After earning degree, mortgage can be next

If you have just graduated from university with student debts, the prospect of buying your own home may seem remote. Advisers suggest formulating a plan early on to help get on track to qualify for that mortgage. "For new graduates, once . . .

Posted: 2012-02-18

SOLD & OFFERED: Feb 18-12

Harbour View South Address: 99 Golis Bay Asking Price: $329, 900 Sold Price: $320, 000 Taxes: $1, 093.56 Square Footage: 1, 474 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Listing Agent: Apee Panchhi RE/MAX executives realty, 985-1450 Osborne Village Address: 530 River Asking Price: $638, 000 Sold Price: $648, 100 Taxes: $5, 846.63 Square Footage: 4, 008 Bedrooms: . . .

Posted: 2012-02-18

The little house that could

Space, style and flexibility

When Hilton Homes' Spencer Curtis talks about 214 Tychonick Bay -- a.k.a. the Ashwood VII -- he refers to the 1, 792-sq.-ft. cab-over design in affectionate terms. "I call it our little house, even though it's not that small at just . . .

Posted: 2012-02-18

Country quiet, city home

Charleswood house offers peaceful, spacious luxury

Over the past several years, bedroom communities around the city in areas such as La Salle, Stonewall and Oakbank have been gaining in popularity. The reason is simple: People want peace and quiet when they arrive home. And if that peace . . .

Posted: 2012-02-18

Personalize your valentine

Custom tunes and mix tapes

This Valentine's Day, your gift could be one in a million, or one of 189 million. The latter's the number of roses bought every February. The former? A personalized song or custom mix tape. Some musicians have found a niche taking people's . . .

Posted: 2012-02-11

Flower power

Natural beauty appeals to the senses

The natural beauty of flowers, whether they are growing in our gardens or displayed in a vase indoors, can lift our day out of the ordinary and into the realms of fantasy. Appealing to our sight, touch and smell, flowers . . .

Posted: 2012-02-11

SOLUTIONS: Salvaging chocolate mess a piece of cake

QUESTION: I baked a chocolate cake from scratch and put a baking sheet underneath just in case the batter leaked out of the pan. I baked it for about half an hour and tested it with a knife to see . . .

Posted: 2012-02-11

MIKE HOLMES: Custom homes usually worth the extra cost

NOT all new homebuilders are the same. They all build new houses from plans, but there's a big difference between custom homebuilders who may do a couple of houses per year and a production homebuilder who will build hundreds. It's an . . .

Posted: 2012-02-11

CONNIE OLIVER: Bold strokes can transform ho-hum rooms

It can take so little to make a colourful statement in your decor. Something as innocuous as a plain cupboard can become a stunning feature in a ho-hum room. A little bit of paint and imagination can transform just about any . . .

Posted: 2012-02-11

ASK THE INSPECTOR: Furnace have the runs? It's an advantage

QUESTION: I'm wondering about the advantage to having the furnace fan running constantly during the heating season. I live in an older, obviously less-sealed home than newer homes. I question whether it is more expensive, electricity wise, to have the . . .

Posted: 2012-02-11