I had a conversation years ago with a client who owned a make-up studio. She was looking at homes and suggested that looking for homes was similar to being single and looking at profiles on dating apps. She mentioned, “if the profile doesn’t look appealing you swipe and move on.” I feel that when Buyers are searching for homes, they use a similar approach. I am seeing a ...Read More

One of the biggest cost components when buying a home is Land Transfer Tax (LTT.) This essentially is sales tax on property. There are several costs involved when closing on a home that has been purchased; Lawyer fees, LTT, disbursements and HST. The lawyer fee covers the transfer of ownership and common disbursements include, title insurance, registering mortgages, property tax adjustments etc. H...Read More

  I have always had a curious mind and love exploring why people do what they do when it comes to Real Estate. I also love to use my expertise and experience in Real Estate to determine where people drive our property market. Honestly, I have a good grounding of where we are, and some inkling of where we are heading in Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington so let’s look at a snapshot of activi...Read More

  Even in the wild west people like Billy the Kid operated under a set of rules. When walking into a duel, it was understood that both men drew their guns at the same time. Real Estate in Oshawa is currently going through a “Wild West” period with few rules or common ways of doing business going as sideways as our prices. Let’s start with prices and how a low inventory mar...Read More

Let’s ponder a few predictions: Oshawa Detached home average:   $931,000 Oshawa Semi-Detached average:    $703,700 Oshawa Attached average:              $686,400 When you look these numbers over, are you shocked? Surprised? Or are you smiling with a “thumbs up” gesture? To put these numbers into perspective, the average det...Read More

Between July 2019 to July 2020 over 50,000 people left Toronto — enough people to make up a small town. Where did they move to and what caused them to pack up and move out of a town so many have dreamed of living in? Let’s dig in and see what is causing the migration. Is it because the rental rates in Toronto are increasing? Nope! A report from November 2020 shows that earlier in...Read More

  The numbers are in and homeowners in Oshawa are thrilled at how much the values have increased in their properties over the past year. Buyers, might not share the same sense of excitement. Or maybe they are smiling at how “low” our prices are in town. Let’s dig in and see how things look to locals, and people from out of our area. I had the opportunity to speak with a hom...Read More

Looking into a new year it is easy to be blinded by the newness, like a shiny new toy. When I think of the natural cycles of when properties sell it reminds me of my youth: driving way too fast in my family’s car and seeing the road ahead with a slowdown as we climbed the first hill, then speeding down for miles and miles only to slow as we hit the next hill and again feeling like my stoma...Read More

  2020 started out with the promise of a high school prom. Lots of planning, primping in front of cameras and teary-eyed parents… only to end up with the car on a tow truck and teens hiding behind a police officer. Then by graduation, the kids rallied, and honours were given to most of the students. Well, Real Estate was kind of like this – Boom, shut down, uncertainty followed...Read More

Is it a dream or a nightmare? You fall asleep and picture being at an amusement park, watching your kids sitting in a car climbing one of the highest roller coaster hills you have ever seen. Once they get to the top, they drop like an elevator with its wires cut, only to disappear out of sight below the ground. Time passes slowly and finally, the car returns above ground, climbing an even steeper...Read More