This weekend, an email landed in my junk folder, where it belonged. The subject line was unremarkable, but the offer inside was worth a double take:“Click to purchase Instagram followers. 1,000 for $100,000 for $100.” The pitch was as absurd as it was revealing. It reminded me of how often the real estate industry—particularly at…

So I’m doing a little homework for a seller and stumble across a home listing. Everything looks pretty normal… until I get to this part in the comments: “Great news! Rental items have ongoing exceptional maintenance! Furnace + Hot Water Tank ($140/mth), Water Softener ($81/mth), and Security System ($45/mth).” And I thought… wait a second.…

I promise this post contains zero pie charts, zero jargon, and absolutely no expectation that you’ll need a calculator. Now, let’s talk about something that comes up a lot:Someone recently said to me, “There are so many homes for sale right now—it’s clearly a buyer’s market, right?”And my answer (which always feels a little like…

Here is where we are currently – in the past month, this has been the activity. (Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington detached homes for the month of April) Total homes available: 1,009 Homes sold April/25: 304 Price reductions: 8 When you look at where we began in 2025, we had 446 homes for sale. This shows that…

There’s a saying in real estate: “When a buyer tours a home, nothing with two legs or four should be present.” Translation? Ideally, neither sellers nor pets should be home when potential buyers stop by. Why? Because it’s a bit tough for buyers to imagine themselves living in a space when the current residents—human or…

I read a fascinating article over the weekend in the New York TImes over the weekend titled “Building Homes Under the Trump Agenda.” This is not intended to be a political blog entry, just a breakdown on how new home construction will change under the tariffs and counter-tariffs. The article reviewed a home being built…

In 2016 our federal government implemented a policy that was met with mixed reviews. Called the “stress test,” the policy required borrowers to qualify for a mortgage at a rate of 5.25% or 2% higher than the rate they were applying for. (Whichever was greater.) When this policy was introduced, the Bank of Canada lending…

Have we “Progued” the Real Estate Market? Prorogue is a word that has been bouncing around over the past few months here in Canada. If you are unaware what it means here is a definition; To terminate a session of something (such as Canadian parliament) by Royal prerogative. (BTW this is not a political blog……

The stock market is declining, and the Dow Jones is currently at 42,500, effectively the same as at the beginning of the year. The high was in November, and stocks have been unreliable since. The real estate market is currently building inventory, which usually indicates that the values will slip. So, the question I was…

We here at Buy Sell Love Durham, Lindsay Smith and Wendy Starr have had the best start to a year than any in the past decade. We hit the ground running in early January and it paid off. However, and I mean a big, however, here we are at the first of February with a…