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Thinking of Selling Your Home? 8 Tips to Create Great Curb Appeal Curb appeal is best defined as how attractive a...

Listing Your Home for Sale? 4 Steps to Help Your Interiors Stand Out 1. Pre-Pack Most of us have quite a lot of...

Generators for your home   Climate is a topic on many people's minds these days, especially with the extensive...

Monitoring the Market - September 2021 Real Estate Stats In my experience there is a rhythm to the real estate year;...

What are "Cumulative Days on Market" (CDOM)? Last month, when I first mentioned Cumulative Days on Market (CDOM), a...

Monitoring the Market - August 2021 Real Estate Stats  Again, last month, sales of both residential and condo...

The Value of Trees Have you ever driven through a neighbourhood admiring the trees? Does your neighbour’s magnolia...

Moving With Pets Despite the work involved, moving to a new home can be exciting and full of promise. You understand...

Although July's total sales figures declined 21% compared with July 2020, the total number of sales (1,724 freehold...

Are you planning to list your home for sale in the near future? If so the summer is a great time to assess how...

These key real estate statistics show the prices of real property remain strong and healthy in Ottawa.   Although June...

All winter we look forward to the balmy days of summer when throwing on shorts and sandals is a welcome change from...

Is the Ottawa real estate market still "energetic"?  Yes, it is!  In a nutshell: prices remain high and sales remain...

I'd like to give an enthusiastic shout-out to Green Thumb Garden Centre. I have known Mary Reid, the owner, for close...

At first glance, and with no context, April's 163.7% increase in properties sold (year over year) seems incredible....

Royal LePage 2021 Demographic Survey Some really interesting insights emerged from the Royal LePage demographic survey...

March's real estate sales were just as energetic as February’s, with average home prices rising to $758,802 and...

As someone with a limited budget and unlimited appreciation for art, I was intrigued to learn of an artist who rents...

I heard a quote recently, that stopped me in my tracks:   "Your house will make more than you will this year.”...

January is typically a quieter time of year for real estate, as people digest the holidays, pay bills and think about...

It may be February, and it may be snowing, but looking out to our busy snow-covered bird feeders, I am dreaming about...

So ... you’ve decided to move and are out house-hunting. You walk into a new listing with your agent and find your...

A couple of weeks ago, cleaning out an old file of saved recipes, I came across a simple recipe for Parmesan Herb...

We are all vulnerable to unexpected power disruptions, but with a few advance preparations, potential inconveniences...

Last month, when Statistics Canada released Q3 data for the Canadian economy, the numbers showed residential real...