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Downsizing: Markham Real Estate Blog
Every downsizing post on the blog, newest first.
Posts for moving to a smaller home in Markham: what it costs, how long it takes, where the smaller homes are and the choices in between.
Start here: Markham downsizing guide · Where to downsize in Markham · Bungalows for sale
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Downsizing in Milliken Mills: A Markham Homeowner's Guide
Milliken Mills, split into the East and West pockets of Markham near Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue, is one of those neighbourhoods where a lot of original buyers purchased detached and semi-detached homes decades ago and simply stayed. -
Selling Your Home to Downsize: Capital Gains and the Exemption
What the CRA says about the principal residence exemption, why you report the sale even when no tax is owing and where to check before you list. -
Condo vs Retirement Home: Comparing the Costs in Markham
Staying and adapting the house, buying a condo or moving to a retirement home each comes with a different set of monthly bills. Here is what goes into each one. -
Life Lease and 55+ Communities in Markham: What You Are Actually Buying
A plain explanation of life lease housing, age-restricted condos and how both compare with a regular condo or a bungalow when you downsize in Markham. -
Stay or Sell: Aging in Place Help in Ontario and How to Compare
The federal and Ontario credits that help pay for accessibility work at home, what each one covers and a plain way to weigh renovating against moving. -
Downsizing in Cornell, Markham: What to Expect
What downsizing looks like in Cornell, where the grid layout, rear lane garages and newer condo stock give you several options for staying in the neighbourhood. -
Downsizing in Berczy Village: What to Expect
What downsizing looks like in Berczy Village, where the housing is newer and the smaller homes you might move into are mostly elsewhere in Markham. -
Reverse Mortgage or Sell in Markham: What to Know
Markham has a lot of long-time homeowners sitting on decades of appreciation. If you bought in the 1990s or early 2000s, your home may be worth well above what you paid and a big share of your net worth is tied up in that equity. -
How Long Downsizing in Markham Takes, Stage by Stage
Which parts of a downsizing move run on fixed legal deadlines, which ones stretch to fill the time available and where the weeks actually go. -
Sell First or Buy First When You Downsize in Markham
The order you choose sets your budget, your stress level and whether you ever end up carrying two properties at the same time. -
What Helping Markham Families Downsize Has Taught Us
Five moves the team has published, the patterns running through them and what those patterns change about how we handle a downsizing sale. -
Who Helps With Downsizing in Markham and Who Does What
Four kinds of professional are involved in a downsizing move. Most families meet them in the wrong order. Here is what each one does and how they fit. -
Bungalow, Condo or Townhouse: Choosing Your Downsizing Home in Markham
Each of the four common downsizing choices in Markham trades price, maintenance and accessibility differently. -
What It Costs to Downsize in Markham
A line-by-line look at the bills that come with selling a larger Markham home and buying something smaller, with worked land transfer tax examples. -
Markham Neighbourhoods for Downsizing, by Property Type
Where smaller condos, townhomes and bungalows actually turn up across Markham and where to check current prices for each area. -
A Senior Downsizing Checklist for Markham Homeowners
The steps we walk clients through, in order, from deciding to downsize to settling into the new place.
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