Category: Real Estate
ANALYSIS: Rising home prices puts pressure on affordability
A story on the hot Ottawa housing market was recently featured in the Globe and Mail. I have been a Realtor for 14 years and I have never seen an…
ANALYSIS: An active few months for Stittsville’s housing market
The Stittsville housing market has been extremely active over the past 6-9 months. It has been quite amazing to observe. New regulations and rising interest rates have some homeowners wondering…
Local real estate web site wins marketing award
(press release) Real estate professional Nancy Ceresia and Communicarium are pleased to announce the website www.nancyceresiarealestate.com has won a Gold MarCom Award, which honors excellence in marketing and branding while…
Fringewood one of Ottawa’s best buys in real estate: MoneySense
MoneySense magazine says that Fringewood is one of Ottawa’s top five best buys in real estate, in a survey of 360 neighbourhoods in eastern Ontario. Here’s what the magazine has…
Former Louisiannie’s land up for sale at $925,000
(ABOVE: Bradley’s General Store at 1518 Stittsville Main Street. Undated photo.) A significant piece of land at 1520 Stittsville Main Street just south of the Trans Canada Trail is up…
LINKED: New DND move to west end impacts “CFB Fairwinds”
Over the next few years, thousands of employees at the Department of National Defence will move into the old Nortel buildings on Moodie Drive. The Ottawa Citizen ran a feature this weekend called…
BUILT UP: Increasing density both a positive and a challenge
(Photo: Aerial photo of Fairwinds. Photo by @TwitchxB) With a couple of proposals for low-rise apartment buildings along Robert Grant (Haliburton Heights, Livery Street), and a multi-story retirement complex along Hazeldean (Wellings), we…
Historic Green’s Hotel on Stittsville Main for sale at $1.4-million
(ABOVE: File photo by Barry Gray.) The only heritage-designed building on Stittsville Main Street is up for sale. The brick building that’s home to Hudson Insurance at 1510 Stittsville Main…
House Hunt offers chance to win $15,000 down payment on a home
(press release) Sales Representative and Team Lead of the Colleen Lyle Real Estate Team of Keller Williams Ottawa Realty and Mortgage Agent Sue Hameed, Capital Mortgages (#M13000637), announced today the official launch of House…
Slow sales push back construction of Stittsville Walk condos
Despite a change of ownership and a total rebranding, the condo development at 1491 Stittsville Main Street is still struggling to find buyers, pushing the expected completion date to mid-2017.…
REAL ESTATE: How to stage a snowy exterior
How to best dress the exterior of your house to “wow” potential buyers during the white and cold wintery months is a challenge but also can be a lot of…
Minto proposes gravel road access from Potter’s Key to Hazeldean
Councillor Shad Qadri provided an update today about the ongoing negotiations between Minto and city staff over the proposed Potter’s Key development. The development would be located between Echowoods and…
Decorating tips for selling your home over the holidays
There are a few things to consider when selling your house over the holidays and an important one is whether to decorate or not. How to do it successfully when…
Minto opens four new special feature show homes in Arcadia
(Press release from Minto.) Minto Communities Canada will unveil four new designer-decorated show homes in its Arcadia community, as part of Minto’s line-up of single family homes. The newly designed…
Unusual monolithic dome home for sale on Dwyer Hill
Check out this unusual listing for a home on Upper Dwyer Hill Road, not too far from Almonte: “Unique 3 bedroom Monolithic Dome home made of solid concrete. Situated on…