Tips for Home Buyers

Buying a home will likely be the biggest single financial decision you’ll ever make.

If you’re looking to buy a strata unit – and especially if you’re doing it for the first time – the experience can be overwhelming. You find a place you love in a great building in a neighbourhood that fits your lifestyle, and then you’re presented with a stack of paper and told to read through it before making a final decision. The pile usually in...

Anyone who has scrolled through enough real estate listings will know that certain key terms come up again and again. “Quaint.” “Move-in-ready.” “Nestled.” There are a lot of them. There’s a good reason for this. As real estate agents, it’s our job to put our client’s best foot forward, and that means writing listings in a way that casts their home...

What should I look for when I’m touring an open house? This is a question I get asked a lot by clients – especially those who are new to homebuying. Most people know to look for the big things – location, neighbourhood, bedrooms, storage – but what about the less obvious signs, the little red flags that might not jump out at a first-time homebuyer...