Thoughts & Happenings

Getting the Oakville home of your dreams really is as simple as following a few steps. You’re going to want to get financing before you start looking for a home, and then you’re going to want to think about selling your current home if you own one. You’ll want to contact us so we can help you find the right home, and then we’ll help you make the right bid. Once your bid has been accepted you’ll need to get the home inspected to look for issues before you buy. When everything is settled you’ll need to prepare for the big move. It’s just that easy!

Your home is your greatest asset, and we don’t mean just selling it! The equity you hold in your Oakville home can be used in emergencies or to pay things off. Years of care and maintenance will pay off when it comes time to sell your home, but only if you’re careful. You don’t want to just let anyone handle your greatest asset, you want the best to do it! When you’re ready to sell your home let us help you. We’re professional Oakville realtors who will help you from beginning to end in the home selling process.

A buyer’s market means that conditions are favourable for you getting a good deal on Oakville real estate; this doesn’t have to mean that the prices will be extremely low either. You don’t want to buy a cheap house, you want to buy a great house that you can sell if you need to. Here we’ll discuss what a buyer’s market is and why Oakville is one right now.

People love lovely homes, and if you want to sell your Oakville real estate you’re going to want to make sure that your house stacks up. We’ve moved beyond tidying up a bit and taking some nice photos to sell a house; you’re going to have to remember that people look at a dozen houses on average (many see much more than this) before they settle on one. You’re going to have to attract a buyer and imprint on them that this is the house that they want to buy. Here we’re going to go over a few ways you can use landscaping to sell your Oakville real estate, so let’s get started!

Where people roam, there is always some sort of drama unfolding. Who needs that when you’re just trying to buy Oakville real estate? Here we’re going to go over the 4 Golden Rules for buying a home; from securing your financing to closing out the deal, you’re just a few steps away from buying your own home! Remember that it pays to understand what you’re doing with this, so make sure that you’ve done your research and you’re completely prepared to buy a home before you get started.

If you’re searching for creative ways to sell your Oakville real estate, you may be tempted to go all out on designer trends. You may be remodelling and redesigning your home right now just so you cans ell it down the road, but if you give into today’s design trends you’re going to have trouble tomorrow selling your home. Buyers will also be able to figure out when you bought the home or last updated by little things you wouldn’t believe. If you want to make your home interesting to buyers, you’re going to need to go beyond the current design trends.

We’ve talked a lot about staging here before, but we haven’t really spoken much about home staging mistakes that you can’t afford to make. When you’re selling your home you want to make sure that you’re doing it right; who has time to make a mistake and lose out on a great buyer? With interest rates at the lowest levels they’ve been in decades, you can’t afford to stay on the market any longer than you have to.

When we think about buying our first home, our second home, or even our forever home, we’ll usually have the image of a traditional house in our head. Most people think condos are expensive, and what about privacy? Here we’re going to discuss the benefits of buying a condo and how you can tell if they’re the right thing for you.

When you’re looking at Oakville real estate for sale, you need to be on the lookout. People are selling this house for a reason and it’s up to you to know what kind of reasons are leading them to sell the house. Has the neighbourhood gone downhill, or are they just retiring? Is everything on the up and up? There’s so many things that you have to think about before buying real estate, and here we’re going to go over a few things to check out before you put in your bid.

Hiring a home inspector if you’re buying or selling luxury real estate is important. Real estate for sale like condos, homes and other properties can be great investments, but you need to know what you’re getting into before you buy. Here are questions you should ask the home inspector (don’t forget to interview more than one!) before you hire them. Remember, a home is the largest and most expensive decision you’ll ever make!