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What is Your Walk Score? For my Russian Speaking Audience

Buying, In Russian, Investing in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge / Victoria Slawich

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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Should I Close my Home Purchase and Sale on the Same Day?

Buying, Selling / Victoria Slawich

People decide to move for many reasons – relocation because of a better job, a growing family, a better neighbourhood, etc. Once you decide moving makes sense to you, you have to decide whether it makes more sense to buy first or sell first. During home and selling process, you will have to make another

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To Buy or Sell first?

Buying, Selling / Victoria Slawich

Working as a full time realtor, I’ve heard this questions hundreds of times – what is better for us to do – to buy or sell first? The answer depends on a current market performance. We agree that selling takes strategy, and buying takes experience. Before to start your real estate purchase or sale, make

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Landlords in Ontario are getting younger

Buying, Uncategorized / Victoria Slawich

Interesting information can be found in a new May 2018 CIBC report. Here is synopsis of the report: Every fourth Canadian homeowner is already a landlord. People rent out either their primary residence or their rental properties. Sometimes even both; The average amount they earn in income is $1,287 each month; 72% of homeowners believe

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Foreclosure Sale. For My Russian-Speaking Audience

Buying, In Russian, Investing in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge / Victoria Slawich

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

Buying, Investing in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Real Estate Market, Selling / Victoria Slawich

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

Buying, Condominiums, In Russian, Investing in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge / Victoria Slawich

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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OREA marijuana action plan

Buying, Condominiums, Selling / Victoria Slawich

Current federal legislation will allow inhabitants to grow up to four plants inside their homes starting from July this year. There are concerns that buyers and sellers of residential real estate maybe harmed because of this law. Harvesting cannabis indoors even on a small scale leads to high humidity and temperatures inside. This creates the

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Property lines and fences

Buying, Selling, Uncategorized / Victoria Slawich

Owning a property, it also means to have neighbours. I will agree with a saying that a good neighbour increases the value of your property. The other expression states that good fences make good neighbours. But a good fence always means at least one condition that it is on a correct boundary (property) line. Is

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Closing costs for home-buyers

Buying / Victoria Slawich

Are you ready to purchase your home? This information can be really useful for the first time home-buyers. Do not forget about the closing costs. It is difficult to tell an exact amount, but rough estimation will be 1.5-2% of your purchase price. This amount will cover the following: Ontario Land Transfer Tax. The biggest

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