Donna Bacher, Broker, Royal LePage State Realty Brokerage

A few months ago, the three offices of Royal LePage (RLP) State decided to participate in Royal LePage's National Garage Sale to raise funds for the Shelters in local communities. It's RLP's second year for this campaign and RLP State Realty's first year. The initial concern by the event organizers was getting donations..but ...

Last spring, we saw the Provincial Liberals throwing Kleenex out the windows of their Happy Bus named "Majority", as they announced the introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax, effective July 2010. Of course they were aware that their humble subjects were living through the worse financial meltdown since ...

I really try to approach my day to day life in a calm and logical fashion...seeing that over the years I've actually given up on trying to plan what my tomorrow will look like, quietly succumbing to reality....and that old saying "you never know what tomorrow will bring". Heck, years ago, the act of buying and selling a house was ...

Exactly where does misleading information come from? As a property owner, I jumped up to put my ear closer to the radio the other day when I heard the news announcer state that there was good news...the real estate market had now become a "Sellers Market"!!! Sales were up in September. The Real Estate sector was on it's way to a ...

Trading in Real Estate in the Province of Ontario, is governed under the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA 2002). The Act outlines who can sell Real Property in the Province..and there are many groups excluded from the Act. Auctioneers, Lawyers, Banks and property owners can all trade in Real Estate to one degree or another. Yes, the ...

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that one of the most difficult scenario's we face as Realtors, looking out for the best interest of our Clients, is dealing with an offer that materializes within the first 48 hours of the property going on the market. If we have done a thorough Comparative Market Evaluation, really researched the ...

Statistically, 5 % of all homeowners decide to sell their homes privately. This was the statistic 25 years ago, and this is still the national average today. The only thing that has changed over the years is society itself. Realtors are salespeople with houses as inventory. There are many times that we don't know the people who's home ...