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Making an Offer in a Competitive Market

Imagine finding a home you love, making an offer, and then finding out there are other competing offers on the table. Ouch. If you’re looking for a property in a competitive market, it is likely that there will be multiple offers. Even just one can create the risk that you’ll ...

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Important Things to “Fix” before Selling

When you’re preparing your home for sale, it’s not unusual to need to fix up a few things around the property. After all, you want your home to look its best to buyers, so that you get good offers, quickly. What do you need to fix? Here are three categories ...

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Ottawa Real Estate Market Heating Up

Statistically speaking the Ottawa Real Estate Market is heating up. Check out my chart below. A quick review reveals that # of sales have increased, $ value of the total sales has increased, average sales price increased, # of days on market has decreased, new listings taken has decreased, inventory ...

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What Sellers must disclose about a home? Patent defects vs. Latent defects.

I get asked this question often when listing a home. “Should I disclose about the “fill in the blank”? My simple answer is “disclose, disclose, disclose”. I will then follow up with asking the Seller “What would you want to know about your home before purchasing it?” With most clients ...

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