Donna Bacher, Broker, Royal LePage State Realty Brokerage

There was a time when a modern kitchen featured sleek blue metal cabinetry...state of the art built in ovens and electric range top stoves. Flooring was impressive "cushion" flooring and every high end home sported a Formica counter top, adorned with a 4 slice toaster, corning ware "electric" coffee percolator and a ...

You've finally found the perfect house! After hours of nerve racking offer negotiations, your Real Estate Sales Person gives you a welcomed phone call..."your offer has been accepted!" Home buyers feel many emotions when they hear that they've been successful in getting a place they can call home; excitement, joy, ...

With an out of control well spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, many people are once again nudged into thinking about renewable and greener energy sources. There's absolutely no doubt that we're not interested in going back to a time without electricity or home heating...we've been developing renewable energy solutions for years ...

Recently I sold a bright young couple their very first home, and as usual, I accompanied them on their home inspection. This Inspector has been the choice of many of my clients over the years, and I always feel confident that he'll do an excellent job. On this particular home, we were aware when we submitted the offer that there was a portion ...

Harry Stinson explains on Dailywebtv.com how the purchase of a condo in the new Stinson Street School Loft complex can be a carefree and rewarding investment opportunity!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ys2og5gNp0

Once upon a time, I had a house built complete with a wonderful high efficiency furnace. During the second winter, right in the middle of a cold snap, the furnace quit. That was to mark the beginning of a long love/hate relationship with the temperamental monster in my basement. I lived in that house for 4 years, diligently cleaned my ...

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 ...

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 ...

OK...once again....if you're asking this question....STOP! Right NOW!!! I am always amazed at the number of buyers who are more concerned about what the Seller paid for a home,  rather than being concerned about the type of value it displays "In the now". Here's a hypothetical example. The Smiths live at 54 City Drive, and ...