Martels Blog

Vacation checklist: Helping your clients prepare their homes

With cooler weather comes the desire to travel – especially this year, given that the past couple of years have included pandemic restrictions. 

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OREB Monthly News Release - 2022 December

Quiet December Caps Off Tumultuous Year

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November Residential Resales: Expectedly Low

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board (OREB) sold 846 residential properties in November through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System, ...

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Average rents rise almost 12% annually in Canada

Rents continue to surge in most cities across Canada.  Average rents rose 11.8 per cent year-over-year in October in Canada to an average of $1,976 ...

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Opinion: Canada’s foreign buyer ban will have little impact

Canada’s new foreign buyer ban will take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, with a whisper rather than a bang.  Like most experts, at IQI Canada we believe the ...

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Resale Market's Adjustment and Correction Continues

OTTAWA, November 3, 2022 - Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 987 residential properties in October through the Board’s Multiple Listing ...

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Home staging: What, why and how?

Every real estate agent knows the value of home staging when selling a property. These simple and cost-effective steps can result in a quicker sale ...

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Evicting a tenant for personal use of your property

This article relates to an Ontario landlord and tenant matter – specifically, when tenants think they have more ownership over a property than the ...

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How to make your investment property more affordable …for you

I recently looked at the government’s substantial revenue stream from investment properties and realized that government has an affordable housing ...

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Has Spring Sprung Early in Ottawa’s Resale Market?

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,421 residential properties in February through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® System, compared ...

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