I moved into my first home with my girlfriend in January, this year. We had been looking for a place for nearly a year before that, and there were many questions that came to mind as we were searching: What is the area like? What will the commute be like? Will we be able to [...]
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How to Find the Home of Your Dreams
25 Comments Kevin on Nov 28th 2011
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When Do You Need to Formalize Contracts with Your Significant Other?
Is it necessary to draft up formal agreements with the one that you love? How about… a prenup, that most dreaded of words? (no, this post won’t be about prenups ) When we make deals with strangers and business contacts, we usually specify the details of our business arrangement in the form of a contract. [...]
17 Comments Kevin on Jul 29th 2010
When looking for a new home, one of the most important attributes of the home is the amount of living space that is going to be available. There are a lot of different items and tradeoffs to consider, such as where you are in life now, what needs you’ll have in the next five years, [...]
36 Comments Kevin on Jul 27th 2010
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Should I Go with a Fixed or Variable Rate Mortgage?
As some of you might know, we recently made the decision to purchase a condominium. As the unit is still under construction, we won’t be able to move in until sometime in January. The long period of delivery posed a problem when attempting to get a mortgage approval from traditional places such as ING Direct, [...]
26 Comments Kevin on Jul 21st 2010
Filed under Opinion,Real Estate
Your First Home: a Condo, or a House?
When looking for your first (or subsequent) home, you have one big decision to make before you look further: “Should I get a condo, or should I get a house?” The decision depends on where you are in life, and what you are looking to get out of your new home. Condos have become all [...]
14 Comments Kevin on Jun 8th 2010
