Last weekend Royal LePage Performance Realty hosted the third annual Kids Are Super Gala, a fundraiser for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. This year’s event, a two hour Halloween themed fundraiser, took place on Saturday October 26th and allowed children to attend dressed in their favourite Halloween costumes. Kids and their parents were invited to…
Hintonburg has always been an interesting part of the city, and now it continues to grow into one of Ottawa’s most desirable neighbourhoods to live in. Due to its convenient location between downtown and neighbouring Westboro, the area has attracted many new businesses, community events, and condominium developments. Hintonburg is already a great place to…
Last week at our Canotek branch, Royal LePage Performance Realty presented a cheque for $11,675 to Maison d’amitie (Friendship House). Maison D’Amitie is a French-specific, non-profit organization to support abused women and families in Ottawa. The donation was presented to Melanie Leduc, Executive Director for Maison d’amitie, who explained that the extra funds go directly to…
Royal LePage Performance Realty presented a cheque for $11,675 to Nelson House earlier this week. Mary Montgomery, Executive Director for the local women’s shelter, was at our Orleans branch to receive the donation. Established in 1992, Nelson House of Ottawa Carleton is a non-profit organization which provides shelter for women and children who are being…
Royal LePage released its quarterly House Price Survey this morning, noting strong house price gains in the third quarter of 2013. The survey reports that the average price for a home in Canada increased between 1.2% and 4.1%. Royal LePage president and CEO Phil Soper attributed the increase to the “sharp increase in home sales”…
Traditionally most buyers believe that they can save their money by opting to purchase a home in the suburbs rather than paying a higher price for a home downtown. And, in some cases, this may be true. Houses downtown are typically more expensive than a similar home in a suburban neighbourhood, sometimes by hundreds of…
SoHo Champagne by Mastercraft Starwood is a hotel-inspired luxury condominium being built in one of Ottawa’s fastest growing neighbourhoods. This 20-storey tower, located on Champagne Avenue South in Little Italy, is one of several new buildings coming to the area. Little Italy has long been a well-loved community for its many restaurants, groceries, and pubs,…
The Ottawa Real Estate Board has released its MLS sales statistics for September 2013, and reports that the Ottawa real estate market “has started to heat up again”. Sales had decreased in the earlier half of 2013, a result of new mortgage rules introduced last summer. In September of this year, OREB members sold 1,119…