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Markham Real Estate Blog, Page 3
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How multiple offers work in Ontario: offer dates, bidding and what you are told
What a competing offer situation is, what a seller's agent must and must not tell you plus how a buyer can check the number of offers with the regulator. -
How Selling Your Markham Home Works, From Decision to Closing
A map of the sale in the order it happens: who does what, what you sign and where to find the detail on each stage. -
Wismer Commons School Boundary: What Buyers Need to Know
Most people who buy in Wismer Commons are not chasing a particular style of house or a stretch of trails. They are chasing a school. -
Markham Home Value: What Your Home Is Really Worth
Markham covers a wide stretch of York Region and treating it as one market is where a lot of sellers go wrong. -
Best Commuter Towns by Train in the GTA
Most people fall in love with a neighbourhood first. They like the streets, the schools, maybe a specific listing they saw online and only then do they check the commute. That order works fine if you drive everywhere, but it causes real regret for train commuters. -
Moving Up in Markham? How Porting a Mortgage in Canada Works
Keeping your current rate on a bigger home can avoid a large penalty, but only if the timing, the property and the lender all line up. -
Markham Village Homes for Sale: What Makes It Different
Markham Village sits along Main Street Markham, roughly between Highway 7 and 16th Avenue, east of Highway 404. -
How real estate commission works in Ontario: who sets it and what the agreement must say
The rules behind a seller's commission, from what the regulator says about setting the amount to the written agreement, buyer brokerage fees, holdover and HST. -
Wismer vs Berczy Markham: Which Neighbourhood Fits You?
Wismer, often called Wismer Commons, is in north central Markham. Its general boundaries are 16th Avenue to the south, McCowan Road to the west, Major Mackenzie Drive East to the north and Markham Road to the east. -
How Ontario's Estate Administration Tax Treats a House
The rate, the $50,000 threshold, how a home's value is worked out, what a mortgage changes and when the Estate Information Return is due. -
Selling a House in Probate in Ontario: The Certificate and the Order of Steps
A plain guide for estate trustees and families on when a sale needs probate, what Ontario advises about signing and how the steps line up. -
The deposit on a house in Ontario and how it differs from your down payment
What the deposit is, where the money sits while your purchase is pending, what protects it and how it relates to the down payment your lender asks for.
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