Time for Your New Home Purchase? Determining the Type of Home for your Needs.

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Planning your New Home Purchase? Which Home Style is Right for you? When it’s time for your home purchase, you should determine where you want that home located. Then you need to consider the type of home purchase you want to make. Each home style has it’s benefits and drawbacks. Condominium If you do not […]

Saskatoon Events for April 2017

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Saskatoon Events Calendar – April 2017 Saskatoon has plenty of annual and seasonal events to keep you busy. No matter what your interests, there is something for everyone. I am happy to provide a schedule of these events for April 2017 in Saskatoon, your city to call home. April 5 – 9th: 2017 Canadian Mixed […]

Staying on Top of Spring Home Maintenance

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Flowers may not be blooming just yet, but spring is right around the corner. Staying in your home or preparing to sell? Either way performing regular maintenance is important to keep your home in top shape, and save you money. We hope this “Spring Home Maintenance” guide will help you check off  all of those pesky […]

Oh Saskatchewan! Ten Things you may want to know about Where you Live.

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Saskatchewan is know as the “Land of Living Skys”, as well as for producing the best CFL fans. Many great things big and small. Saskatchewan is also home to active sand dunes and where do you think the first ATM’s were used? Cypress Hills Cypress Hills is located in the southwestern corner of Saskatchewan. The […]

Immigrating to Saskatoon? Cheap Way to Live

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Immigrating to Saskatoon? As newcomers, you may have a tight budget to survive until you find a job to make living. Some newcomers (such as students) don’t have enough money to buy basic stuffs they want to start  life here. If this is the case, how do you start your new life in a simple way or how […]

Canadian Housing Starts Surge, Permits Edge Down

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Canadian housing starts rose more sharply than expected in December and November building permits were also firmer than anticipated, separate reports showed on Tuesday, suggesting Canada’s long housing boom may not be over. Canadian housing starts surged 10.6 per cent in the final month of the year, well past already rosy expectations, as builders broke […]

Selling your home? How to stage your bathroom

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Bathroom Staging Tips When you go to sell your home, every room needs to be shown off in the best light possible. One of the most important rooms to get right, is the bathroom. Bathroom remodels can be costly, but there are a few easy tricks you can do to turn a ho-hum bath into […]

On a Variable Rate Mortgage? Consider This

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Variable Rate Mortgage Got some great information from the RBC recently about a variable rate mortgage. If you are currently on a variable rate mortgage, below is some information to consider about the current rate situation. There is no need to panic about this info, it is just solid info to help you make a […]

One of Canada’s Big Banks Predicts Rate Hold until 2019

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With variable mortgage rates closely tied to the overnight rate; it is great to hear that the TD Bank forecasts the Bank of Canada overnight target rate will remain unchanged until 2019. With continued lower rates, this makes purchasing a home more affordable. The record sales month that we seen in August also points to a positive […]

Saskatoon Real Estate Market: August 2016 is Record Month

August was a record month for real estate sales in Saskatoon. The total dollar value for sales was just over $210M this past month, eclipsing the previous best August performance which was $180M in 2013. This is great news for the Saskatoon real estate market as 2015 year-to-date sales were down 10% at the end of […]