Are real estate asking prices for real or “fishing expeditions?”
Lindsay Smithindsay By Lindsay Smith/Real Estate Columnist If someone from the “sticks” decided to make a move to Oshawa the first thing they would notice about the local [...]
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Oshawa: From factory bungalows to high-end luxury homes
Lindsay Smith By Lindsay Smith/Real Estate Columnist There was a time when Oshawa catered to a community based around factory workers and their families. Homes were valued in [...]
An immigrant’s memories
Bill Fox By Bill Fox/Columnist August 24, 1951, I arrived in Canada as a four-year-old with my younger brother and my mom. I was born in Birmingham, England, while dad was [...]
Needs not Wants
Bill Fox By Bill Fox/Columnist Looking back on your life, when were you happiest? For some of us, it has little to do with material goods. For example, my happiest memories [...]
Mortgage rates are rising. Will buyers choose to wait?
Lindsay Smith By Lindsay Smith/Real Estate Columnist Common sense should inform we super bright people that when the mortgage rates increase, as they have in the past week, [...]
The future of Durham Region real estate according to my crystal ball
Lindsay Smith By Lindsay Smith/Real Estate Columnist I found my crystal ball, (buried at the back of my closet) polished it up and it had some interesting reflections and [...]
Signs of our times
Bill Fox By Bill Fox/Columnist A Johannesburg gas station has become quite a landmark with its daily #PetrolPumpWisdom – inspiring quotes and messages written on a [...]
Can I have my pet turtle in my real estate pictures?
Lindsay Smithindsay By Lindsay Smith/Real Estate Columnist I had a conversation years ago with a client who owned a makeup studio. She was looking at homes and suggested that [...]
10 thought starters
Bill Fox By Bill Fox/Columnist I’m thankful for loyal readers that sometimes forward articles that they think I will like. Below is a recent one written by an unknown [...]
For the love of people
Bill Foxill By Bill Fox/Columnist Recent statistics show that more people are enrolling in courses to become nurses. I, for one, am so encouraged by this. The news has been [...]