2014 Toronto Fall Home Show Coming Soon!
It’s that time of year again - the 2014 Toronto Fall Home Show is only a few days away! Between September 18 and September 21, Better Living Centre at Exhibition Place will be bustling with home related exhibitors, new homebuyers, and those generally
How to Prevent Ice Damming on Your New Home
The temperature is rapidly dropping, and the Weather Network is predicting a lot of snow and a deep freeze for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) later this week. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Canadian winter without a few big dumps of snow. We recently posted
Home Responsibility Checklist
There are many things that need to be done to maintain your new home.
Frank Lloyd Wright Home 74 Years in the Making
By Penny MunozOne of the six unfinished Usonian homes designed 74 years ago was finally completed recently on the Florida Southern College campus. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to be affordable houses in the mid-1930’s depression era, many of these
Saving for a Home
Getting a down payment and your finances in order is one of the hardest things when buying a home.
TARION: Get to Know Your New Home Warranty
By TarionIf you’re thinking about buying a new home, you’ll soon be introduced to a whole new vocabulary – agreements of purchase and sale, addendums, and Tarion. If you aren’t already familiar with Tarion, you’ll want to be. Tarion is the regulator of
In the Works: Opus Homes
Opus Homes consists of the third generation of the DeGasperis family - a family deeply rooted in southern Ontario’s new homebuilding industry. The main focus for the team at Opus Homes is to provide you with energy efficient communities by using
Selling prices increase for all housing types, except detached homes
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its monthly resale report for October 2017, announcing a dip in Greater Toronto Area (GTA) home sales for all housing types. In total, there were 7,118 sales reported through the MLS last month, a significant
Carter Work Project building 150 homes for Canada 150
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) just announced that the governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $1.2 million in Habitat for Humanity’s Carter Work Project to help Manitobans become homeowners.“This announcement is truly
Only 15 Homes Available at Usshers Creek!
It was less than a year ago when we first heard word of Granite Homes’ luxury community Usshers Creek in the Village of Ariss (just northwest of Guelph). We were intrigued by the limited amount of lots and the large lot sizes. Well, homebuyers will get
