Mar

30

The Brampton Real Estate Blog has won an award.

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The fine people over at BloggyAward have been kind enough to award me the Bloggy Gold Award for best blog of the month. They rated my site on visual aesthetics, user friendliness, reading enjoyment, and useful info. I am truly humbled that the Brampton Real Estate Blog stood out amongst the crowd of candidates. There are so many other fantastic sites that were in the running - I highly suggest you check them out if you’re looking for some great reads.

A special thanks to Noemi for her personal review of the site, and much gratitude to BloggyAward for their kind words!

Popularity: 59% [?]

Mar

16

How to find answers to all your mortage and credit questions.

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Take a look around. In the U.S., the housing market is crumbling leaving some desperate home owners throwing their keys back at lenders while others are deliberately burning their houses down. Up here in Canada, the real estate market is still going strong and with recent reductions in interest rates, what does this all mean?

If there isn’t a better time than now to get more educated about mortgages, lending practices, and borrowing strategies, I don’t know when that would be. Enter MortgageFit.com.

Let’s face it, finding answers to all your questions is sometimes pretty frustrating. Either you’re given the runaround or the person isn’t qualified enough to give you an adequate response. MortgageFit boasts the world’s largest mortgage community and is comprised of knowledgeable members who can give you free mortgage advice as well as free online quotes. If you have a question on a particular topic, ask away in their discussion forum and rest assured one of their thousands of members will come to your aid. Need answers fast? The site also provides a myriad of articles and references that you can browse at your own convenience, as well as online calculators that help you quantify your needs.

What I like most about this site is that it’s powered by people. Take a quick look through their message board and you’ll find a community alive with questions, stories, and friendly chatter. If you need quick answers on mortgages, credit issues, debt, and other financial issues, I recommend checking out MortgageFit.

Popularity: 40% [?]

Mar

4

Update at Brampton Real Estate Blog.

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It’s come to my attention that my contact form isn’t working, and I’m not even quite sure how long it’s been out of commission. If you’ve tried contacting me in the last few weeks and I have not replied, allow me to apologize. I’m still trying to investigate the root of the problem, but in the meantime, if you need to email or contact me, please send your message to the following email.

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Again, I apologize if you recently sent me a contact form and it got lost. If you feel this may be the case, please send it again. Many thanks!

Lang

Popularity: 17% [?]

Mar

4

If you want to sell your home in Brampton, read this.

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I just wanted to drop a quick note to all the readers out there about a third site I am launching. In addition to BramptonBuyers.com that I have running to help people buy a home or condo in Brampton, I now also have it’s sister site BramptonSellers.com which will deal exclusively with people wanting to sell their home in Brampton.

BramptonSellers.com will feature articles, tips and tricks, and other seller-related information as well as Brampton-specific stats that will help sellers with the selling process. As the site is still under launch, I humbly ask for your patience until I can get everything running smoothly. In the meantime, if you haven’t already done so, take some time to explore this site and read other articles I have posted on life and real estate in Brampton.

Thanks for visiting!

Lang

Popularity: 23% [?]

Feb

6

An online Brampton directory

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One of the goals of this Brampton Real Estate blog is not only to focus on real estate news and articles about Brampton, but also to provide a larger scope of all things that pertain to Brampton. I’ve always wanted to launch an online directory that featured only Brampton businesses, charities, community notes, and resources.

An online Brampton directory will not only make it easier for you to find a particular link all in one place, but it also helps us all contribute back to the city by promoting business and events within the community. I have started a new section to this blog that will feature only links that lead back to Brampton. If you are interested in adding a link for your business, website, organization, charity, or anything else related to Brampton, please send me a comment here. This will of course cost you nothing - it is a free service I will be providing. I will post the directory as soon as I have a sizable number of links that I can offer.

The main focus of this blog will continue to be real estate in Brampton, helping people buy and sell homes, and providing real estate news. However, I strongly encourage you to either participate or reference this new online Brampton directory that will be up and running shortly. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to send them my way!

Popularity: 16% [?]

Jan

30

Trash collection in Brampton

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If you’ve recently purchased a home in Brampton and are new to the city, maybe you aren’t quite sure what days the trash is collected and what the guidelines are to garbage day. The map above indicates the different regions of Brampton and what days correspond to trash removal.

What do you put on on garbage day?

  • Remember to put your garbage, full blue boxes and grey boxes out at the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day, but not before 7 p.m. the night before.
  • For ease of collection, please keep your blue box, grey box and garbage separate at the curb.
  • For safety reasons, do not include hazardous waste (i.e. paint, propane cylinders or motor oil) with your garbage.

What about special items?

Bulky Items - Place at curb for collection on normal collection day. No arrangement for pick up necessary

Large Appliances - Picked up by appointment only. Call the Region of Peel at 905-791-9499 to arrange for pick up

Christmas Trees - NO PLASTIC BAGS and free of tinsel, ornaments and tree stands

Remember, properly disposing of your waste both helps the environment and keeps Brampton beautiful for everyone!

For more detailed information of Peel Waste policies, click here.

Popularity: 46% [?]

Jan

22

Make yourself at home

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As luck would have it, I didn’t have to strain to be clever in coming up with an acronym for this new and wonderful blog, as Brampton Buyers Blog conveniently compacts itself into BBB. If you’re here and reading this, you’re probably wondering what this is all about.

In some shape or fashion, you’re interested in purchasing a home in Brampton. But curiousity got the best of you, and led you to the blogging portion of my website where perhaps you were looking for something a little outside of real estate. You may be glad to know that this blog will strive to cover as much as possible regarding the housing market in Brampton, but it will also boast more light-hearted, off-topic posts that may humour you, raise an eyebrow, or have you shaking your head in disbelief.

The whole point of me blogging will be to keep you returning to the BramptonBuyers.com. In delving a little bit into my life and getting to know me through my posts here, I would hope that sometime in the future when you do decide to take the leap and purchase a home in Brampton, you may think of me first as your man. Think of it as a way of us becoming friends, just not in the traditional fashion. You are welcome to comment on anything I write, as well as send me your thoughts and questions with the promise of a prompt reply.

So here’s to new acquaintances and a great relationship. Welcome to the blog, and I’ll be seeing you around.

Lang

Popularity: 34% [?]

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