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Is Canada's Housing Market Falling Apart?

By John Carney Last summer, a Vancouver real estate agent named Keith Roy sold his house. About a month later, he wrote a blog post about it -- and set off a firestorm of criticism from fellow real estate agents. "I'm a Realtor and I sold my own home 4 weeks ago. It wasn't too big or too small. It's only 6 years old... Continue Reading »

Loretta and Kevin Yates' Ontario Home Infested With Thousands of Bees, Ceiling Dripping Honey

A couple in Canada had no idea that about 30,000 bees were swarming inside their home -- until honey began to drip from a crack in their ceiling (pictured at left). "We don't hear them buzzing or anything," Loretta Yates (pictured above with her husband, Kevin) told Canada's QMI Agency. "It's just the crack in the... Continue Reading »

Jake Palmer, Real Estate Agent, Lists Home as 'Not Haunted,' 'Fog Resistant'

What's a home's selling point? A gracious living room with a stunning fireplace and original moldings that capture its natural elegance? A private deck that spills onto a lush backyard lined with maple trees? Country charm just steps from the heartbeat of the city? Well, one house in real estate agent Jake Palmer's... Continue Reading »

Open Houses Get a 3-D Virtual Rehaul

The days of unlimited flowing champagne and delectable canape trays floating through a beautifully staged, uninhabited home may be numbered, thanks to the birth of the virtual open house. How we buy real estate is an ever-changing process and with the 3-D technology of Canadian company Uther Interiors (part of... Continue Reading »

Renters With Pets Hail 'Fluffy's Law'

Our nation's foreclosure crisis has left an estimated 1 million dogs and cats abandoned, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Many pets lose their homes and human families when owners can't find an apartment that accepts pets. Enter, "Fluffy's Law." Our neighbors to the north in... Continue Reading »

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