October 2 2017
Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate News Update
October 2 2017. In today’s news: technology replaces chalk, Google tells us about ourselves, getting naked in France is a thing, linguistic regionalism, top ten countries for Chinese investors, co-owning a home, home reno tips, pod living, renting and owning, getting jammed in Wellesley.
Chalk gets replaced with $60,000 technology
The City of Waterloo has introduced a new system allowing parking bylaw officers to scan licence plates from their enforcement vehicles. Enforcement officers had previously used the so-called “chalk and walk” method, which involves marking parked vehicles with chalk and is still in use in most municipalities in Ontario. The city currently has one SUV equipped with the technology. It came at a cost of $60,000.
Google reveals top ‘how to’ searches by Canadians
According to Google, Canadians want to know how to fix a toilet, a light bulb and a door. In Peru however, most people are curious about how to fix their laundry machine, and barely give the toilet a second thought.
Lets get naked
Paris tries out clothing-optional park. It makes sense when you consider the popularity of naturism in France. Who knew?
Deckal or dee-cal. What Canadians call things
Here are the results from the Canada-based linguistic regionalism survey. BunnyHug?
Co-owning a home
One way to get around the hefty cost of real estate is co-homeownership, where two or more parties join forces to carry the costs of a home.
Top 10 countries for Chinese property buyers in 2017:
- United States
- Australia
- Thailand
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Germany
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Spain
What you need to know before starting your home renovation
Tips from Consumer Protection Ontario to help protect you and your home
The economics of pod living
Is it worth $1,800 a month to live in a glorified youth hostel? Is it a social network come to life.
Canada’s new real estate trend
Rent in the city, own in a small town
Wellesley residents oppose getting jammed
Residents of the village, however, accused the developer of trying to “jam” as many people onto the one lot as they could, with little regard for the rural community’s small-town character.
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BlackBerry shares jump as company beats expectations with $19M profit
Software and service revenue hit record high. The stock gained $1.47 to reach $13 on the TSX on Thursday.
Here is a unique look at Google
The care and repair of your eavestroughs
Autumn is here and soon the trees will lose their leaves. For many people that means it will be time again to clean out their home’s eavestroughs (or rain gutters if you prefer). Ensuring that eavestroughs and downspouts are in good working order is essential to your home’s ability to ward off flooding and moisture damage.
Second LRT train arrives in Waterloo Region
The new train is fully functional and will soon start test runs on a section of the track between Northfield Drive and the intersection at Erb and Caroline Street.
