first time buyers

  Buying your first home is a major adulting milestone. Your own home comes with independence and the pride of ownership. However, it also means responsibility and increased costs of living. Thus, wisely choosing your first home is key to successful homeownership. First home buyers will often look for smaller homes, fixer uppers and condominiums, mainly because of its price tags. Here are five...

  If you are reading this, then it can only mean one thing – you are gearing up to buy your first condo and you want everything to be absolutely seamless. But will it? The truth is although the thought of buying your own place can be invigorating and exciting for the most part, it can also be an exhausting and scary affair too. Especially when you hardly know where to start and how to go about it....

  The real estate industry has become a bone to contend with over the past couple of years. Between being considered as part of an individual’s retirement nest egg and being a source of personal wealth, it isn’t that hard to see why more and more people seem to be more vested in the cause now more than ever. And as the increasing interest in real estate continues to surge on upwards, Canadians...

  Many Canadians are curious as to how our nation’s hotter than ever real estate market and new mortgage qualifying rules have affected individuals entering the Canadian real estate market for the first time. Is buying a home in Canada’s amped up real estate market an unhealthy financial risk for first time buyers? Are less Canadians able to buy their first homes? Recent research done by...

  Productivity is what everyone is always trying to improve.  The amount of time I've wasted reading articles about increasing productivity is ridiculous.  And yes I see the irony in it.  The latest productivity hack, the so-called experts are saying now, is that the most productive hour is 4:30 am.  This is where I draw the line and say "get off me bro".  What...

You did it!  You purchased your first property!  Tell Mom and Dad thanks for the 20 plus years of hospitality but you are leaving now.  Sure they will miss cooking for you, picking up after you and doing your laundry, but I'm sure they will get over it...eventually.  Like many first-time buyers you were probably drawn to a condominium as it had the affordability and convenience you were...

    Happy New Year!  It's the first day of what could be a very epic year for you!  We at Condominiums.ca wish you the very best!  If wealth building, buying your first condo, or making a property move is on your resolution list, than we have the tools ready to make it a joyful experience for you.  Start your search here today!  If you are not starting your search...

  Something about this time of year reminds us of a fresh start, a New Year if you will.  Perhaps it is still instilled in us from our schooling years that the new year/grade starts now.  Well whatever it is there is a "get up and go" attitude in the air. Give new life to your New Year resolutions that you made and haven't done!  With interest rates still low and only going up, now...

January 2013.  It's a new day, a new month and a new year.  What are you going to do with it?  Have you been thinking for a while that you would like to buy your first condo, or an investment condo, or that it is time to make a move from your current living situation?  Is this the year you are going to do it?  Buying a property is always a big decision and should not be taken...

With 10 days left to Christmas it's hard to focus on much else.  Days seem to be filled with last minute shopping, Christmas parties and family gatherings.   However, if your goal is to buy a condo in 2013 than don't forget to keep your eyes on the prize.  Fill your letter to Santa with things you will need to help furnish your new place.  And if you have parents like the ones...