The Top 10 Things to See and Do in Hamilton, Ontario Less than an hour’s drive away from Ontario’s provincial capital, Hamilton is a great place to visit for a short weekend getaway. Its natural location on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment creates a beautiful environment with a range of trails, and its rich […]
Samantha Craggs · CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2018 6:04 AM ET | Last Updated: June 16 Hamilton has half as many brownfield sites as it did in 2008, but it still has the equivalent of 160 football fields still sitting vacant. A new city report shows Hamilton had 91 brownfield sites in 2008, and only 40 as […]
May 20-26, 2018 Slight dip last week in appointments of 3% when seasonally adjusted for the Civic Holiday closure. Our Sold/Appointment ratio rose slightly to 14.7 appointments per property sold during the week. Hamilton dominated the Top 5 Districts, with Hamilton Mountain taking 3 of the rankings. Overall Hamilton price ranges shifted slightly, however within […]
Nine years after the last attempt to bring an NHL team to this area ended in disappointment, a Burlington businessman has quietly let the NHL know he wants to put a team in a new arena in Aldershot. Angelo Paletta and his family are now hoping to do what Jim Balsillie, Ron Joyce and several […]
Rising house prices have pushed most Toronto real estate beyond the 25-per-cent-of-monthly-salary maxim. About all the average person could get in the city under that rule would be a one-bedroom in this building or similar. SCREEN GRAB FROM GOOGLE STREET VIEW Back in the good old days – assuming you deem pre-Second World War the […]
Take, for example, the new Ontario standardized lease. All residential lease documents signed on or after April 30th, 2018 that are used by a landlord must be the new standardized lease. This includes single and semi-detached houses, apartment buildings, rented condos and secondary units. Over the past year, OREA’s Government Relations team lobbied hard to makes sure this standardized […]
You can still have a great outdoor space on a smaller home, writes columnist Sherry Hayes by Sherry Hayes Stoney Creek New Even if you’re downsizing to a smaller home, you can still have a great backyard space, with less property to maintain. – Courtesy Sherry Hayes As the spring season arrives, we may be considering a […]
Lawyer Dania Majid discusses Ontario’s new lease and what renters should be looking out for. On April 30, it will become mandatory for most residential landlords in Ontario to use a 13-page standardized lease agreement. (DREAMSTIME) Ontarians fed up with battling their landlords over contentious terms they didn’t realize were hidden in the fine print of […]
Canadians borrowing against their houses at the fastest pace in years, data shows
Posted: March 16, 2018
Home equity lines of credit, known as HELOCs, are emerging as a preferred means of accessing funds. “Houses are becoming piggy banks,” according to Paul Gulberg, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst. (RENE JOHNSTON / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO) By ERIK HERTZBERGBloomberg Canadians are borrowing against their houses at the fastest pace in more than five years, as home equity lines […]
“The drop off in sales activity following the record-breaking peak late last year confirms that many homebuyers” raced to purchase before new mortgage rules came into effect, CREA’s chief economist said. New monthly numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association also show that national home sales declined 6.5 per cent from January to February, the […]
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