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Navigating Mortgage Renewals in 2025: Should You Downsize, Relocate, or Rent Out Your Home?

Checklists, Homeowner tips, Income properties, Ottawa real estate, Real estate information, Real Estate Investing, Sellers, Upgrades and renovations / curiousprojects

As mortgage renewal season approaches, many Canadian homeowners are facing critical financial decisions. With the Bank of Canada recently reducing its overnight lending rate to 2.75%, this shift presents new opportunities for those renewing their mortgages to secure better terms and optimize their financial situation. However, with ongoing economic uncertainty, rising living costs, and evolving housing […]

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What to Do Now if You Want to Buy or Sell in the Spring

Ottawa real estate, Upgrades and renovations / David Oikle

When the winter chill begins to thaw, the real estate market in Ottawa starts buzzing with activity. If you’re considering buying or selling a home in the spring, now is the perfect time – before the winter chill really hits! – to lay the groundwork for a successful transaction. Here are three essential tips for

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Should you redo your floors?

Homeowner tips, Upgrades and renovations / curiousprojects

Should you redo your floors? Floors have a dramatic effect on your home’s decor. If you think about it, they’re some of the largest surfaces inside of your home – meaning they take up quite a lot of the space, visually. Your floors serve a functional purpose too, meaning they may have taken quite […]

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Low-Budget, High-Impact Home Updates

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Low-Budget, High-Impact Home Updates If you’re looking for a low-budget, high-impact home upgrade or renovation, there are luckily quite a few that can give your home a boost in terms of decor and functionality. In this blog, we’ll cover a few quick renovation tricks for a variety of rooms and spaces in and around […]

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Everything you Need to Know About Buying Older Homes

Buyers, Home maintenance, Homeowner tips, Lifestyle, Ottawa Neighbourhoods, Real estate information, Upgrades and renovations / curiousprojects

Everything you Need to Know About Buying Older Homes Buying a 20th century home may fit your real estate needs, but there are many things to consider when exploring an older market. Buying an older home comes with numerous advantages. They are often less expensive compared to newer builds, with no construction required […]

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Ready for a Change? Top Home Décor Styles for Spring 2022

Lifestyle, Upgrades and renovations / David Oikle

Ready for a change at home, but not one quite as big as moving to a new one? Changing up some of your décor might be just the thing you need this spring! Your home’s interior design can have a bigger impact on how you feel than you think! Trends change, seasons change, moods change,

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Is It Time to Renovate Your Basement? How Do You Want to Use the Basement?

Upgrades and renovations / curiousprojects

When you walk downstairs to your basement, do you look around and think we could turn this into a much more comfortable living space? Does watching the home renovations shows on TV give you some exciting ideas helping you visualize what your basement would look like? A renovated basement will increase the value of your …

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