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Can You Use Home Equity to Buy Another Property?

When you have equity in your home, you can tap into that and, if you’re strategic, use it as a way to build long-term wealth. There are a lot of ways you can capture equity to build wealth. For example, you can pay off higher-interest debt or make home improvements that ...

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12 Home Staging Tips

The most common rooms that are staged are the living room (93%), kitchen (84%), owner's bedroom (78%), and the dining room (72%).2 Of course, time and money determine the level of staging that is practical for your home. Try to employ the following techniques in as many rooms of the house ...

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The Home Buying Process

DOWN PAYMENT: The minimum down payment in Canada depends on the purchase price of the home: • If the purchase price is less than $500,000, the minimum down payment is 5%. • If the purchase price is between $500,000 and $999,999, the minimum down payment is 5% of the first $500,000, and 10% of any ...

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Top 8 Reasons to Hire a Real Estate Agent

Selling or buying a home is likely the most important transaction you will ever make. The process can also be long, tedious, complex and frustrating. Hiring a real estate agent to take you through this process in offers a number of benefits. They include: 1. Knowledge and experience. The real estate agent ...

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Dangers Of An Over Priced House

Squander the early days Listings get the most showings in the first 30 days of being on the market. If a home is priced too high, buyers may choose to ignore it or put it in a “wait and see category.” The longer the home sits unsold, though, the more negatively ...

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Selling Your Home For Top Dollar

Stage Your Home Seventy-seven percent of realtors agree that it’s easier for a buyer to visualize a staged property as a future home, Staging the living room for buyers, followed by the master bedroom and the kitchen were found to be most important. Create a Digital Home History Buyers today seek homes that ...

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