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Applying For a Mortgage in Canada 2008-05-15 12:34:48 You have done your home shopping and have found that perfect dream home. Now it is time to finally apply for a mortgage. Shopping for a home is exciting, but applying for a mortgage can be complicated. It is best to be as educated about the mortgage application process as you can be. Do plenty [...] Read more:Canada
, Mortgage
PropertySold.ca Mentioned In Toronto Star Article 2008-03-31 17:07:56 Recently Gabi Fish was interviewed by the Toronto
Star in an article about the changing face of real estate agent commissions.
Please check out the article:
NEW REALTOR REALITIES Read more:Article
Selling Your Home In a Booming Toronto Real Estate Market 2008-03-27 18:03:53 The Toronto
real estate market is booming. Members of the Toronto Real Estate
Board sold over 6000 pieces of property in February and this figure does not include for sale by owner statistics.
The sales were down slightly from the same period in 2007, but the sales were on target for the time of the [...] Read more:Market
, Real Estate
Writing Classified Ads That Sell 2008-03-26 17:56:04 The secret to writing a successful classified ad for your home sale is simply telling any potential home owners exactly what they most want to hear.
You should put just enough information in your classified ad to make any potential home buyer curious enough to pick up the phone and schedule a home tour appointment [...] Read more:Classified
Navigating Vancouver’s Hot Real Estate Market 2008-03-11 11:43:28 There is good news and bad news in the Vancouver
real estate market. The good news is that home prices in the Vancouver real estate market are among the highest in Canada.
Of course the bad news is that some of the highest real estate prices in Canada are in the Vancouver real estate market [...] Read more:Estate
, Market
PropertySold Surpasses $10 Million in Real Estate Agent Commissions Saved 2008-02-26 16:26:12 As February draws to a close PropertySold.ca Inc. is proud to announce that our customers have saved over $10.1 Million in real estate agent commissions since the beginning of 2005.
This translates into over $169 Million in real estate that has been sold using our website in just over 2 years time.
With over 200,000 visitors a [...] Read more:Agent
, Commissions
, Estate
, Real Estate
, Real Estate Agent
Top 5 For Sale By Owner Promotion Tips 2008-02-08 14:00:39 We all know that selling your home using the For Sale By Owner
method can be a very rewarding experience. Some people gravitate to the promotion methods very quickly and are able to apply the techniques to make their homes sell faster than others. Does this mean that some people are better suited [...]
Toronto’s Tax Tribulations 2008-02-01 12:52:04 Property owners in the city of Toronto
may be walloped with another tax hit, as the latest budget unveils a proposal to increase property taxes by as much as 3.75%.
Mayor David Miller insists the hike is needed to balance the $8.2 million budget shortfall of $8 million, but many are pointing out the increase [...]
For Sale By Owner Guide - Updated and Moved 2008-05-23 16:13:46 We have finally taken the long overdue step of upgrading our Free For Sale By OwnerGuide
. Please find links to the new Guide sections below:
For Sale By Owner Guide
FSBO Guide Section 1: Understanding the Task at Hand
FSBO Guide Section 2: Preparing Your Home For Sale
FSBO Guide Section 3: Putting Your Home On The [...]
PropertySold Mortgage Guide 2008-05-23 14:52:11 WHAT IS A MORTGAGE?
A mortgage is a loan secured by a lien on your home. A lien can be defined as the right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt. The amount of your mortgage [...] Read more:Guide
, Mortgage
Home Selling Tips 2008-05-23 11:59:05 The For Sale By Owner Method of selling a home is not as difficult as most people think. Despite what expensive real estate agents may tell you, selling a home is not something that only they have the power to do.
To effectively sell your own home you will need to know the steps involved [...]
For Sale By Owner 2008-05-23 11:54:43 Choosing to sell your own home places you in the role of the real estate agent for your property with the benefit of allowing you to keep the commission you would normally have to pay a real estate agent to sell your home.
This commission fee can be up to 6% of the total sales [...] Read more:Owner
REIT’s: Advantages and Benefits 2008-05-28 13:06:24 The advantages and benefits of owning a REIT (real estate investment trust) are numerous. REITs are a great way to capitalize on the high-end real estate market, while leveraging only a small amount of capital. Pooling financial resources with other like-minded investors facilitates the process and opens the door to lucrative opportunities that were otherwise [...] Read more:Advantages
, Benefits
PropertySold Mentioned in Ottawa Business Journal 2008-07-09 16:57:31 Gabi Fish our likeable Vice President has been busy lately making the rounds in the media helping to spread the word about the private sale industry.
Recently, Gabi was interviewed for an article in the OttawaBusinessJournal
titled:
“Remodelling the Real Estate Agency“.
Gabi Fish Interviewed by the Prince Albert Herald 2008-07-09 16:54:33 Gabi Fish, Vice President of PropertySold.ca Inc. was recently interviewed for an article in the PrinceAlbertHerald
entitled “Housing market still strong in P.A., says Realtor”.
Please find the entire article on the Prince Albert Herald website.
PropertySold.ca Inc. To Sponsor Python Development 2008-07-29 10:25:14 A large part of the success that PropertySold.ca Inc. has achieved has come from the efforts of the Open Source Community. When we began our business in 2004 we needed to find a low cost way to quickly develop and test our website ideas.
Python
was the development tool we turned to in combination with [...] Read more:Development
, Sponsor
Real Estate Email Scams: If it Sounds To Good To Be True 2008-08-18 11:21:59 Selling your own home using the for sale by owner method is a great money saving idea. Unfortunately, as with any medium that allows for email communication there are scammers who will attempt to pray upon your eagerness to sell.
When putting your house up for sale on the internet you need to be aware that [...] Read more:Email
, Estate
, Real Estate
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Halloween Website Statistics Roundup 2008-10-27 14:21:51 The entire real estate industry has been in turmoil for several months now due to the sub prime mortgage meltdown and the credit crunch that followed it. While the National Association of Realtors® said September home sales are up by 5% over the same period last year they also said that the average sales [...] Read more:Halloween
, Statistics
PropertySold Releases Web Statistics for Advertisers 2008-12-15 16:21:25 For those companies interested in advertising with PropertySold.ca, Inc. please download and view our 2008 Website Statistics
package. We put this package together for advertisers so they can verify our traffic and pageload statistics as well as get an idea of the geographic areas where our service is the most popular to help you [...]
PropertySold.ca Adds Banner Advertising Service 2008-12-15 16:14:36 After popular demand we have added a banner advertising service for real estate related businesses in Canada. Several advertising options are available depending on what area of the site you want to advertise on.
Please see the details of our banner advertising packages including options and rates:
PropertySold BannerAdvertisingService
What Renovations Will Yield The Highest Return When I Sell? 2008-11-27 15:49:20 The top three renovations you can do to your home with the highest rate of return are:
Bathrooms (75 - 100% return)
Kitchens (75 - 100% return)
Interior and exterior painting (50 - 100% return)
Other top renovations with a high rate of return are:
Replacing roof shingles (50 - 80%)
Replacing the furnace and heating system (50 - 80%)
Renovating the [...] Read more:Renovations
, Return
, Yield
Is For Sale By Owner A Safe Method To Sell Your Home During Economic Uncertainty 2008-11-27 15:20:09 The world is currently experiencing an overall economic slowdown and tight credit markets where lenders simply aren’t lending. The impact thus far has been mostly felt in the United States, Europe and Asia but even with the world’s top ranked banking system will Canada be able to avoid an economic slowdown or recession? [...] Read more:Economic
, Owner
, Uncertainty
Do I Need A Real Estate Lawyer When Selling Privately? 2008-11-27 13:36:35 More and more people these days are opting to not use a real estate agent when selling their home and are instead listing their homes as for sale by owner. There are many benefits to selling your home yourself rather than going through a real estate agent. When you sell your home yourself, you do [...] Read more:Estate
, Lawyer
, Real Estate
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