Personalizing your home to fit your family’s lifestyle will continue to be a popular home remodelling trend in 2016. In years past, many home remodelling projects were contracted with the sole purpose of adding value to a home prior to sale. Shifting the focus of your home’s value onto you and your family has introduced a wealth of innovative home remodelling projects. Here are just a few:

If buying a home is on your list of to dos for 2016, then you may be affected by the new downpayment requirement rules announced by Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
 
As of February 2016, you will need to have...

To help you protect that investment and find a safe, comfortable place for your family to call home, here is a list of some of the things you should look at before you buy a home, to make sure you won’t end up having to pay for a lot of expensive repairs:

Decks and porches—look for signs of rotting wood, even under a fresh coat of paint. Soft spots or places where the wood is splintered could be a sign of more widespread damage.