Karen’s Real Estate Blog
Your source for news & information about Southern Georgian Bay including
The Blue Mountains, Thornbury, Collingwood & Meaford.
Identifying Your Reasons For Selling
Making the choice to sell your home is a big decision, and the reasons behind that decision can impact your selling strategy. Taking the time to think about and understand why you’re selling your home will help you make focused decisions when the time comes to think...
The Final Walk-Through: What to Look For
After price negotiations and a home inspection, closing on a new house is a deep thrill of excitement. However, before you get carried away thinking about how to set up the living room, don’t forget it’s standard for you to take one more walk-through of the home...
Perk Up Your Porch with These 7 Tips
Save your money for big projects that are value added. Sprucing up the front porch won’t cost you big, but your satisfaction will be enormous. Before starting a porch upgrade, walk across the street to get a feel for how your home looks from a distance. You might...
Which Mortgage Features are the Most Important?
From our friend Barry Johnson at Mortgage Intelligence in Meaford Which Mortgage Features are the Most Important? It’s easy to look online for a mortgage rate. But rate is only one aspect of saving money on your mortgage over the long term. It’s essential that you...
Help Fight Parkinson’s with Rock Steady Boxing
A very dear friend of the AK Team is living with Parkinson's Disease a uses this great facility. Rock Steady Boxing Toronto is the first Canadian affiliate of the unique and effective non-contact boxing program designed to fight back against Parkinson’s. The...
Home Buyers Guide
Why Buy? Do you long to call a place your own? It’s fun to think about kitchen cabinets and colour schemes, but there are many practical things to consider first. For most people, buying a home is not only an emotional decision, but a financial one too. Buying a home...
May Is A Good Time To List Your Home
Spring is becoming routine by now: We are busy with harvesting our own local maple syrup, celebrating the new season with friends and family, and looking forward to many spectacular long weekends ahead. Another item to add to your list: Putting your home up for sale....
5 Things to Consider When Selling Your Home
Should have, Could have, Would have: don’t you wish you could see into the future of your home selling process? Here is a list of 5 things to consider when selling your home, no crystal ball needed! 1. The Value of your Home It’s easy to get excited about your...
The Mortgage Kit
From Barry Johnson at Mortgage Intelligence Meaford The Mortgage Kit Start with proof of your income. We’ve all heard the Scout motto “Be prepared”. It’s great advice if you need a mortgage. Assembling everything your lender needs to verify your income is a critical...
Early Spring DIY Project: Home Tapped Maple Syrup
This might not be the March you had envisioned, with the up and down temperatures and icy slopes, but have no fear, there are still plenty of activities to do in this in-between season. Whether it’s just you, or you have little ones who need to get their wiggles out,...
4 Ways to Prepare for Selling Your Home this Spring
With the winter season slowly fading away to warmer and longer days, you might be wondering what spring project to tackle first. After spending most of these last couple of months on our toes waiting for the winter-that-never-was, you might have an extra bit of...
Local Business Spotlight: The Generator Guys
The Generator Guys, a local business operating out of the village of Clarksburg, has been in existence since 2004. After years of working in the metal fabrication and millwright industry, the current owner Gary, seeing an exciting and new opportunity, purchased The...