Greg Hollander is Ottawa's Home Base

The cost of buying a home varies, but it is important to know all the additional costs and fees involved.Buying a home is expensive but there can be good financial reasons to do it. For example, a home is an asset that can grow in value over time, and the rent won't keep going up. Some of the costs of buying a home ...

What a lot of home buyers learn after buying their home is that with a smaller amount of money upfront, they are able to purchase something that is far more valuable than their upfront amount could originally buy.  This is called leveraging.  And that is basically what a mortgage does for you.  In simple terms, you use a down ...

One great reason for Buying a Home is that everywhere you look you will see that rates are extremely low.  It is true that they have risen recently, but compared to the seventies and the eighties, the rates are much, much lower.  Always remember, the lower the rate, the more you can buy with your money.  There are different types of ...

You find yourself struggling with the idea of whether you should buy a home.  You know from your experience renting there is a benefit to having someone else take care of the costs of owning a house.  All you need to worry about is coming up with your rent each month...no surprises.  But then you think about the incredible ...

You've just written your May rent cheque and handed it over to your landlord.  The same landlord who has promised to fix that toilet that keeps running and is responsible for the high water charges you get in the mail from the City of Ottawa. You wonder, how can it get better? You wonder, can I make all this money count for me? You ...

If you water running into your basement after a heavy rain, chances are great that the cause is surface water puddling against the outside of the basement walls.  This is the most common source of basement water problems and one that you may be able to fix yourself.There are many solutions to this problem, including checking the gutters, ...