Finding your dream home can be tough in the Canadian market. As prices and interest rates continue to rise, the dream of once owning a home with your partner can often feel like it’s slipping away.  However, Wahi has a new and free house hunting app for couples that is here to help. With the Wahi app, couples can finally purchase a home with confidence and get closer to landing their perfect abode. With Wahi’s collaboration feature, couples can easily peruse through house listings together in an exciting, new way.  Couples are able to keep track of each other’s listings and even rece ..read more

A Toronto real estate agent posted a picture of a $799,000 house that appears to be burnt down on TikTok saying it’s perfect for first-time homebuyers on a budget.  The agent, Ruthie Miller, was half joking. Miller’s real estate career has run parallel to being a stand-up comedian. She found the run-down house as she was trying to look for a place to invest in herself. Though she wasn’t the seller of the house, she thought posting the entertaining video on TikTok would attract more buyers to it. The Yorkdale-Glen neighbourhood home is placed on a 25 x 130 ft. lot and the listing includes ..read more

Some Canadians don’t think a longer amount of time to pay off their mortgage will make it more affordable to buy a new home.  On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that first-time homebuyers purchasing new homes can receive 30-year amortization periods on insured mortgages, starting on Aug. 1. Amortization refers to the length of time it takes to pay off the entire mortgage loan, which is estimated based on the interest rate, according to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC).  Currently, if a down payment is less than 20 per cent of the home price ..read more

A new reality TV show unveiling the opulent inner workings of Toronto’s Luxury real estate market is set to premiere later this month on Prime Video.  Luxe Listings Toronto follows the multi-billion dollar business dealings of powerhouse real estate agents Peter and Paige Torkan and their fiercest industry competitors at The Starke Group. Peter is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Agency Toronto, renowned for its roster of exclusive clientele, and Paige is a broker whose reputation precedes her in the luxury real estate game.  Their business adversary, Brett Starke, is presiden ..read more

Everyone dreams of buying their dream house, however, those aspirations are far out of reach for many, including Canadians. And according to a recent study from RBC, not owning a home could actually hurt you in the long run as Canadian renters apparently face more challenges accumulating wealth than homeowners. According to the financial institution, home ownership is the top way to stack a person’s wealth in Canada. That’s because almost half of household wealth amassed over the past 30 years were a direct result of residential real estate. Sounds like an easy enough fix to just buy a house ..read more

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