A handsome marble open concept Kitchen!

Set on the largest piece of property in central Mississauga, a 4.5 acre park, Lynwood Lane is exceptionally good value!   This two bedroom suite with two full luxuriously renovated bathrooms is 1,209 square feet, and it shows more like the Palace Pier than a modestly priced older building.

Actually, this address is a real find!  The building was built in the days when adult buildings were legal, and there are still alot of the original owners here.  The residents are proud of their building, and although it isn’t a quote “luxury” building,  the setting is lovely and private, the maintence fees reasonable at $539 per month all inclusive except taxes, and the suites and balconies are very spacious!  This one is priced at just @239,900 and has been renovated “to the Nines”!   Please check on the link below for more details, it is a surprise for the price!

For more information on Mark Holmes of ReMax Professionals and Buying a Home in Mississauga, please give me a call on my cell at 416-460-6054.  Thank you!

Terry's Lovely Home is Sold

As a young family living in downtown Toronto with a 3 month old and another child on the way, we decided it was time to move to a larger home and chose Mississauga, a city that we didn’t know at all. Mark listened, and quickly found us the perfect home that satisfied everything on our wish list.

That was 24 years ago, and we’ve raised our family in that home. We are moving on now, and of course we called Mark to help us sell our home. Mark is very knowledgeable about pricing and timing of sale and the marketing he arranged was professionally done and beautiful. He is completely accessible, friendly and provided very quick responses to our questions and concerns. When we were stressed and worried about details Mark always reassured us and alleviated the stress. He has many good contacts in the housing industry and for any maintenance and repair that needed doing he was able to provide the contact information for the right person to do the job. 

We highly recommend Mark as a real estate agent to buy or sell your home.  Terry Hubacheck

For more information on Mark Holmes of ReMax Professionals and Buying a Home in Mississauga, please give me a call on my cell at 416-460-6054.  Thank you!

Ozzy and Marinela

There is a lot to be said about Mark Holmes, and here are some of the most important things to remember. Mark  is in the business of creating long lasting professional relationships. He is a dedicated, hard working individual who is full of integrity and charisma .  He truly values his clients and enjoys his work. Furthermore, he has extensive knowledge and experience regarding the real estate market. He made the house purchasing process easier by ensuring that we were fully educated about the benefits, challenges, and anxieties about purchasing a home. Most of all, Mark went above and beyond to help us buy a house that was suitable to our needs, and I feel that we got the most for our money!

We are first time home buyers and we will definitely use his services for our future real estate needs. We hope that he enjoyed working with us as much as we enjoyed working with him.   We believe that anyone who uses Mark  as their agent, will get excellent professional real estate services, and be pleased with the outcome.  You will not be disappointed!

For more information on Mark Holmes of ReMax Professionals and Buying a Home in Mississauga, please give me a call on my cell at 416-460-6054.  Thank you!

A handsome five bedroom traditional home and inground pool.

Just west of Gordon Woods, in one of Mississauga’s finest neighbourhoods, is Shardawn Mews, running south off of The Queensway, by the Credit River.

This five bedroom home sits on a mature, treed and landscaped setting, and offers total backyard privacy, and a lovely inground, free form heated pool, patio, and deck.

The home is a handsome blend of the traditional and contemporary, with formal foyer, separate Living and Dining Rooms, eat in kitchen, and charming Family Room.  The upper level is wonderfully spacious and bright, and the basement level shows just like main floor living space!

A backyard oasis with sparkling pool, deck, and patio

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To arrange for a showing on this fine property please call Mark Holmes at ReMax Professionals Inc.

Cell 416-460-6054

Selling Homes in Lorne Park

The power of the internet today is everywhere, and it is no surprise that this is where 90% of all buyers look for their next purchase.  Most buyers look for homes for sale on www.realtor.ca, the Toronto Real Estate Board”s platform for the public.  The information from TREB that the real estate industry uses, is downloaded nightly into the public programm to use. 

The MLS listing today is pretty standard.  It has 9 colour pics and all of the information that a realtor would most likely need in order to write an offer on the property.   I have begun using Unique Home Sites along with the standard MLS information in order to really expand of the level of information that the MLS listing can offer.

See what I mean by checking out this recent site for a home that I have now sold   http://www.2401pyramid.com/

This page can be found by the potential buyer as a link on the MLS listing in the upper right hand corner of the listing named “Multimedia”.  Usually one might expect to then be taken to a more photos or a virtual tour, and there certainly is that, but there is so much more!   Here is a website solely devoted to this property and its neighbourhood!  This is the kind of information that a buyer wants to know about the area he or she is moving into.  Schools, shopping, demographics, as well as all the detailed house information that there is not room for on the MLS listing. 

So, this link about will give you an idea of what I do for all of the properties that I list on the MLS system.  If  you have any other questions about selling real estate in Mississauga or buying a home in Mississauga, I’d be more than pleased to help you!  Please feel free to give me a call on my cell phone at 416-460-6054.

A remarkable setting in Mineola

How do you improve perfection?  Well, in this case, you really can’t.  If you are looking to build and you want a remarkable building lot, then, this is it!  100 feet on a very good location on Pinewood Trail in Mississauga’s luxury neighbourhood of Mineola East, east of Hurontario and south of the QE.  The lot is 180 feet deep, and beautifully treed with handsome, mature growth.  Sitting in the middle of the lot is a eye catching Stone and brick English tudor residence, solidly built, and very livable, but requiring updating and renovations.  This home is offered at $879,900.   This home will be of great interest to the local builders, as Mineola East is constantly being rebuilt with Estate style homes.  The space,  and the country atmosphere is amazing, considering that we are just minutes from the QE, and downtown Port Credit.  This has always been one of my favorite of the original Mineola East Homes.

For more information on Mineola Real Estate or Home for sale in Port Credit, call Mark Holmees cell at 416-460-6054,  Thank you!

A Lovely Home in Sheridan Homelands

This four bedroom traditional center hall plan home is located in Sheridan Homelands, a wonderful mature neighbourhood just south of Dundas, and just west of Erin Mills Parkway.  The setting is perfect, no busy streets, large treed private lot, and quiet garden setting backyard.  The house is close to perfect, it shows extremely well, the decor is neutral and tasteful, the rooms are lovely, and almost everything is updated and renovated!  A really amazing feature is the kitchen addition, and total reno, to create a fabulous centre point for the house: granite counters, loads of cupboards, skylight, walk out deck, huge windows, and all sorts of custom drawers and cupboards!

For more information of this amazing home see  2401 Pyramid Crescent,  or for more information of Sheridan Homelands Real Estate, call Mark Holmes, cell 416-460-6054.

First Time Buyer Help

If you are a first time buyer then you can borrow from your RRSP savings in order to help you raise the cash needed to buy your first home.  I think most people are aware of this now, but there are a couple of things to keep in mind.  First of all, you are a first time buyer if you haven’t owned any real estate for the last 5 years, in regards to this program.  You and your spouse can both qualify, and the maximum you can withdraw is $25,000. each, so that makes a total of $50,000.  Now, this loan has to be repaid, and you have 15 years to do so.  You have to make sure that you repay a minimum of 1/15th of the total loan amount back into your RRSP every year, or that money that you should have repaid each year will be considered income and you will be taxed on it.

The money that you take out of your RRSP has to have been in your account for a minimum of 90 days, and you have to be a resident of Canada to qualify for this plan.  Only one or two people can use this plan together,  and you have to move in to this property, in other words, this plan is for buyers to buy a principle residence, not an investment property.  As a first time buyer, if your income and credit are appropriate for the amount that you want to borrow, you can buy with as little as 5% down.  (Buying for investment purposes requires a minimun of 20% down, and you cannot use your RRSP funds for the downpayment).

If you would like more information on Mississauga Real Estate or Buying a Home in Mississauga, please feel free to call me on my cell phone at 416-460-6054.  I’d be happy to answer any of your questions.

1950's Charm and Garden Settings

I really enjoy showing homes to clients in Applewood Acres!  The Real Estate in Applewood Acres is an excellent investment.  The lots are large and well treed, and the homes, for the most part, are mid sized 3 bedroom models with many storey and a half styles.  This neighbourhood is like a step back in time to the 1950s, with all the charm of the era, and the good constuction.

For more information on Applewood Acres Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Applewood Acres, please call Mark Holmes at cell number 416-460-6054. Thank you!

Thank you for your help Mark!

Mark Holmes has helped us to buy and sell our homes over the last 20 years.  I have found his knowledge of the various parts of Mississauga and Toronto to be very useful and accurate.  He has always councilled us wisely, and not always to his benefit.  We called Mark in recently to sell our two homes in The Beaches, and Mark convinced us to sell only one of them, and to stay in the other and renovate, a choice that we do not regret.

Mark sold us our first home many years ago in Meadowvale.  Years later we sold that home and bought a lovely home with Mark’s help in Port Credit’s Mineola neighbourhood.   Mark has recently shown us that he was completely at home selling in The Beaches in Toronto.  He really does know so much about Real Estate in Mississauga and Toronto, and we still rely on his advice and skill in real estate matters frequently throughout the year.

Alex and Sandy M.,  Toronto

For more information on Mark Holmes of ReMax Professionals and Buying a Home in Mississauga, please give me a call on my cell at 416-460-6054.  Thank you!