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With interest rates still at record lows, many of our clients are finding that it's the perfect time to purchase a home, or refinance and unlock built-in equity. Starting November 1st, we've made doing business with The Mortgage Group even better! How? Upon closing we'll give you our $500 gift. B...
10/30/2009
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The following is great article written by Ottawa home designer Rosemary Valeriani. Once you decide to sell your home it becomes a product, and as such you must compete with other products on the market. To have an edge on competitors you must present your home to potential buyers in the best pos...
10/29/2009
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According to a recent article in mortgagebrokernews.ca, nine out of 10 homebuyers in Ontario continue to value energy efficiency when making home purchases and a bigger number are willing to pay extra for it. These were some of the findings of the fourth annual EnerQuality survey released today....
10/20/2009
You may have heard recently about how “tight” the Ottawa re-sale housing market is. When you look at the figures provided by the Ottawa Real Estate Board (OREB), you know that the fall market will continue to be a challenge for those who are looking to buy. There were 1,220 residential properties...
10/08/2009
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Mark Kerzner has been named the new president and chief operating officer of The Mortgage Group by the brokerage's founders and will work out of a new TMG office in Toronto. "TMG's roots are in B.C. and it has a strong presence out west, but this is a great opportunity to further expand into the...
10/02/2009
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Looking to beautify your home or neighourhood? The City of Ottawa has a Trees, Reforestation and Environmental Enhancement (TREE) Program a tree planting program that you can take advantage of. Started in 2007, the City hopes to plant 100,000 trees by 2010. To reach the City’s goal, Ottawa resid...
10/01/2009
Many homeowners are utilizing the equity they’ve accumulated in their homes to tap into Home Equity Loans or Home Equity Lines of Credit, sometimes referred to as a HELOC. They’ve made the decision to use this equity for important expenses, like some of these scenarios below: • With the Home Reno...
09/22/2009
Xceed Mortgage Company is looking to expand its horizons in the Mortgage and Loan Business according to MortgageBrokerNews.ca. Currently while most of their mortgages are uninsured, they are looking to change this, and focus more on conventional loans. This is a large step due to the fact that th...
09/03/2009
OttawaMortgageSolutions.com was recently featured by real-estate marketing guru, Larry Easto, as an example of a content rich and visually appealing real-estate site. His article, "Content is King" is part of a series of articles he is writing on how to properly design and improve real-estate re...
06/22/2009
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Many of us in have heard about Habitat for Humanity, but did you know about the Habitat ReStore? In the Ottawa area, the National Capital Region Habitat for Humanity runs two nonprofit retail home renovation centres, where you can find tons of discounted 'previously owned' home hardware. The ReS...
06/15/2009