Last week MoneySense magazine announced the best place to live in Canada. No surprise to me that Ottawa reigns as number #1. Back to back champs! Based on employment rate, household income, health, weather, crime rate, transit and much more Ottawa has been ranked the best place to live in Canada 2017. Ottawa is not […]
MISSION To completely stage a Barrhaven single family home and have it launched back on the market within 24hrs. I got a call one morning from someone who had their house listed with a limited service brokerage. They were super unhappy and wanted a change. I met with him almost immediately. He offered me […]
RAINING SALES IN OTTAWA It was raining sales in the Ottawa real estate market last month. Amid one of the rainiest months ever, we also experienced the busiest real estate market in Ottawa history. We absolutely shattered the previous record by over 315 units. The Ottawa residential market has been hot for a while now […]
Home staging is such an important aspect of selling your home. In Ottawa, home buyers have lots to choose from. It’s important to make the right first impression. These Ottawa sellers worked with our staging team to make sure their house sparkled when it hit MLS. They ended up selling in a week for […]
Our staging team last month did an extraordinary job transforming this home. Having the rooms painted made a significant difference in the results. Check out the before and after pictures below. As our staging team walked into this house back in December, we knew it needed to be painted. The homeowners were very reluctant and it took […]
The balanced market of the past few years has seemed to evaporate overnight. The market is extremely competitive right now in Ottawa. A shortage of good inventory and favorable demand has shifted the balance towards the sellers. Bidding wars are once again a common practice here in Ottawa. The exception this year is that some […]
The Ottawa Real Estate market is heating up. Price gains for both residential and condo units are up 5.3% year over year. The average sale price of a residential property was $415,467 and $272,597 for condos. Sales are up 28% over last year and we are just shy of the all-time record for March […]
I represent many buyers looking to purchase new homes in Ottawa. Often times clients are asking what upgrades they should do. Beyond the obvious upgrades such as kitchen, flooring, and bathrooms, here are some other upgrades that often fly under the radar. 1. Outlets Under Eaves Adding outlets underneath your eaves with a switch […]
According to the OREB the average sale price in Ottawa last month jumped 8.5 per cent to $417,400 from February the previous year. There were over 1000 transactions which is higher than the previous five years. The February average over the past five years was 872. This higher-than-usual transaction reduced the inventory of available homes but we consider […]
Early this year my clients were all set to hit the market. We had a price locked in and papers were signed. Before hitting the MLS my stager Heather met with my clients and put together a game plan to get the house ready. They had it freshly painted and every room was wonderfully […]
