Only a few floor plans remain at Pears on the Avenue! Image

Only a few floor plans remain at Pears on the Avenue!

As new home sales stayed steady through the summer and many builders and developers prepared for their fall releases and openings, happy homeowners at Pears on the Avenue moved into their new units! We remember visiting with Menkes on the Pears site up

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Barrie and Whitby are real estate markets to watch!

The latest report from Trimart Research Corporation highlights Barrie and Whitby as a couple of the hottest new low-rise markets in the Total Market Area (TMA) at the moment. The Gallery by Barrie’s largest builder, Pratt Homes, was a huge success and

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All the documents you will need to qualify for a mortgage

​​​​​​​You got your pre-approval, you picked out your first home at a builder’s sales centre, and now it’s time to get your mortgage. No big deal right? Think again. Depending on your financial situation and employment, it could be a challenge.

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Kingmeadow Wins Three DRHBA Awards of Excellence

Awards season treated Minto well this year. Not only did they win four BILD Awards last week, their Kingmeadow community in North Oshawa also won three Durham Region Home Builders’ Association (DRHBA) Awards of Excellence!Kingmeadow, one of Minto’s

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Havelock Town Manors: Coming Soon to Markham!

Some builders just have a knack for scoping out great plots of land, and Briarwood Homes is one of them. This week, we would like to present to you, one of their highly anticipated low-rise developments, which is headed for Markham. Introducing, Haveloc

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Community Building Beyond Bricks and Mortar

I?m proud to be a member of Canada?s home-building industry, and it bothers me when builders are portrayed in the media as greedy bad guys concerned only with our own bottom lines.

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Midhaven Homes: A Leader in Environmental Sustainability

In our recent series about What Homebuyers Want, sustainability was a recurring topic. We highlighted a few builders and developers who are leading the way with green initiatives, discussed some green technology that we may see in homes in the near

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Spring Valley Village: Coming to Brampton!

For the past few months, we at the Toronto Star's NewInHomes.com have noticed that builders are getting better and better at incorporating the natural surroundings into their low-rise communities - and Royal Pine Homes is no exception.

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2013 Industry Awards Recap

The Massey Tower by MOD Developments What better way to kick off our “Best of 2013” theme than to highlight some of this year’s award winners?The Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) Awards of Distinction and the Building Industry and Land

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How to Engage Homebuyers on Facebook

Facebook is the largest social media network with over 1.11 billion users in the world. Imagine how many potential homebuyers are on Facebook right now? New home builders can not only connect with existing clients but also reach potential buyers too.

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