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2011
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Need an Agent? Why Not Choose St. Joseph? Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B.March 19th is the feast of St. Joseph who has become known as the Patron Saint of real estate. The original connection was probably made because St. Joseph was a carpenter. And, rumour had it that he could...
03/20/2011
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Tree Thieves Ontario Real Estate SourceBy Brian Madigan LL.B.Now,you might think that I'm talking about people who steal trees. I'm not. I'm talking about trees that steal property for you!Obviously, these are good trees to have! What they do is this. They take property that belongs to your neig...
03/20/2011
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbours Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B.From Hadrian's Wall to the Great Wall of China, thousands of years before Robert Frost's prophetic words, neighbours have struggled with the age-old problem of constructing fences.Just where to put it, is answered ...
03/20/2011
Matrimonial home ~ Special Rights Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B.There are special considerations that apply with respect to a matrimonial home.In most cases, people believe that if a couple is married then the house is split 50/50. Others, usually older people think that the w...
03/19/2011
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Here is an anonymous e-mail making its rounds in Missisauga: A commentary on the status of in trust deposits $825,000 deposits lost in Mississauga Town House Project by 16 owners. My wife and I put $75,000 into a solicitor's hands, in trust, to purchase a new town house. This was many years ago, ...
03/19/2011
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TERM POSTED Preferred RATES 6 Month 4.45% 3.95% 1 Year 3.50% 2.70% 2 Year 3.75% 3.25% 3 Year 4.35% 3.27% 4 Year 4.99% 3.79% 5 Year 5.34% 3.74% 7 Year 6.14% 4.79% 10 Year 6.50% 4.99% Variable Rate 2.20% Prime Rate 3.00% If you require a referral to a mortgage broker, then please call me at 905-79...
03/19/2011
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ORES Real Estate Index for February 2011 Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B.Here is the "ORES REAL ESTATE INDEX" which tracks the average resale prices of single family homes and condominiums in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). It also tracks certain benchmark comparisons such as th...
03/18/2011
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How St. Patrick Discovered the Americas Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B.The Irish have for centuries been grouped together in large families known as clans. When one group gets too large there may be a splinter group. The son of someone named Neill would start a new family calle...
03/17/2011
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Beware of the Ides of March! Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B.That was good advice given by a soothsayer to Julius Caesar although he did not heed the warning.The words were made popular by William Shakespeare in his play "Julius Caesar".In real estate, it is significant because ...
03/15/2011
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Terms Bank Rates Preferred Rates 6 Month 4.45% 3.95% 1 YEAR 3.50% 2.64% 2 YEARS 3.75% 3.29% 3 YEARS 4.35% 3.55% 4 YEARS 5.14% 3.84% 5 YEARS 5.44% 3.82% 7 YEARS 6.34% 4.99% 10 YEARS 6.65% 5.19% Rates are subject to change without notice. *OAC E&OE Prime Rate is 3.00% Variable rate mortgages from ...
03/15/2011
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