Gerry’s Blog
Deciding to place your home on the market this fall? That’s great! Getting your home ready for sale is just as important in the fall and maintaining curb appeal requires different attention then in the spring and summer. Follow these six tips for selling your home this fall, and you might just get it sold…
About the time pumpkin spice lattes hit the menu at your local café you may want to have your house ready to hit the market. Why? Next to spring, fall is arguably the best time to sell your home. In fact, it may even have some advantages over the spring market. Read on to learn…
Despite the coronavirus pandemic leading to a so-called Great Resignation that has produced a labour shortage in North America and Europe, fewer Canadians are embracing entrepreneurship, bucking the growing trend south of the border. Before the global health crisis, there were close to 2.9 million self-employed Canadians. Today, Statistics Canada data show a little more…
Every city has a suburb, and these areas have become hotspots during the course of the pandemic – and with good reason. They provide a great balance between the excitement of city living and the peace and quiet to be had out in the outskirts. There are many advantages to living in the suburbs that…
Renovating your home is a big decision and often an expensive one. After weeks or months of planning, saving money or acquiring financing, your dream home is finally within sight! Be warned, however, completing these renovations requires thorough research if you hope to stay on budget. Renovating is exciting and friends, family and neighbours will…
Industry observers anticipated the Canadian real estate market would slow down ahead of the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) monetary policy tightening crusade. It could be challenging to fathom, after the unprecedented growth of Canada home prices and market activity during the last two years. According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales…
Like the Ontario housing market, the British Columbia real estate market is at the epicentre of Canada’s current correction. For the last couple of years, it looked like the Western province would not experience even a modicum of a slowdown. Be it the astronomical growth in the Vancouver housing market or the growth in Victoria,…
If you are in the market for a condo, you will have noticed an abundance of possible amenities that vary according to the condo facility. All the extras seem like they could be great for your lifestyle (seriously, who wouldn’t want a spa or a cinema in their building?), but when push comes to shove,…
It only takes a few bad decisions or a few months of hard times before your credit score plummets, and once it’s low, it can be very difficult to build it back up. Sometimes it isn’t enough to just make payments on time, and you might need a little help with building your credit history….
Is Canada’s housing affordability crisis as bad as it was a year ago? No. Is Canada’s housing affordability crisis still ongoing? Yes. The talk of affordability has dissipated in recent months as prices continue slipping from their peak earlier this year. Many financial institutions are anticipating declining prices heading into the new year, with projections…
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.