You can picture yourself living there, how you’re going to decorate, even how your furniture will fit. There’s just one little issue, though: You haven’t yet sold your current home.  This can be a tough one, especially since emotions are involved.

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Everything you need to know about Land Transfer Tax in Ottawa

It’s no secret that purchasing a home almost always seems to be accompanied by “secret” additional costs. Lawyer fees, home inspection costs, taxes you didn’t know about until now – if you’re a first time home buyer (and even if you’re not!) it can all feel rather daunting. Today, I’d like to help demystify one

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The Role of Technology in Real Estate

The Role of Technology in Real Estate   As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, it has become increasingly important for those in real estate to keep up with the latest innovations that affect the industry. However, familiarizing yourself with the ever-changing landscape of real estate technology can often be a challenge, even […]

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So You’re Looking to Buy Your First Investment Property – Now What?

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a brochure with everything you ever needed to know about purchasing your very first investment property but were afraid to ask? I’m sure they exist out there somewhere. But I’ve tried to take the guesswork out of it for you (as well as the legwork) and placed all

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