As you’re imagining your new dream home, you’re likely picturing luscious hardwood floors, stunning granite or quartz countertops, and magnificent floor-to-ceiling stone surrounding the fireplace, but there is one element throughout your home that ties everything together: custom light fixtures.
Unlike the United States where mortgages can be a fixed-rate term for a whopping 30 years (what a commitment), here in Canada, we have much shorter terms. Although the full amortization of your home will likely be 25 years, the current term–or contract–with your lender will be much shorter. This is beneficial to both you and your lender: rates fluctuate, market demand fluctuates, and a shorter term means both parties are in better control of their part of the agreement.
You never thought it was going to happen. The sun was gone so long you thought maybe we'd be doomed to live in perpetual darkness and snow forever. But alas, spring has now arrived and fresh green buds are popping from tree branches. We can rejoice that the long winter is over, but it also means it’s time to whip your home into shape.
If you’ve ever seen a basement in an older home—like one hundred years old or more—you’ll know that basements were never intended to be an additional living space. Many homes had dirt floors, and it may surprise you to know that foundations were nothing more than large stones held together with mortar.
Of course today, a foundation like this would never hold up, especially in our fluctuating climate. These old homes would use the basement space, if at all, as a cold cellar to store canned and jarred foods.
A sustainable neighbourhood filled with pillowy trees, crystalline water, and endless winding trails where one could get lost in a daydream, Artesia is host to one of South Calgary’s most spectacular bungalow models.
It may seem obvious: timing is everything when it comes to selling your home. But how do you predict the right time to list your home, especially when you're planning to purchase or build a new home? There are two different types of housing markets, and one is far more beneficial to the other as a homeowner looking to sell your home. One is a buyer’s market, and the one most beneficial to you is the seller’s market.
