You have been thinking about it for quite a while and now you are ready to put your home on the market! Being pro-active by having a pre-inspection done on your home has turned up any deficiencies that you have now remedied and you can feel confident that your home is in tip top shape. Thanks to the plethora of real estate shows on TV you have learned how to freshen up and stage your home. Now to find just the right REALTOR ® to present your home to the buying public! How to find him or her? You can ask a friend for a referral, pick the REALTOR® with the biggest ad in the local paper, interview a few…or you can conduct your own stress free research by….
May
16
2012
16
2012
Finding the right Realtor for you
Mar
21
2012
21
2012
Where to live in Canada?
Burlington is now Number two place to live in Canada!! Find your dream home here http://www.ryanshomes.ca/Burlington-Homes-For-Sale.aspx
Canada’s Best Places to Live 2012: Ottawa wins again, Burlington is #2, Toronto ranks 47th
March 20, 2012 00:03:00
Lesley Ciarula Taylor Staff Reporter
Toronto barely scrapes into the top 50 of places to live in Canada but Jann Arden’s “middle of nowhere” makes it to Number 22.
Ottawa and Burlington outstrip all other Ontario places to rank Number 1 and Number 2 on the MoneySense list of 190 cities.
It’s Ottawa’s third year in a row as the top spot in the country.
“What does it have that other cities don’t?” MoneySense asked last year.
“In a word, consistency. It does not rank particularly high in any individual category but it comes in above average across the board.”
Toronto ranked 47th, between Thunder Bay and Aurora, which is a vast improvement over last year’s rank of 88, thanks to better marks for health care and job prospects.
Lack of affordable housing, doctors per 1,000 people and the jobless rate still all hammered Toronto’s score.
Oshawa, famously slagged by Arden when she was kicked off a VIA Rail train with her dog there, scored well for its low crime rate, weather, discretionary income and population growth.
Dead last on the list of Canada’s Best Places to Live 2012 is New Glasgow, N.S., two spots below Kawartha Lakes, Ont. Continue reading Where to live in Canada? →
Mar
10
2012
10
2012
2124 Bellwood Burlington Ontario
Visit us Sunday March 11th at our open house 2124 Bellwood. For more information on this lovely home in the heart of Burlington take a look at
http://www.ryanshomes.ca/MLS-Listing-10764/Burlington-ON/Home-For-Sale/2124-Bellwood-AV.aspx. see you there!
Mar
7
2012
7
2012
Canadian Housing Market to Remain Steady
OTTAWA, February 13, 2012 — Housing markets are expected to remain steady in 2012 and 2013, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) first quarter 2012 Housing Market Outlook, Canada Edition1.
“With the Canadian economy set to expand at a moderate pace and mortgage rates expected to remain low, activity levels in 2012 in both new home construction and sales of existing homes will stay close to levels seen in 2011,” said Mathieu Laberge, Deputy Chief Economist for CMHC.
Housing starts will be in the range of 164,000 to 212,700 units in 2012, with a point forecast of 190,000 units. In 2013, housing starts will be in the range of 168,900 to 219,300 units, with a point forecast of 193,800 units.
Existing home sales will be in the range of 406,000 to 504,500 units in 2012, with a point forecast of 457,300 units. In 2013, MLS®2 sales are expected to move up in the range of 417,600 to 517,400 units, with a point forecast of 468,200 units.
The average MLS® price is forecast to be between $330,000 and $410,000 in 2012 and between $335,000 and $430,000 in 2013. CMHC’s point forecast for the average MLS® price is $368,900 for 2012 and $379,000 for 2013. The moderate increases in the average MLS® price are consistent with the balanced market conditions that occurred in 2011, and that are expected to continue in 2012 and 2013.
Feb
25
2012
25
2012
Art enriches your life and your home
The buzz phrase often used to describe the current self-referential aspect of home decor is “personalized,” and the design media has loads of suggestions for products that will help you achieve it. But rather than searching for ephemeral elements to evoke individuality, why not let original art communicate who you are?
Not only does art reflect a private esthetic, but according to 19th-century English poet Henry Austin Dobson, it “alone endures,” enriching your life long after any fleeting enchantment with yellow metals, round pillows or the colour orange fades.If you’re new to buying original art, you may want to pencil in a trip to The Artist Project, an annual mixed-media juried art show that opens in Toronto next week.
Feb
20
2012
20
2012
Staging…what’s it all about?
You have decided to sell your home and as you survey your castle you think to yourself “It’s cozy, lived in…it’s a collection of memories” At this point we must also start to think about the fact that “these are my memories and they don’t go along with the house” The way we live in a house is not the way we sell a house and so begins the process of packing up those memories, which is universally known as ….decluttering! It is probably the most important aspect of staging. Staging is different than decorating in that you are taking away superfluous items and furniture to create space and depersonalize the home. In this way you are preparing the home to appeal to the as yet un-known buyer. Here’s a quick guide to get you started,
Feb
7
2012
7
2012
Beautiful family home on quiet court in Burlington, Ontario
New listing, beautiful home in Burlington – for more information please click here 
http://www.ryanshomes.ca/MLS-Listing-10634/Burlington-ON/Home-For-Sale/343-Camelot-CT.aspx
Feb
2
2012
2
2012
This home 577 Sharalin went fast – sold in two days
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Feb
2
2012
2
2012
Canadian housing is ‘pricey,’ but far from a bubble: BMO ~ courtesy of moneyville.ca
OTTAWA—The Bank of Montreal says Canada’s somewhat pricey housing market is likely to cool, not crash.
The bank’s economists say the only real trouble spot is Vancouver, where there are plenty of vacant high-priced condos going begging.
The report suggests that alarms about Canada’s housing market by international observers, from the International Monetary Fund to The Economist magazine, are exaggerated or simplistic.
Even Toronto’s hot condo market — one of the subjects of many of the warnings — is more likely to cool rather than collapse, the economists say.
A comparison of house prices to household incomes shows an increase from a decade ago, but not an excessive one, the report points out.
Nor are most Canadians close to an American-style debt wall that preceded the subprime crash in 2007.
Nevertheless, the BMO economists say house values are somewhat pricey and expect sales, starts and prices to flatten out this year.
Jan
28
2012
28
2012
How can I fix a humidity problem?
Here are some quick questions that will help you determine whether you may have a humidity problem in your home:
- Do your windows fog up when furnace kicks in?
- Do you notice wet stains on walls or ceiling?
- Does your house smell musty?
- Do your lips and skin become unusually chapped and dry when snow falls?
- Does touching certain items create static?
- Are you having problems with your electronic equipment?
If you answered yes to any of these please read further for ideas on how to fix a humidity problem