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Toronto Agents Sales Drop 16% in May
2008-06-06 14:23:00 According to a recent Toronto Star article, real estate agent sales dropped 16% in May. This is the 5th month in a row that existing home sales have dropped in the Greater Toronto Area. To add to this news, new listings increased 15% in May. New listings, plus a drop in sales, signifies a change ... More About: Real Estate Market , Agents , Sales , Drop
Fastest Growing Canadian Companies - ByTheOwner Ranks Again!
2008-06-03 16:06:00 ByTheOwner.com is proud to announce that, for the second year in a row, we have been ranked as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Canadian Companies ! In this year’s edition, we ranked at #111 on Canadian Business Magazine’s Top Fastest Growing Companies! Canadian Business is Canada’s top magazine for news, opinion and community information for business leaders, ... More About: Real Estate Market , Ranks
Real Estate Agents Cost Even More?
2008-06-03 15:44:00 How much does using an agent cost? Real Estate agents charge anywhere from 4-7% commission, plus GST. That can amount to a lot of money. But wait?the news gets worse? There is no tax to pay on the increase in value of your primary residence when you sell. For example, if you buy your home ... More About: Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Agents , Cost
Sold in 2 Days With an Open House!!!
2008-05-30 01:53:00 Our Open house success stories continue! The most recent is from Scarborough Ontario: Owner’s testimony Wow! I can’t believe we helped our mother sell her house on the very first day we had our open house…that’s only less than 2 days after posting our listing on ByTheOwner.com!! The open house was a success, people were attracted to ... More About: House , Real Estate Market , Days , Open House
OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND: Get Ready for Great Weather!
2008-05-23 20:52:00 After a wet and cold long weekend, we can look forward to sunny skies and warm weather this weekend. Sunny weather brings out lots of buyers! Click here to check the weather is your area: Local Weather Currently there are more than 350 open houses scheduled for this weekend! Toronto leads the way with 54 OPEN ... More About: House , Real Estate Market , Open , Great
More OPEN HOUSES and More SOLD Homes
2008-05-12 20:41:00 ByTheOwner.com had more than 350 Open Houses last week. May is Open House month and lots of our customers are opening their door and bringing in all the buyers. This is also helping sell more homes! Here a few sold homes from last week… along with their testimonials. “It’s been a great experience using ByTheOwner.com, ... More About: Real Estate Market , Homes , Sold
300 OPEN HOUSES LAST WEEKEND
2008-05-07 16:07:00 ByTheOwner.com’s customers are opening their doors to buyers. There were more than 300 open houses scheduled last weekend. Open Houses are a great way to bring buyers and sellers together. Here are two recent testimonials of a customer that sold by doing open houses: SOLD IN 2 WEEKS SOLD IN 3 WEEKS ByTheOwner.com More About: Real Estate Market , Weekend
ByTheOwner April 2008 Webstats - Visitors grow by 43%!
2008-05-02 16:11:00 ByTheOwner.com?s website statistics for the month of April 2008 : Website visitors increased from 694,507 visits in April 2007, to 990,641 in April 2008. This is a 43% increase in website visits from April 2007 to April 2008. Pageviews increased from 6.0 million page views in April 2007, to 8.2 million pageviews in April 2008. This is ... More About: Real Estate Market , Visitors , Grow
You Don?t Need Home Staging?
2008-04-30 19:16:00 So, you think you don?t need Home Staging ? You have decided to sell your property. You love the home decorating shows on TV. You have good taste and you house is well decorated. You are ready to put the property on the market. But, are you really? I often hear this kind ... More About: Real Estate Market
Advantages to having an Open House
2008-04-28 19:22:00 Advantages to having an Open House There are many advantages to having an open house including: Managing Your Time: People who sell privately need to minimize the time spent on the sale of their home. Open houses can be a great way to do this. Not everyone has the time to keep their home clean all the ... More About: Real Estate Market , Open House
Open House Tips
2008-04-28 19:19:00 Open House Tips An Open House is your time to shine as a private seller! It?s also your home?s time to shine and get sold! Here are some tips to make your open house go great… Be Prepared: Your Home You can spend the morning before an open house making sure your home is in perfect condition ? ... More About: Real Estate Market , Open
May Is OPEN HOUSE Month On ByTheOwner.com
2008-04-28 19:08:00 It was a long hard winter: Record snow falls, cars stuck, streets closed! Those days are all behind us and Spring Is Here! The birds are back, and the grass is green so it’s the perfect time for an OPEN HOUSE! ... More About: House , Real Estate Market , Open , Open House , Month
For Sale By Owner Uses Home Stager
2008-04-16 16:24:00 Canada.com has a interesting article on a home that was listed with an agent for 2 months with no luck. “The real estate agent’s strategy was that I reduce the price”, but instead the owner decided to sell their home privately and also use a home stager. The home sold in no time at all! To ... More About: For Sale , Real Estate Market , Home , Sale , Owner
ByTheOwner.com reaches 6,000 Properties For Sale
2008-04-15 14:18:00 ByTheOwner.com recently reached 6,000 properties for sale in Canada! This is a significant milestone for us, as we only reached 4,000 properties for sale in June of 2007. In less than 1 year we have increased our online inventory by 50%. At this pace, we should reach 10,000 homes for sale in 2010. For ByTheOwner.com, ... More About: For Sale , Real Estate Market , Sale , Properties
40 Year Mortgages
2008-04-09 16:39:00 In Today’s Toronto Star, Ellen Roseman writes about some of the potential hazards with 40-year mortgages. To read the article you can click here: Homeowners facing hidden hazards with 40-year mortgage… www.ByTheOwner.com More About: Real Estate Market , Mortgages , Year
Agents? Sales Drop While ByTheOwner.com Sales Increase
2008-04-04 14:54:00 An article in today’s Toronto Star reports that MLS sold properties in the GTA dropped 22% in March. This is in addition to an 11% drop in February, and a 2% drop in January. So far this year MLS sales in the GTA have dropped approximately 13%. Some of the reasons given for the drop ... More About: Real Estate Market , Agents , Sales , Drop
Freakonomics: Interesting Stats on Real Estate Agents
2008-04-04 00:35:00 I recently had the pleasure of listening to the author of Freakonomics, Steven Levitt, speak at York University. In his book, Freakonomics, has talks about the power of information and those who attempt to keep it from the public in order to exploit it for their own gain. He raises some interesting points about real ... More About: Interesting , Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Agents
ByTheOwner March 2008 Webstats - 1.1 Million Visitors!
2008-04-01 22:49:00 ByTheOwner.com?s website statistics for the month of March 2008: Website visitors increased from 748,256 visits in March 2007, to 1,120,287 in March 2008 . This is a 50% increase in website visits from March 2007 to March 2008. We set a ByTheOwner.com record with 1.1 million website visits per month! Pageviews increased from 6.7 million page views ... More About: Real Estate Market , Visitors , Million
Home Inspection Information
2008-03-13 20:37:00 A recent Toronto Star article has some useful information on home inspections. The article can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/309 881 www.bytheowner.com More About: Information , Home
Canadian Realtors? New TV Commercials
2008-03-13 20:06:00 The Canadian Real Estate Association has begun to air TV commercials trying to promote using a real estate agent over selling your home privately. You can view the commericals here: http://www.realtor.ca/commercials.htm www.bytheowner.com More About: Realtors , Real Estate Market , Commercials
ByTheOwner February 2008 Webstats - FSBO Visitors Pass 1 Million!
2008-03-04 00:28:00 ByTheOwner.com?s website statistics for the month of February 2008 : Website visitors increased from 677,244 visitors in February 2007, to 1,040,248 in February 2008. This is a 53% increase in website visitors from February 2007 to 2008. We passed 1 million website visitors per month! Pageviews increased from 6.0 million page views in February 2007, to 9.1 ... More About: Real Estate Market , Visitors , Pass , Million
ByTheOwner.com Ranks 4th in Canada!!!
2008-03-04 00:03:00 ByTheOwner.com is currently ranked as the 4th most visited real estate website in Canada by Comscore Media Matrix. Comscore, is a world wide leading internet measurement company. A January, 2008 report on real estate websites, listed ByTheOwner.com and our french website DuProprio.com as the 4th most visited website behind mls.ca, remax.ca, and royallepage.ca. The report ... More About: Real Estate Market , Ranks
Realtors Report a Big Drop in Sales
2008-02-21 16:38:00 There is an article in today’s Toronto Star entitiled “Realtors Report a Big Drop in Sales ”. The article points out that during the first 2 weeks of February, the city of Toronto’s agent sales dropped 18%, while the suburbs of Toronto dropped 11%. Also mentioned is that the Canadian Real Estate Association stated new listings ... More About: Real Estate Market
ByTheOwner in Toronto Life Magazine
2008-02-15 18:40:00 There is a great article in this month’s Toronto Life Magazine . Featured is one of our customers who saved more than $30,000 in commissions. Click for full More About: Real Estate Market
Kitchener Waterloo New Home Builders
2008-02-13 21:22:00 ByTheOwner.com welcomes all our new builders listing homes in the Kitchener Waterloo Region. Current builders include: Freure Home s House smart Bayfield Homes Granite Homes Chris and Sons Builders lmt Sun Point Homes Verdone Homes Valleyrauss Homes All the builders receive an extensive listing for their properties including their logo, photos, listing information, as well as links to the builder`s website. Each builder also ... More About: Real Estate Market
Sold in 2 days and saved $23,000!!!
2008-02-12 15:11:00 The spring real estate market might be starting early this year… ByTheOwner.com has seen our website traffic increase by 90% over last year and we are working hard to keep up with the demand. We have been adding servers and streamlining the website in order to handle the increased visitors. Last week we received more ... More About: Real Estate Market , Days , Sold
Moving out of your house
2008-02-11 22:26:00 There was an interesting article in the Toronto Star about what happens when you are moving out of your home. The article points out that the home need to be vacant when the new owners move in. To read more, click on the link below: Toronto Star article: House must be completely empty when sale closes www.bytheowner.com More About: Real Estate Market , Moving
ByTheOwner January 2008 Webstats - FSBO Visitors Approach 1 Million!
2008-02-01 14:59:00 ByTheOwner.com?s website statistics for the month of January 2008: Website visitors increased from 677,030 visitors in January 2007, to 973,095 in January 2008 . This is a 44% increase in website visitors from January 2007 to 2008. We will soon be passing 1 million website visitors per month! Pageviews increased from 6.2 million page views in January ... More About: Real Estate Market , Visitors , Million
ByTheOwner.com featured in the National Post and the Financial Post!
2008-01-31 14:34:00 ByTheOwner.com was recently featured in the National Post and the Financial Post. The articles focuse on our owner, Nicolas Bouchard, and our growth since 1997. The articles can be read by clicking on the link below: National Post Article Financial Post Article In the past 3 months, ByTheOwner.com has been featured in: The Toronto Star The Halifax Daily Star The Vancouver ... More About: Featured
ByTheOwner.com is a proud supporter of the Ambassador London Program
More articles from this author:2008-01-29 18:20:00 ByTheOwner.com is pleased to announce that we are a proud supporter of the Ambassador London Program . It is a grassroots campaign that assists to shape the image of London as a place of global importance and influence where all can flourish - economically, socially and culturally. To help educate potential home buyers we have included ... More About: Real Estate Market , Proud 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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