Category: home owner

Stats Canada Says Canada’s Homeownership Rate Fell in Latest 2021 Census Release

Canada’s homeownership rate is on the decline, with young adults in particular less likely to own a home in 2021 than they were in 2011, says Statistics Canada. According to the latest census release, two-thirds of Canadians owned a home in 2021, down from a peak of 69 percent a decade earlier. The decline in…


Five Low-Cost Ways to Add Value When Selling a Home

Dear Monty: We are considering a lifestyle change that involves selling our home. There is advice everywhere on the best steps one can take to fix it up, increase the value, sell it quickly with no hassle and much more. The advice is often conflicting and makes no sense to us in some cases. For…


New Connecticut Law Voids Old Deed Covenants Containing Racist Language

The Connecticut legislature enacted a new bill that will prohibit restrictive deed covenants based on race and allow property owners to remove such racist language from their property records, Connecticut House Democrats announced on Tuesday. The new bipartisan measure, co-sponsored by 20 Democrat and 19 Republican lawmakers, was  unanimously passed by both chambers of the…