Thursday, February 21, 2013 @ 4:45 PM
Posted By: Mark Zik
By Shane Bacon | Busted Racquet Think back to those days as kids when you were standing on a basketball court or a putting green or a tennis court day-dreaming about what it would be like to one day be a professional. A kid's mind wonders to Fenway
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Friday, February 15, 2013 @ 1:40 PM
Posted By: Mark Zik
The battle over where to place a Toronto casino is intensifying with a group of developers arguing a gambling complex in the city’s core will jeopardize “the success of our downtown.” In a letter to the city manager, three real-estate firms register their opposition to a “mega-style casino” downtown,
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Category: Business
Tags: Hamilton,Real Estate,Mark Zik,Housing,Remax,Burlington,Casino,Toronto
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 @ 11:59 AM
Posted By: Mark Zik
Larry Macdonald, Globe and Mail January 22, 2013 Little was heard of housing bubbles in Canada up to about a year ago. Now, predictions of crashes are on the front cover of Maclean’s and other publications. One might wonder if we are talking ourselves into a housing miasma, even
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Housing,Real Estate,Hamilton,Canada,Housing Crisis,Burlington,Stoney Creek
Saturday, January 26, 2013 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Mark Zik
Of all the zany things happening in Toronto’s real estate market last week, perhaps the most mind-boggling was the melee that erupted over a pleasant yet unremarkable condo unit near Yonge and Davisville. Seven parties leapt into the competition and pushed the sale price to $420,000 – or 8
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Toronto,Hamilton,Real Estate,Housing,Selling,Buyers
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:37 PM
Posted By: Mark Zik
ACTION LINE: How not to take a bath on the water heater rental game We know the water heater guys are slinging mud. They’re suing each other and filing complaints about their competitors. The “other guy” is doing dirty business, not them. But all you want as a consumer
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Category: Announcements
Tags: real estate,housing,mark zik,re max,re/max,selling a home,sales tips,water heaters,water heater rental,
Thursday, January 10, 2013 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Mark Zik
So you’ve decided to take the plunge and make 2013 the year to sell your home. Maybe you want to move up the property ladder into something roomier, say switching from a condo to a bungalow or from a semi into a fully detached two-storey with plenty of yard. Or
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: real estate,housing,mark zik,re max,re/max,selling a home,sales tips
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 @ 12:52 PM
Posted By: Mark Zik
While the next Bank of Canada governor may not receive the same flattering comparisons to George Clooney that Mark Carney has enjoyed, hordes of observers will still be watching his or her every move – particularly on the eight dates each year when he or she announces the central
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Category: Mortgage Rates and Information
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Mark Zik
After a long day at the office two weeks ago, an affluent Toronto businessman returned home and went upstairs to change out of his suit. He’d made it to the second-floor landing when the hair on the back of his neck stood up. His wife and kids weren’t home, but
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Sunday, November 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Mark Zik
Hamilton’s core and waterfront are on the rise – and if you live there, so are your taxes. The latest provincial data shows homes along the Beach Strip, in west Hamilton and in an L-shaped band hugging the downtown have gained more value compared to the city average since
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Hamilton,Real Estate,Mark Zik,Housing,Remax,Burlington
Saturday, November 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AM
Posted By: Mark Zik
Housing prices and sales in Hamilton and Burlington are stronger than most other Canadian markets this year and will likely continue that pattern in 2013. That’s according to a new 2013 outlook report from ReMax.
The real estate company examined data from 26 major Canadian markets and found
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Category: Real Estate
Tags: Hamilton,Real Estate,Mark Zik,Housing,Remax,
