Donna Bacher, Broker, Royal LePage State Realty Brokerage

I don't think that anyone will argue with the statistics that the majority of people are making their initial searches on line when they're considering making a move. With that being said, it has become more important than ever to make sure that the pictures we use on line tell the best story possible! Getting great pictures isn't as ...

Royal LePage Real Estate has just provided us with the 2010 Housing Trends! Real Estate....a great investment that provides you shelter! http://docs.rlpnetwork.com/rlp.ca/PressReleases/100107_trends.pdf

If you're like most North Americans, your home is absolutely the largest investment you have....and when it comes time to sell it, make sure that you get every single cent of what it's worth! You've decided that a move is in your immediate future. Regardless what the reason is behind this decision, how you ...

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 ...

Fall always seems to be one of the busiest times of the year in Real Estate and this year doesn't seem to be an exception to the rule. Even though it's already the end of September, the market seems to be just waking up with a tremendous amount of vigour. As we went into the recession, many people would ask me if I was concerned about the ...

Believe it or not, that is probably the question I get asked most seconded by "How much did they pay for it?" These are very silly questions and if you are using them "STOP" - RIGHT NOW! Why? First, lets take a look at "How long has it been listed for?".  Unless you have the full story on the listing, you may ...

Summer can be the best season to really showcase the exterior of your home, but on the other hand it can be the most labour intensive time. Here are some tips to simplify the outside while you try to maintain the inside! 1) Trim back bushes every couple weeks; trimmings are small and will compost easily. 2) Use mulch!  Even if you ...

Kudo's to Kathy Renwald for writing such a wonderful article about Hamilton and it's incredible housing market for the Toronto Star! There's no doubt that we're seeing a migration from the North.....but when you can truly get much more...for much less...the rest is simply the logical result!  HAMILTON Twice the house ... half ...