Posted in Local News on Nov 4th, 2009
As of today, there will be no new blog entries, however, the blog will remain here as an archive only.
All News and Announcements will be conducted on the new Niagara Rents Forum.
I look forward to chatting with you in the forums.
Posted in Advertising, Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants, Video on Oct 31st, 2009
The Niagara Rents forum will launch on November 1st, 2009. Register and chat with other Landlords and Tenants.
http://forum.niagararents.com
Hope to see you all there!
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants on Sep 20th, 2009
Source: St. Catharines Standard
A historic hotel-turned-student residence is on the market under power of sale — but the owner isn’t giving up on the downtown property.
The 1850s-era building at 30 Ontario St. was recently listed on an online real estate site for $5.8 million, after the owner defaulted on a $3.9-million loan from the State [...]
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Tenants on Jul 18th, 2009
Source: The St. Catharines Standard
A 45-year-old St. Catharines woman has been arrested and charged after someone rented out the same room to several people, taking their first and last month’s rent.
One tenant paid up to $1,700 to live in a Martindale Road home, and arrived ready to move in only to find several other people [...]
Posted in Local News on Apr 21st, 2009
Source: Niagara This Week
A leading expert on affordable housing will address a public meeting at regional headquarters in Thorold April 23 on the state of affordable housing in Canada.
Michael Shapcott, director of community engagement with the Toronto-based Wellesley Institute, will speak on whether a federal government announcement in February that $4 billion will be invested [...]
Posted in Local News on Apr 21st, 2009
Source: Niagara This Week
When Pam Pierschalski and her family moved into their south St. Catharines home last summer, she thought she had found the perfect place to raise her kids.
The family is renting a house on Marlene Drive, a quiet residential street with a nearby ravine. Briardale Elementary School is just steps away, and its [...]
Posted in Local News on Oct 8th, 2008
From Niagara This Week:
Councillors in wards with a high concentration of students have asked that the provincial body determining assessment rates treat single family homes converted into student housing differently.
In a question and answer session following a presentation to council by local Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) representative Penny Christie, St. Andrew’s ward councillors Andrew [...]
Posted in Landlords, Local News, Real Estate, Tenants on Oct 1st, 2008
From the St. Catharines Standard:
A new apartment building and townhouse development on the site of the former Grey Gables School is exactly what west St. Catharines needs, city councillors said Monday.
The eight townhouses approved for Dexter Street and the seniors apartment building approved next door on St. Paul Street West “are a good mix of [...]
Posted in Landlords, Local News on Sep 4th, 2008
The Niagara Peninsula Landlords Self-Help Group is meeting on September 16 at 7pm. It will be in the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Welland. For more information, please call group president Larry Osborn at 905-732-2828.
Posted in Local News, Tenants on Aug 5th, 2008
Eighty-seven new affordable housing units are in the works, but it’s not nearly enough to shelter the number of St. Catharines residents on the verge of being evicted, local officials say.
New subsidized apartments are being built in four areas of the city, including nine supportive-living units on Ontario Street for people with mental illnesses.
But [...]