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Getting your home ready for sale need not take expensive renovations and extensive remodeling. Sometimes all you need to do is some smart and inexpensive tweaks to make small changes that buyers can appreciate. Here’s a list of affordable tweaks that you can do before listing your home for sale.

Designed by David Small and built by Bachly construction, the quality of this home is outstanding. Comes complete with a full Tarion Warranty.

With over 5,600 total square feet of stylish living space this home provides large principal rooms in an open concept floor plan - perfect for those who love to entertain. The foyer features a double storey ceiling and stunning open riser wood staircase. Oversized windows throughout the entire home light up every room with natural light while creating an architectural eye-catching feature.

Unexpected touches, cute patterns, and the smart use of colour can make dullness a thing of the past. With spring just a few weeks away, a quick swapping of accessories might be all you need to revive your kitchen. Below are some of the colourful and creative accent ideas you can use to transition your kitchen into spring.

Beautiful family home loaded with features on a quiet street in Coronation Park. Great ceiling heights on all levels. 4,200 square feet above grade. Beautifully re-finished hardwood floors, solid core doors, and crown moldings.

Main level offers 10' ceilings. Family room has cathedral ceilings and gas fireplace. Clean white kitchen with granite counter tops, large island and quality appliances. Dining room has crown molding and recessed lighting detail. Great mudroom with access to garage and backyard.

Selling a home fast isn’t always about location and price, sometimes it’s all about staging! Below are some expert and insider tips on how you can stage your home to make it more attractive to potential buyers.

Beautiful suite at one of Oakville’s most luxurious condominium buildings – Bluwater Condominiums!

This one bedroom, one bathroom condo has 10-foot ceilings throughout, creating an open and airy feel. A private entrance foyer such as this one is rarely found allowing for a nice space to welcome your guests. The top of the line kitchen with built-in European appliances, upgraded waterfall Caesarstone countertop, marble tile backsplash, and expanded pantry cabinetry over looks the living room and dining room and is perfect for those who love to entertain. Expand your indoor living space and walk out to your private outdoor terrace with an additional 220 square feet of living space with beautiful cedar enclosure and gas BBQ hook-up.

Halton Region was no doubt a seller’s paradise in 2016. The average home price shot 20.8% compared to the previous year, placing the average home price for the region at above a staggering $800K!

Burlington, Oakville, and Milton have had significant increases in home prices and units sold with only Halton Hills showing a slight decrease as can be seen on data collected from the monthly and quarterly sales figures of Toronto Real Estate Board.

Designed by renowned architect Bill Hicks, this magnificent home boasts a strikingly open ambiance, with spaces soaring to two storeys in the foyer, great room, kitchen and main floor master bedroom. Located steps to the lake on one of Southeast Oakville’s most prestigious streets, on a 0.37acre lot with ideal western exposure.

Natural light pours down from a sizable skylight, while interiors are beautifully garnished with intricately detailed mouldings, ceiling patterning and fireplace surrounds. Impressive Bellini kitchen and servery provide fine Wolf, Sub-Zero and Miele appliances. A beautifully crafted spiral staircase leads from the main floor master bedroom to sizable an office loft.

It looks like 2017 will be another red-hot year for Toronto and the GTA’s housing market according to a new forecast by the Toronto Real Estate Board. The new TREB forecast predicts 110,00 resale homes will find new owners in 2017, making this year the 3^rd consecutive year that sales are projected at more than 100,000 homes. More so, the TREB forecast predicts that the average price for resale homes would go up around 10% to 16% to about $825,000 this year!

Fabulous 49-acre vacant land awaits all investors/dream home builders! Gently elevated site in a tranquil private setting. Approximately 25% lies within Kirkwall rural settlement area. Small tree plantation area adds to the beauty. Many opportunities to create a lifestyle! Close to highways, Rockton, Cambridge, Westfield Heritage Village. Buyer to verify their use/taxes.