Don’t you just love it when guests arrive from out-of-town and you get to play tourist in Niagara? Just recently my cousin Stacey stopped by for a one day visit. We spent so much time touring Pelham that we didn’t even make it all the way to Niagara Falls. We started off at the Pelham Visitor Information Centre located at the Log Cabin in Fonthill and then we stopped in at Lookout Point Golf Club. The Niagara vista, even from the vantage of the parking lot, is absolutely ...

According to an October 1009 International Monetary Fund working paper entitled " Is the Canadian Housing Market Overvalued? A Post-Crisis Assessment" the Canadian hosuing market has reached an equilibrium position. The conclusions of the report are transcribed below. Full report attached here: wp09235.pdf CONCLUSIONS: In the last few years, home prices have first risen significantly in Canada, especially in the western provinces, and then declined markedly. This paper uses an ...

Have you ever thought about which rooms are the most important to your buyers? When it comes to preparing your home, you need to consider how your buyer would view the rooms.

From deposits to moving expenses, and everything in between, buying your first home involves more than just saving for a down payment. That may be the largest cost, but there are other things youll need to plan and budget for. Watch this clip to help note some of the upcoming expenses. For more information, visit http://www.FitToBuy.ca

We recently received an update from Climate Action Niagara (CAN) about the status of the Provincial program for Green Housing grants. According to Jane Hanlon, Executive Director of CAN, "There has been little media attention because the government is hesitant to include a budget to advertise a program that may only be around until the next budget" Hanlon adds that "As long as homeowner’s have their initial audit done shortly (pre-budget), they’ll have ...

Kudos to the City of Welland for the recent launch of the “Made in Welland” marketing campaign. www.madeinwelland.ca As local real estate professionals, our work of attracting new residents to establish themselves in our community is greatly enhanced by the support provided by public sector marketing initiatives. The "Made in Welland" promotion program showcases the extraordinary successes of Wellander’s Anthony Lacavera, Sophia Aggelonitis, Terry ...

The Canadian Press recently published an article titled Federal bureaucrats sound alarm over murky water data based on a review of an unpublished federal report obtained under the Access to Information Act. The article concludes that, "There appears to be insufficient understanding of how much water is presently available; where available water is located; how severe Canada's regional water availability issues are; current and forecasted demands for water usage; and the anticipated impacts ...