7/18/2019 | Posted in Mortgages and Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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The Ontario Real Estate Association is calling for less stringent mortgage rules in a rebuttal aimed at the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. ... More

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  9/21/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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The Ontario Government is planning to repeal legislation that would require home sellers to obtain a home energy audit before the sale. ... More

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  6/30/2017 | Posted in Home Buyers by Bashar Mahfooth
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New study reveals Canadians born outside the country view home ownership as a major milestone. ... More

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  1/9/2017 | Posted in First Time Home Buyers by Bashar Mahfooth
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The tightened mortgage rules introduced by the federal government last year are having a negative effect on the homebuying plans of first-time buyers. ... More

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  12/28/2016 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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A study by the Ontario Real Estate Association finds more Torontonians are eyeing detached homes, even though those properties are the hardest to find.  ... More

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  12/24/2016 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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The head of a realtor group in Canada’s largest province said he’d support a program that would lend first-time buyers cash to buy houses and get them out of their ... More

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  12/19/2016 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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High prices and tighter lending conditions aren’t dampening consumers’ optimism and enthusiasm for real estate in the Toronto region, where half of homebuyers still ... More

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  12/2/2016 | Posted in Toronto Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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First-time home buyers will pay more tax on an average priced Toronto home if City Council approves changes to the Toronto Land Transfer Tax (LTT). The City of Toronto's ... More

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  9/20/2016 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Bashar Mahfooth
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Residential sales activity reported through the MLS® Systems of real estate Boards and Associations in Ontario numbered 22,350 units in August 2016, an increase of 17.2 per ... More

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