Category: Real Estate


Real Estate: Family Homes: What $750K Buys You in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa Top 5 Friday: Cottage Envy An Architect's Secret Garden: Shobac Cottages, Lunenburg, NS Real Estate: Waterfront Property: What $400k Buys You in BC, Ontario and PEI Real Estate: What Does $500K Get You in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal?  Listen: Jeff Lewis of Flipping Out Speaks -- Nicely!  For Sale: Olympic Village Condos! Scott McGillivray Divulges His Secret: "Fail-Safe Flipping" New Feature: How Much Home does $500,000 Buy in BC? Compare 3 Properties Live Blogging Event: Sarah's House, Episode 10: Exterior/Finale Real People Living in Condos: Finding Shades for that Striking Wall of Windows Question of the Week: Which Kitchen Cabinets Are Better for Resale?  Model Home Tour: What Your 3-Bdrm New-Build Could Look Like Ask an Agent: What’s the Best Offer Strategy?  Getaway Gallery: Flying like Hotcakes: Vacation Condos in Playa del Carmen, Mexico 
 
Aug
18

Real Estate: Family Homes: What $750K Buys You in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa

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Posted by Guest Blogger 8/18/2010 3:27:00 PM
As we sweat through one of the hottest summers in recent memory, most of us are more concerned with trying to stay cool rather than buying real estate. According to veteran Toronto agent Kara Reed of Chestnut Park Real Estate, "August is typically our
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Aug
06

Top 5 Friday: Cottage Envy

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Posted by Guest Blogger 8/6/2010 3:05:00 PM
By: Michelle Carangi of Montreal-based design office and blog, Holley&Gill August is here and we thankfully still have a few weeks left to unwind. Most of us, it not all of us, have or will find some way to get away from it all. Either spending the
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Aug
05

An Architect's Secret Garden: Shobac Cottages, Lunenburg, NS

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/5/2010 11:27:00 PM
This is Part I of my tour of architect/professor Brian MacKay-Lyons' ocean-side properties on the South Shore near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Shobac Cottages, Lunenburg, NS. Photo via shobac.mlsarchitects.ca First, a shameful admission: before CJ of foodnetwork.ca
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Jul
21

Real Estate: Waterfront Property: What $400k Buys You in BC, Ontario and PEI

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/21/2010 4:25:00 PM
We Canadians are lucky to have an incredible amount of water ; from the Pacific to the Atlantic, to the Great Lakes and the not-so-great lakes in between. Of course everyone wants a gorgeous waterfront property , but how many of us can afford to basically
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Jun
23

Real Estate: What Does $500K Get You in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal?

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Posted by Guest Blogger 6/23/2010 3:34:00 PM
Buying a charming home in a vibrant, urban neighborhood is a challenge on a limited budget. If location is your number one priority, what does $500,000 buy in the hottest neighborhoods in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary? Montreal is famous for bagels, Mordecai
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Jun
09

Listen: Jeff Lewis of Flipping Out Speaks -- Nicely!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/9/2010 3:41:00 PM
Did you watch the premiere of season 3 of Flipping Out last week? No matter what you may feel toward our anti-hero, Jeff Lewis , the show's third season has been highly anticipated and is undeniably a hit. Really what Flipping Out is, is a reality-based
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May
26

For Sale: Olympic Village Condos!

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Posted by Guest Blogger 5/26/2010 4:55:00 PM
It was probably the biggest open house Canada has ever seen. 12,000 people toured Vancouver’s Olympic Village over last weekend, taking a peek inside the maze of gleaming new high-rises that housed 2,800 athletes and officials during the Winter Games.
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May
20

Scott McGillivray Divulges His Secret: "Fail-Safe Flipping"

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 5/20/2010 3:15:00 PM
Don't you just LOVE it when savvy professionals answer questions with practical advice? Whether you're set to flip a house or not, I'm sure we'd all love to know what Scott McGill-a-babe has to say on the subject. He's just SO GOOD at what he does...
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May
19

New Feature: How Much Home does $500,000 Buy in BC? Compare 3 Properties

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Posted by Guest Blogger 5/19/2010 5:08:00 PM
About a month ago, Crack Shack or Mansion , a Vancouver -based guessing game poking fun at the crazed local real estate market, went viral. A picture flashes on the screen and players guess whether the home is a) a known den of illicit drug activity or
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May
11

Live Blogging Event: Sarah's House, Episode 10: Exterior/Finale

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Posted by Alicia Cox 5/11/2010 10:45:00 AM
Say it isn't so! Sarah's House fans, we've come to the end of season 3 and boy, did it fly by fast! In tonight's episode , Sarah recaps all the rooms and has a walk through with four real estate agents to find out how much the house is worth. We also
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Apr
29

Real People Living in Condos: Finding Shades for that Striking Wall of Windows

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Posted by Guest Blogger 4/29/2010 5:58:00 PM
When it finally came time to inhabit our empty, concrete condo, the first thing we did was prop up cardboard moving boxes against our wall of floor-to-ceiling windows . The makeshift cardboard blinds provided privacy, sure, but after a week of picking
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Apr
19

Question of the Week: Which Kitchen Cabinets Are Better for Resale?

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 4/19/2010 10:06:00 AM
My friends and next-door neighbours are renovating their first floor. Sidebar: it's not fun living next door to me because I'm ALWAYS up in your space, mining your home and private sanctuary for stories I can air out on the blog -- I'm a liability. Anywhoo.
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Apr
06

Model Home Tour: What Your 3-Bdrm New-Build Could Look Like

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 4/6/2010 1:30:00 PM
Alicia and I have been stealthily tweeting and dropping hints about our Model Home series starring HGTV alums Cheryl Torrenueva and Andrew Pike , soon to debut on HGTV.ca. Cheryl and Andrew were retained by Empire Communities , a large Southern Ontario
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Mar
31

Ask an Agent: What’s the Best Offer Strategy?

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Posted by Catherine Jheon 3/31/2010 5:05:00 PM
It's time for another installment of Ask an Agent where you have the opportunity to ask an actual real estate agent questions about buying and selling. Our gal of expertise is Avryll McNair of Bosley Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage . She’s been selling and
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Mar
17

Getaway Gallery: Flying like Hotcakes: Vacation Condos in Playa del Carmen, Mexico

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 3/17/2010 3:41:00 PM
Right photo via LocoGringo.com White powder sand and crystal blue Caribbean waters coupled with a walkable town bustling with shops, restaurants and boutique hotels is what makes Playa del Carmen on Mexico's Mayan Coast one of the fastest growing cities
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