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What is Your Walk Score? For my Russian Speaking Audience

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What is your walk score? Каков рейтинг пешеходности вашего дома? Просматривая объявления объектов недвижимости, выставленных на продажу, мы все чаще наталкиваемся на оценку удобства их расположения для пешеходов, так называемый walkability level. Еще пару лет назад, никто и не думал соединять жилую недвижимость с рейтингом высокой или низкой пешеходности (walk score в свободном переводе автора), […]

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Foreclosure Sale. For My Russian-Speaking Audience

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Все мы люди образованные и периодически встречаем информацию о том, что есть мол такие дома, которые банк забирает у должников и продаёт намного дешевле себестоимости. Кому-то из нас, возможно, приходилось видеть на улицах города табличку “bank owned”, стоящую около дома. И мысли сразу начинали работать в направлении: “А вот бы… А неплохо было бы сейчас

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Kitchener-Waterloo home prices in May 2018

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Let us look at Kitchener-Waterloo homes sales in the previous month, and how this statistics looks in a historical context. According to KWAR (Kitchener-Waterloo Association of Relators) May 2018 was quite active – 12.5% up compared to April 2018, and down 15.3% compared to May 2017. All of us still remember the frenzy sales in

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Condo or freehold? For my Russian-speaking audience

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Итак, вы иммигрируете в Канаду. Переезд в другую страну связан с решением многих проблем – работа, жильё, школа для детей, новый круг общения и т.д. Но прежде всего, конечно, крыша над головой. По опыту могу сказать, что этих “крыш” вы смените несколько и столкнётесь с их многообразием. Вот как различается жильё в Канаде: Большая часть

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Ontario’s new residential lease form

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Starting April 20, 2018 landlords of most residential rental units (single detached homes, semis, townhouses, apartments in duplexes, triplexes, etc., condo apartments) must use a new residential lease form for all new leases. Relationship between landlords and tenants is still governed by the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act. Then what was the purpose of the new

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The Impact of Walkability on Real Estate Prices in Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge

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We already talked about walkability in out earlier post – Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge neighbourhoods with highest Walk Score. Let’s look how walkability affects home prices. The basic theory in real estate is that the more attractive the location, the higher the value of the home. Since 2007 The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) released

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Waterloo region neighbourhoods with highest Walk Score

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The basic theory in real estate is that the more attractive the location, the higher the value of the home. What is Walk Score®? It is an organization that measures the walkability of any address, based on walking distances to amenities, including grocery stores, supermarkets, coffee shops, movie theaters, parks, pharmacies, restaurants, schools, libraries, gyms,

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Kitchener-Waterloo real estate sales March 2018 – region remains an attractive market for sellers

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Kitchener-Waterloo real estate sales March 2018 – region remains an attractive market for sellers, and a competitive market for buyers. Looking at the numbers of Ontario Real Estate Association March 2018 report, you can think that the real estate market can may be stagnating in Ontario as a whole. But not in Kitchener-Waterloo. Region with

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