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SellingRenovating Before Selling: Worth It?An $80,000 kitchen renovation—and the buyer wants to replace it? Renovation costs do not automatically translate into a higher selling price.Watch & read
Local LivingMarkville Mall: Where Are the Future Phases?Markville Mall redevelopment in Markham: where are the later phases? Led by Cadillac Fairview (CF), the broader concept covers four phases and about 4,500 homes, retaining the existing mall.Watch & read
BuyingLower Mortgage Rate or Lower Home Price?When buying a home, is a lower mortgage rate or a lower purchase price better over time? Compare purchase price and interest over the same period, rather than rates or monthly payments alone. For illustration, the same home in Rouge Woods, Richmond Hill sold for $2.151M in 2022 and $1.680M in 2025: a $471,000 price difference.Watch & readBuying · Local LivingPrices eased in September. How should buyers prepare?Fewer sales, far fewer new listings, and prices down about 5% on a year ago.Watch & read$1,868,000asking, at the time of the tourNewer or renovated? A detached home in Observatory HillObservatory Hill, Richmond Hill4 bed · 5 bath · approx. 2,744 sq. ft. + finished basementWatch the tour$658,000asking, at the time of the tourMarkham 2-bed condo: 2024 sales in the $800Ks vs. $658K asking8 Water Walk Drive, Unionville, Markham2 bed · 2 bath · approx. 742 sq. ft. · parking + lockerWatch the tourSellingSelling your home? You don't have to host the buyersStaying for a showing can turn buyers into guests. Step out, and let them look properly.Watch & readCondos · BuyingCondo vs townhouse: what does it cost to keep each home?A two-person Markham budget example, broken down month by month.Watch & readMoving & RetirementPlanning to downsize? Work out what you keepLook at the sale, the next home and the monthly costs together, not just what the big house sells for.Watch & readBuyingNo rate hike, so why are fixed mortgage rates rising?Fixed rates follow bond yields and lenders' funding costs, not the Bank of Canada's policy rate directly.Watch & readCondos · Local LivingToronto's "city of cranes": today's starts and future condo supplyLots of completions now and fewer new condos later can both be true at once.Watch & readNothing matches yet.
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