Wednesday 9 October 2013

Beware of sale guarantees

"Your house sold, GUARANTEED!"

Sounds good, right?  Well, this ad headline may not be promoting an offer as good as you think.  Let me start by saying that I am not saying agents who use a sale guarantee program are unethical, but you should walk in to the conversation with your eyes open. 


Tuesday 8 October 2013

September 2013 Housing Starts in Hamilton CMA Down: CMHC

Housing starts in Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 2,451 units in September compared to 2,827 units in August, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR)(1) of housing starts.

Monday 7 October 2013

September property sales close to record


(October 7, 2013 – Hamilton, Ontario) The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported 1207 properties sold through the RAHB Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) system in September.  This represents a 32.9 per cent increase in the number of sales over September of last year and is only one sale shy of the September record of 1208 sales set in 2009.