Kim Condari Remax
860 Queenston Road Stoney Creek, ON, Canada

Did you Know? You need to read your contract for your hot water tank. Some new rental contracts cannot be cancelled for long periods of time (could be up to 20 years!) You can no longer assume that the contract may be cancelled if you plan to replace or move. Call your hot water tank provider and get a copy of your contract and ask "can I transfer this contract or if I want to purchase my own hot water tank, is there a fee?"

PLAN YOUR ESCAPE! If a fire occrured in your home, would your family get out safely? Develop a home fire escape plan... it could save your life! 1. Develop a home fire escape plan 2. Make sure everyone knows 2 ways out of each room, if possible... 3. Help those who need it 4. Get LOW and GO 5. Choose a meeting place outside 6. Practice your escape plan FOR MORE INFO - Contact your local fire department

Hamilton Spectator is saying Real Estate Market strong again for 2012 - mainly due to low, low interest rates. Great time to buy!

Hey friends, thought you might find this article from the Globe & Mail Interesting. Vancouver among world’s ‘least affordable’ housing markets STEVE LADURANTAYE Globe and Mail Update... Published Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 7:15AM EST Last updated Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 10:28AM EST Vancouver is the world’s second-least affordable major city to buy a house, according to an annual survey of global housing markets. The Eighth Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey covers 325 metropolitan markets around the world. It measures the markets using something called the median multiple, which is the median house price divided by gross annual median household income. The study comes as Canadian banks worry about the state of the market and economists suggest prices could drop by as much as 10 per cent in cities such as Vancouver and Toronto. Canada was the third most affordable market, behind the United States and Ireland. The markets that were surveyed were Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States. The report suggests the country is actually a very affordable place to own a home. There’s a catch, of course. It depends where you buy. And it’s a big country. At 10.6 with prices at $678,500 and incomes at $63,800 - Vancouver comes second only to Hong Kong in the major market category (cities over one million population), which has a rating of 12.6 ($3.1-million median house price, with income at $249,000). Toronto sits in 18th place ($406,400/$73,600), sandwiched between Boston and Los Angeles with a rating of 5.5. Montreal is the world’s 23rd least affordable market, with a rating of 5.1 ($281,700/$54,700). Canada’s Median Multiple was 3.5, indicating slightly deteriorating housing performance from last year’s 3.4, the report states. All of the 128 affordable markets (having a Median Multiple of 3.0 or below) were in Ireland, Canada and the United States. There were 117 affordable markets in the United States and nine affordable markets in Canada and two affordable markets in Ireland. There were no affordable markets in Australia, New Zealand or the United Kingdom. The 87 moderately unaffordable markets were divided between the United States (64), Canada (19), Ireland (3) and the United Kingdom (1). There were no moderately unaffordable markets in Australia or New Zealand. The report said the world’s least affordable markets all had something in common each of the least affordable markets were characterized by more restrictive land-use regulations which materially increases the price of land and makes housing less affordable. The most affordable major market in the world was Detroit, with a multiple of 1.4 ($66,500/$48,700). Over all, Windsor was the most affordable Canadian city of any size, with a ratio of 2.2 ($149,900/ $67,900). See more

New Listing in Grimsby. $254,900 14 Tomahawk Dr, Grimsby END UNIT, Freehold townhome. Finished top to bottom - shows 10+ , huge yard, 3 bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms. Across froma small park, on a cul de sac. Sellers Motivated! 905-545-1188 [email protected]

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 2-4 5137 Canborough Rd, Wellandport (A few minutes past Smithville). Lovely 2 year old Bungalow with 3 bedrooms & huge lot 66x165' and no rear neighbors. $249,900 - price to sell. 905-545-1188