Do you know someone who is a first time home buyer? We can help with Market Education.

Your first home will NOT be perfect. But it WILL be the perfect first step with your long-term goals in home ownership.

Think about the BEST location for your dollar. Keep it as affordable as you can. Getting IN is still better than sitting on the sidelines. Real Estate wealth is the long-term game.

2021-2022 – High prices, low interest rates

2023 – Low prices, higher interest rates

But really…. THESE rates aren’t anywhere near what we considered “”high”” historically.

Looking past all the media frenzy, the strategy should be:

“𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒆”

The expectation is and historical data shows that pricing is surely going to heat up.

So today’s “lower price” can benefit long term. You can always refinance or take a shorter-term mortgage. We have great partners to talk to about finance products that specialize.

But you STILL benefited from a lower purchase price.

Equity growth over time.

When is the best time to sell your property? I feel the best time is when the time is right for your family! I hear often it’s a bad time to buy it’s a bad time to sell. The market will always ebb and flow much like our lives. If you’re considering selling your house in the New Year, you probably have a lot of questions.

• How much is our house likely to sell for on today’s market? What should the listing price be? What are the selling costs?

• How long will it take to sell? What happens if our house takes longer than expected to sell?

• How do we prepare our house for the sale? Will we need to make any major improvements? Will we need to hire a contractor?

• What’s ‘home staging’? Will we need to hire a professional stager?

• What happens when we get an offer? What if the offer price is lower than we can accept? How does the negotiation process work?

• What happens after an offer is accepted? What happens on closing day?

• How do we find a new home while selling our current one? Besides a good real estate agent, what other professionals do we need? How do we find them?

Once you have answers to these questions, you’ll find you’ll be able to go into the selling process with a lot more confidence.

Right sizing is all about finding the perfect fit. Using all the space in the home effectively is important, and keeps your costs lower. To some it could mean upsizing, and to others, downsizing is the way to go! Peterborough has homes that can fit families at every stage they move through in life.

What is downsizing?

Downsizing is when you move to a smaller sized property. Perhaps your children have grown or headed off to post secondary school, and you are finding you have too much unused space. Create some extra time for you to enjoy your hobbies instead of maintaining an oversized home and large yard that no longer suits your lifestyle.

What is upsizing?

Is your family outgrowing your current home? Upsizing is when you need to move into a home that is larger than the one you are currently living in. Growing and blended family’s need room to roam! Maybe you are needing to create some extra living space for aging parents.

An important part of Right Sizing is determining your wants and needs. This makes creating your search criteria easier, so you are notified immediately when a new opportunity becomes available. We will work as a team to find the perfect spot.