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The Best Advice for Real Estate Buyers The global real estate market is one of the most lucrative markets in the entire world. This is a market that, like it or not, is constantly shifting its allegiances, and the result of that is that the market is always ready to shift into the next iteration at any given moment.

7 Important Repairs to Make Before Selling A House The most critical things to do to increase your home’s value before putting it on the market.

Buy Your First Home in One Year: A Step-by-Step Guide The ultimate timeline ensures the smoothest of transitions.

These are the eight sources of retirement income you need to know about Hopefully you have many of these, but be careful — the more sources of income, the more complicated your tax planning becomes

How to buy a house despite student debt Many people entering the traditional home-buying years already have debt - student loans, of course. And those loans can make landing in a new house trickier. "Although many Americans have student loans, mortgage companies will still evaluate these outstanding debts while making their decision to ap...

6 Ways to Tell If a Home Has Good Bones Whether you’re on the hunt for your next home or just casually perusing Zillow (yes, we do it too), it can be hard to know whether a property is a potential money pit or a diamond in the rough. Professionals in the industry know when a place has “good bones,” and so we’ve gathered together s...

The easy way to save $35,000 on a new home purchase Buying a house is probably the largest single financial decision people ever make - and it's a decision that's made with high frequency each year. Following the end of the steepest recession this country has seen since the Great Depression, total home sales have rebounded from nearly 4.6 million in....

Real estate industry needs to retool for the technological revolution ahead The future of work is uncertain. From blue-collar to white-collar to all the jobs in between, technological advances are likely to impact the nature and scope of careers. The real estate sector, traditionally slow in adopting technology, is even starting to feel the effects of disruption.

3 Things to Consider Before Buying a Home in Winter There are plenty of benefits to buying a home during the cold winter months. Generally, there are fewer people shopping for homes in the winter, which means you might have less competition when bidding on a house. Additionally, you have a higher chance of closing a deal - according to Zillow.

Selling a Home? You May Need to Make These Plumbing Repairs First Inspections are par for the course when selling a home, but when the inspector comes back and says something is wrong with the plumbing, sellers either panic or shrug it off and assume that it's the buyer's problem.

Should You Buy a Fixer-Upper? Home prices continue to rise, which is keeping many a renter out of the market. But, fixer-uppers present a potential opportunity. For starters, the lower prices create the affordability that is lacking in other segments of the market. So should you be looking for one? We're breaking down the pros a...

8 Lesser-Known Fees That Factor Into the True Cost of Home Buying Application fees, appraisal, inspection … a lot of little costs start to add up. Here’s how to be prepared.

Financial Advisors: How To Re-Imagine Retirement Strategies For The Boomer Generation Do you have clients approaching traditional retirement age but are still not sure if they can or should retire soon? Rest assured, you are not alone.

New Loan Limits Blow the Roof Off Mortgages For the first time, a typical borrower in the U.S. can take out a home loan for over half a million dollars and still get the very best mortgage rates. You won't have to settle for one of the higher "jumbo" rates that come with larger loans.

Can’t Afford A House In A Red-Hot Market? Co-ownership May Be The Answer Dana Brookman always wanted to buy property in Toronto, but the overheated housing market made that nearly impossible. Then she got creative.

Homes for sale: Which remodeling projects will help you sell your house Jay Rinehart, a realtor in Rock Hill, South Carolina, took over a listing for a house that couldn't sell after going on the market last year. One of the things he did was ask the seller to swap out an old bathtub faucet so it was consistent with the sink faucet installed in a remodeling a few years....

What retirement will look like in the future — and how you get there RBC’s Rick Lowes talks about how Boomers and younger generations can meet their savings goals

How to Know You Have Found the Right House When it’s time to find a new place, you may start with the highest of hopes, but by day two you’re ready to compromise. Looking at a house to buy or rent can be dizzying. After touring two or three properties, the details of each start to blend together and you wonder which one had that awful wa...

6 Tips For Staging When Selling Real Estate - Realty Times Real Estate agents and owners alike take many factors into consideration when wishing to sell a home, including where to advertise, whether to list with multiple agents, what and how much are similar homes priced in your area, setting a reasonable sales price, and enhancing the curb appeal of a hous...

How to Know You Have Found the Right House When it's time to find a new place, you may start with the highest of hopes, but by day two you're ready to compromise. Looking at a house to buy or rent can be dizzying.

5 Secrets Your Contractor Doesn’t Want You to Know You’ve asked friends to recommend great contractors, picked your favorite, checked references — and maybe even conducted an online background check on his business. So you know you’ve found a top-notch guy for your home improvement project.

What you need to know if you're making the leap from land owner to landlord Home ownership rates in Canada have stayed relatively constant over the past 20 years, hitting a low of 64 per cent in 1999 and a high of 68 per cent in 2013.

What to expect from the housing market in 2020 With low mortgage rates and a limited number of available homes for sale, the 2019 housing market brought both hope and frustration to prospective homebuyers. The good news is, next year is looking up for the housing market. Even as the economy slows, the housing market is expected to outperform oth...

Co-working is changing commercial real estate, says JustCo Kong Wan Sing of JustCo says it's "very tough" for a co-working space company to operate in various Asian countries that have different cultures and legal systems.

THREE THINGS YOU MUST CHECK BEFORE BUYING A HOME - Realty Times A home is a huge investment and a lot of things go down the line when securing a house that matches perfectly with what you have always dreamed of. It is important to make enough research and findings before finally settling for a home.

10 DIY Home Insulation Projects You Can Do in 15 Minutes A little bit of DIY home insulation can protect you from a drafty house and a scary energy bill. You can lower your heating and cooling costs by as much as 20% if you plug all the places drafts are sneaking in.

Are You Buying For The Right Reasons? - Realty Times Obviously, you can buy any type of home, in any location that suits you if you have the money and the good credit to pay for it. You are free to make a good choice or a bad one, to pay too much or to get a great deal.

Create A Home Office That Increases Your Property's Real Estate Value - Realty Times About 43 percent of Americans perform job activities from home, according to recent data from Gallup. Some are conducting business from home offices only half the week. Others occupy them full time. Many are Freelancers while a growing percentage of home-based workers are actually employed by compan...