Category Archives: Real Estate

Home Improvements For The Best ROI

Best Home Improvements If you want to get top dollar for your house when you sell it, you need to know the real market value. This can be accomplished by thorough personal study or by hiring a qualified real estate appraiser or realtor. Putting money into your home will raise its worth, but deciding what to put your money into will mean that the …

Cost Of Living in Calgary Vs Other Canadian Cities

What Is The Cost Of Living In Calgary Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), or the inflation rate, which measures increases in consumer prices, determines the cost of living in Canada. It is one of the most relevant metrics since it is measured both monthly and annually and is used globally. Many different metrics are used to calculate the CPI, including food, transportation, and …

What should sellers look for when hiring a real estate...

Using a well-known brand to advertise a product will help improve sales. In the real estate industry, this is particularly so. It’s important to hire a real estate agent from a reliable brokerage, and having an agent with a well-known reputation among investors, sellers, and realtors to advertise your home will help you sell it quickly and for top dollar. What should sellers look …

Do I need A Realtor

Here are the top 10 reasons why you should use a Realtor: Many homes sellers and buyers ask themselves do I need a Realtor? Buying or selling a house is a major commitment, financially and emotionally. Although For Sale By Owner (FSBO) can seem cheaper, when you handle the sale on your own, there are many advantages to a realtor that you lose out …

5 Top Alternatives to Zillow and Trulia

Expand your search for a new home using these alternatives to Zillow and Trulia.   Zillow Group Inc as a company was founded in 2006 as a prominent online real estate portal. Zillow acts as a search engine for real estate that lists more than 110 million homes in the United States and Canada. Together with comparables and competing homes for each of the ...

Zillow Rentals No Longer FREE!

Zillow Rentals No Longer FREE Rental listings now syndicated through the various MLS will no longer flow directly into Zillow starting in January 2021. Instead, agents and brokers will need to use Zillow Rental Manager, which is contract-based and starts at $9.99 a week, to post a rental listing on the third-party site. While the firm says that the decision was taken to “empower” its partners, …

A Bumpy Road To Recovery In The Calgary Housing Market

Calgary housing market prices hold, but sales fall The Calgary housing market and residential home sales declined in February, but a decline in new listings helped keep prices steady this month.  Read more here on the Calgary housing markets Road To Recovery Sales totalled 1.094 units in February, 18 percent below last year’s activity. Easing sales occurred across all property types this month, which outpaced …

What it’s like to live in Edmonton Alberta

What it’s like to live in the provinces capital city Edmonton Alberta What it’s like to live in Edmonton Alberta?  Located on the North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton is the capital of Alberta. It is the center of the Edmonton Capital Region, encased by Alberta’s central region. Here you will find the largest stretch of continuous urban parkland in all of North America, as well …

Life in Victoria British Columbia

What is life like in Victoria, British Columbia? Life in Victoria British Columbia is incredible no mater how you look at it.  Located on the southern side of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. Home to a wonderfully mild climate, plenty of parks, mountain trails, exciting attractions and outdoor activities, Victoria is popular for good reason. Architecturally speaking, it’s a feast …

What Is It Like To Live In Vancouver BC? Everything y...

What Is It Like To Live In Vancouver BC What Is It Like To Live In Vancouver BC?  Here’s everything you want to know about the beautiful seaport city, including history, demographics, local economy, average home prices in the area and more. Located on the mainland of British Columbia, Vancouver has a healthy real estate market thanks to the diverse local economy and the …