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Category Archives: New Homes
Are You Still Qualified for A Loan/Mortgage?
With the recent major changes by the government to the lending rules, the usual way of doing business may no longer apply. Even if you were ‘approved’ before, you may not qualify for a loan today. This especially applies to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Mortgage, Qualified, RBC, Royal Bank
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Tarion Performance Guidelines 2013
Download the Ontario New Home Warranty Performance Guidelines Here The Construction Performance Guidelines – Third Edition provides criteria that sets out the minimum performance required in the construction of New Homes in Ontario . They relate to work and materials … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog, Buying, Construction General, For Sale, New Homes, Q&A, Real Estate
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Tagged Builder Guidelines, Construction, New Home, Ontario, Performance, Tarion
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Tips for Keeping Cool During the Summer Heat
These are my favourite inexpensive tips to help keep you cool during the Summer Heat. Close the supply vents on the lower levels: Cold air will naturally travel to the lowest point. The furnace also has a harder time pushing up the … Continue reading →
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What is Title Search?
Here in Ontario, the province keeps records on every piece of property. When a Lawyer or Realtor reviews these documents we call that a Title Search. Included in every standard Agreement of Purchase and Sale is the provision for a … Continue reading →
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Open a Window; it’s Cold Outside…
Ever notice how people that work outside tend to be healthier than those that work inside, even when it’s cold outside? It may have something to do with all the fresh air they get. Conversely, people that are closed indoors … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Ask Steve", Barrie, Bondhead, Bradford, Buying New, churchill Holland Landing Innisfil, Holland Marsh, homes-for-sale, Ontario, Realtor, Royal LePage, selling, Simcoe, Snap, South Simcoe, Steven Silva, Thornton, Toronto, West Gwillimbury, Your Community Realty
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Do I need a Tarion Warranty If I Build a New House?
The Ontario New Home Warranty (Tarion Warranty) Program is run by the Tarion Corporation and is mandatory for all new homes built for sale here in Ontario. If you are building a new home for yourself you do not need … Continue reading →
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Q: “Do I need a Tarion Warranty if I build house myself?”
Question: “Do I need a Tarion Warranty if I build a house myself?” Response: If you are building a home for yourself here in Ontario and not for resale, you do not need a Tarion Warranty. As a matter of fact, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bradford, Build house myself, Builder, Buying from a builder, canada, Do I need a Tarion Warranty, Home Consultant, Home Warranty Program, New Build, New Home, Ontario, Ontario New Home Warranty Program, Realtor, Steven Silva, Tarion, Toronto
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What’s That? Thermostatic Mixing Valve… (Also Printed in March Snap South Simcoe)
Above most hot water tanks today there is a device known as a Thermostatic Mixing Valve also called a hot water tempering device. Water from the hot water tank enters the valve on one end and cold water enters the other end. The valve then mixes the two together so that the water coming out of the taps is hot but not scalding. Continue reading →
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Ask Steve Q&A: Missing Insulation in New Home
The first “Ask Steve” column has been published in the Bradford Times: “The Bradford Times will be introducing a new feature, once or twice a month – Ask Steve. Steven Silva is a Sales Rep with Royal LePage-Your Community Realty, but … Continue reading →
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What is Tarion? As seen in the December Snap South Simcoe Paper
Well it is official, I’m Published in the paper world too. My first article on What Is Tarion was printed in the December Paper of Snap South Simcoe. Here is the article: What is Tarion:
New Homes in Ontario basically fall under two categories. Homes built for personal use and homes built for sale to customers. Both must meet the Ontario Building Code but only new homes built for customers fall under the New Home Warranty Program. In 1976, a Private Corporation was established to protect the rights of new home builders and buyers; known today as the Tarion Warranty Corporation… Continue reading →
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Tagged "Ask Steve", Ask Realtor Steve, AskRealtorSteve, New Home Warranty, Snap, South Simcoe, Tarion
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