Buying or Selling in Ottawa

THREE KEYS TO SELLING YOUR OTTAWA HOME THIS YEAR

Posted on Mar 26, 2023 in Buying or Selling in Ottawa



As a seller, you need to be ready for the current market conditions. It doesn’t matter what your neighbour sold for last year or three years ago. We are certainly NOT in the same real estate market heading into spring. You will have to adjust your expectations. With preparation and clear expectations of the process, you will certainly have a much l...

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OWNING A HOME IS MORE THAN JUST AN INVESTMENT

Posted on Jan 30, 2023 in Buying or Selling in Ottawa

THE EMOTIONAL AND NON-FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF OWNING VS RENTING



With higher mortgage interest rates in Canada, I have no doubt you are questioning whether or not this is the best time to buy a home. Of course the finances are a huge part of the equation, but there are also important other reasons you want to own vs rent. Some of these benefits are:

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WHY DOES HOME INVENTORY MATTER IN OTTAWA?

Posted on Jan 30, 2023 in Buying or Selling in Ottawa

HOUSING SUPPLY OR HOME INVENTORY EXPLAINED FOR THE OTTAWA REAL ESTATE MARKET


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At the end of December, we in Ottawa had 4.4 months of resale housing inventory on the real estate market. Let’s break down that 4.4 months measure: 

This number tells us how many months it would take for all the current homes for sale on th...

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TIMING IS EVERYTHING IN OTTAWA REAL ESTATE

Posted on Dec 07, 2022 in Buying or Selling in Ottawa

PLAN AHEAD WHEN YOU ARE BUYING OR SELLING YOUR HOME


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Like all seasons in Ottawa, things are either very cold or very hot. We have two distinct hot real estate markets here. There is the spring season, which actually starts mid-winter (early-mid February) and goes to early June. Then there is the fall market. This starts imm...

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WHAT IS AN AUTISM-FRIENDLY REALTOR®?

Posted on Dec 07, 2022 in Buying or Selling in Ottawa

AND WHY DOES IT MATTER TO PEOPLE BUYING AND SELLING IN OTTAWA?


Photo by: Polina Kovaleva

In a past life, which feels like decades and also minutes ago, I was executive director and co-founder of Ausome Ottawa. It is really important to me that I continue to give back to this organization that gives so many families touched by autism an opportunity to...

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RIGHT-SIZING YOUR OTTAWA HOME

Posted on Dec 07, 2022 in Buying or Selling in Ottawa

You have no doubt heard of down-sizing, but you may not have heard of right-sizing. 


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The traditional down-sizer has grown children and just doesn’t need as much space in their home. But changing the size or location of your home to meet your needs can happen at any stage of life. And that’s why I prefer to call it right-sizing.
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