Frequently asked
Straight answers
50 questions we're asked most often by buyers and sellers across Mississauga, Oakville and the GTA — answered plainly, with no sales pitch.
Real estate commission in Ontario
Commission is the question sellers most want answered and least often get a straight reply to. Here's how it actually works in Ontario, including what a lower rate can and can't buy you.
Selling privately (FSBO)
Selling privately can work. It can also quietly cost more than it saves. Here's an honest look at what's involved before you decide.
Ontario land transfer tax
Land transfer tax is one of the largest closing costs buyers face, and it catches people out because it's due in cash on closing day. Here's what it is and how it's worked out.
Selling a home in Ontario
Every sale follows the same broad path. Knowing the order of it — and where the real leverage sits — is most of the advantage.
Choosing a real estate agent
Most advice on picking an agent is written by agents, which is worth remembering. These are the questions that actually separate one from another.
Working with a real estate agent
What an agent is actually obliged to do for you — and what representation means now that TRESA has changed the rules in Ontario.
Buying a house
What to weigh when you're buying a house in the GTA, from lot and layout through to the costs that only show up later.
Buying a condo
Condos carry a set of risks houses don't — most of them documented, and most of them checkable before you commit.