Sentences with phrase «cent of homeowners do»

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The tax is the first of its kind in Canada, requiring homeowners who do not live in or rent out their properties to pay a one per cent levy based on the assessed value of the home.

Last week, the Office of Superintendent for Financial Institutions gave notice it is looking into whether it needs to lower the amortization period to 25 years for homeowners with over 20 per cent equity, so - called conventional mortgages that do not require government - backed insurance.

Mortgages that don't require homeowner insurance surged 19 per cent from a year ago, accounting for about 53 per cent of the $ 1.13 trillion of home loans at Canada's federally regulated banks, data from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions show.

Although the share of resales concluded through Centris currently sits at 75 per cent of total provincial resales, this does not necessarily mean that the remaining 25 per cent are resales concluded directly by homeowners only, says the federation.

It comes from social media company Postling.com, which says 73 per cent of homeowners are more likely to list with a Realtor offering to do a video.

-- Only three per cent of homeowners who renovated in the last two years say they did not have any «renovation headaches».

* Over one - third of married homeowners (35 per cent) wish they had taken the plunge (into homeownership) sooner than they actually did.

• More than one - third of Ontario homeowners (36 per cent) mistakenly think that after a real estate contract is signed, a buyer or seller has a trial period during which they can cancel it, and an additional 33 per cent said they do not know.

A further 32 per cent of first - time homebuyers reported that they did not feel prepared and knowledgeable about the process, and only half of Ontario homeowners aged 18 to 34 felt they were prepared and knowledgeable about it.

A survey by the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) says 41 per cent of Ontario homeowners and 45 per cent of first - time homebuyers wish they had done something differently when buying or selling their home.

According to the U.S. online survey, 35 per cent of all married couples purchased their first home together by their second wedding anniversary, and 80 per cent of married homeowners who purchased their home while married said it did more to strengthen their relationship than any other purchase they made together.