By Warren McNeil, Many people are asking me if now is a good time to sell their house. I think the reason why they're asking this question is because of the HST. I'm not talking about the hubble space telescope, I'm talking about the new Harmonized Sales Tax that the Ontario government is impleme
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06/18/2010
10 Reasons Why Wellesley Ontario is a Great Place to Live By Warren McNeil This is an updated post to the one I did previously. I wanted to write about the small town of Wellesley but I didn't want to have to re-write everything that I wrote before. Therefore I am mixing the original post in wit
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06/14/2010
By Warren McNeil, Helpful video for people who are having difficulty selling their house. These are just a couple of reasons that might help. Transcript of video: Five Possible Reasons Why Your House Hasn't Sold Yet Putting your house on the market can be a very stressful. There are many thi
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06/10/2010
By Warren McNeil If you have been waiting for an Arrow Loft in Kitchener your wait could soon be over. After a long awaited delay, the builder (Auburn Developments) is working towards getting the project going again. They could have a model suite as early as fall if all goes well. They have been
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06/10/2010
Does a Fence Add Value to a House? By Warren McNeil We are in the process of adding a fence to our property. When we do home market evaluations we get lots of people who think that fences add major value to their house. I think fences are like pools in a way. They add some value to those who want
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06/04/2010
16 Million Canadians on Facebook By Warren McNeil, I was surfing some of my favourite news websites and I came across this article Canadian Facebook users now number 16 million According to the article 912,000 people signed up for a new account in the past month. That is an unbelievable amount of
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06/02/2010
By Warren McNeil, In the midst of all the news that is going on in the world, I read a newsarticle today that I found really disturbing! It downright makes me mad!! The incident took place in Stratford which is about 30 minutes from Kitchener-Waterloo. Here is the article on Canoehttp://cnews.can
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05/31/2010
Buying an Investment Property For College/University Bound Students in Kitchener-Waterloo I recently helped a family who had a daughter going to the U of W. They were looking to buy a house so that she could live there with a couple of friends during her term at the university. The reason why the
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05/30/2010
By Warren McNeil, Today Mel and I went for lunch at an awesome little cafe just west of Elmira. The cafe is a mennonite run operation and was formerly the Club 86. The restaurant had all of the charm of a quaint little country cafe. Prices were amazing. We both had soup, sandwich, pop, coffee and
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05/27/2010
By Warren McNeil, What are your plans this weekend? Camping, BBQ/Cookout, house cleaning or just lazing around the house. Whatever your plan, if you are a in Canada, you will have an extra day. Victoria Day or May 2-4 weekend is this coming weekend. This weekend to me is the official start of su
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05/21/2010