Monthly Real Estate Market Update April 2020 Last month year-over-year housing prices were up across our communities: approximately 9% in Barrie, 11% in Bradford, 9% in Newmarket, and less than 1% in the Toronto area. If you’re looking to sell your home, the number of homes sold is a good sign of...
What Puts Buyers Off a House? For many people, when it comes to looking for a home to purchase, we use our own experiences, style tastes and possible the input from a friend or loved one to judge whether a prospective home is a legitimist contender. When it comes to selling...
How Should I Prepare for a Home Appraisal? A home appraisal is the process where an expert formulates an opinion on the value of your home. Home appraisers are certified and licensed specialists, whose main job is to inspect and value the worth of your property and home. The evaluation process...
5 Home Improvements That Add Value To Your Property So, you own an amazing property with a nice house and porch. But at the same time, you are thinking about whether or not to sell it. And if you are a responsible homeowner, you might ask yourself what home improvements add...
Monthly Real Estate Market Update January 2020 Last month year-over-year housing prices were up across our communities: approximately 9% in Barrie, 7% in Bradford, 3% in Newmarket, and 12% in the Toronto area. If you’re looking to sell your home, the number of homes sold is a good sign of...
How To Pay Off Your Mortgage Faster Real estate agents say that their potential buyers always express concern about their mortgage. And if it were to look at statistics for recent years, the leading financial distress in any household throughout the country is represented by mortgage debt. Still, there are a couple...
5 House Hunting Mistakes To Avoid Indeed, purchasing a new home represents a long-term investment and can make you overly excited. Still, you will have to be willing to understand and follow some house hunting rules that will prevent misunderstandings and keep things going as smoothly as possible. And you should...
Why is Staging a Home Important? First impressions are what will make the difference between a successful viewing of your property or an unsuccessful one. And in some situations, with a quick-walk through of your home, your buyer will automatically decide it’s not worth their time. This is why staging is...
5 Things that Turn Off Home Buyers So, you’re considering selling your property and you are looking for ways to make everything outstanding. But did you know that there are some things that turn off homebuyers? Well, a potential buyer and their real estate agent looks for a living space that entices...
Monthly Real Estate Market Update October 2019 Last month year-over-year housing prices were up across our communities: approximately 5% in Barrie, 8% in Bradford, 2% in Newmarket, and 5% in the Toronto area. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://curtisgoddard.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Matt-statt-October-2019.mp4"][/video] If you’re looking to sell your home, the number of homes sold is a good sign...