Are Properties Near Cell Phone Towers Bad For Your Health And Investment?               Some assert that cell phone towers may be the nuclear power plants of the 21st century.  Growing opposition to cell towers is spreading as awareness and concern over the possible negative health effects grows.  A growing number of scientists and citizens are concerned that the electromagnetic fields gene ...

Small Markets - Big ProfitsAnalysts are advising that micro-markets, areas that remain in demand during downturns, continue to make good investments in metropolitan areas with declining real estate sales and prices.  These markets are proof that different zip codes and neighborhoods have their own unique market patterns that can defy national downturns.   Micro-markets are found in metropol ...

Is your much increased property value putting your marriage at risk?Okay, I think this is a bit extreme but apparently, therapists, divorce lawyers and real estate agents have noted a side effect common to property booms that they're calling real-estate-enabled divorces.  In hot property markets where home values have increased significantly, separating couples are using the profits from appr ...

Hot market seems to be continuing in Vancouver and Toronto   If you think the real estate market in Vancouver is competitive be thankful you aren't trying to buy a place in Toronto!  I was surprised to read in the Globe and Mail that in the suburb of Mississauga 150 hopeful buyers lined up outside a new development for three days hoping to purchase a townhouse!  Something similar happened i ...