A new Canadian venture has entered the real estate space, promising to help citizen landlords and property owners a smoother renting experience.
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A new Canadian venture has entered the real estate space, promising to help citizen landlords and property owners a smoother renting experience.
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Landlords hoping to raise rents on the strength of a minimum wage increase in this province are headed for heartbreak, with advocacy groups arguing the 20 cent hike will do nothing to lift the spending power of low-income tenants.
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Heather Meszaros owns a property in the Sunrise neighbourhood that sat under water for 26 days, leaving her with thousands of dollars in repairs for things like new windows and appliances. When she learned that her insurance provider does not cover sewer backup, she turned to the Disaster Recovery Program for help.
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CALGARY- The city has been dealing with a low vacancy rate for months—and it’s gotten much worse in light of the devastating June flood.
Renters looking for affordable housing say not only are properties being snapped up within hours of the listing being published, but they are also being gouged by greedy landlords.
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Although it’s tough to accept when Edmonton beats Calgary on the ice or the football field, a municipal report says the provincial capital has some lessons to teach our city about creating affordable housing through secondary suites.
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At one point in my life you might have heard me say something like, “I’ve probably made more money in real estate by accident than I have in the market on purpose.” For many years, you could buy good-quality property, as much as you could afford, and you were almost guaranteed to make money. That ended in 2008. Now folks are looking for bargains, hoping to profit from the crash.
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Maria Wells said she never intended to be a landlord. She sells real estate; she doesn’t invest in it. Now the Florida resident owns two properties. One was her son’s, but he had to move to take a new job.
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I rented my first apartment during my second year of university when I lived off-campus with four other girls in an old house in London, Ont.
Part way through the year, strange sounds in the night revealed a family of raccoons living in our floor boards. Our landlord called in an animal control expert to get rid of them – but not before they gave us fleas.
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