New Federal Home Buyers Program Breakdown

Launching earlier this week, the federal government’s new home buyers program aims to help nearly 100,000 Canadians achieve their home ownership dreams while helping with the monthly payments. The programs offer a 5% down payment amount for default insured mortgages, 10% for new construction, as a no interest second mortgage. There are some prominent conditions…

Sizzling August Expected to Continue Through Fall

Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,731 residential properties in August through the Board’s Multiple Listing Service® System, compared with 1,581 in August 2018, an increase of 9.5 per cent. August’s sales included 1,300 in the residential-property class, up 9.7 per cent from a year ago, and 431 in the condominium-property category, an…