Resources
Resource centre
Guides, checklists and plain answers for every stage of a move, from a first rental to an investment portfolio. Read as much or as little as you need.
An educated buyer is an empowered buyer
Real estate decisions can be complex, and we believe informed clients make better ones. That is why education is a core part of the Team Mahal experience: rather than focusing on sales pressure, we focus on helping you understand what is actually happening at each stage.
Everything in this section is free to read and asks nothing of you. Work through a whole guide, or jump to the one question you came for. When you would rather talk it through with a person, we are a phone call away.
Three parts to a move, three sets of guides
Most confusion in a move comes from not knowing whose question you have. The guides are grouped that way, so you can start from whichever part you are in.
Real estate
Buying, selling and renting the property itself, plus the eight stages of a homeownership journey from a first rental onwards.
Mortgages
What you can borrow and what it costs: fixed against variable, how to treat a renewal, and what refinancing actually does.
The legal side
What a real estate lawyer does between an accepted offer and the keys, and why title insurance exists.
Or go straight to what you came for
Run the numbers
Six calculators: your payment, a renewal, mortgage insurance, what you can afford, land transfer tax, and what a sale would leave you.
Frequently asked questions
The questions we hear most, across buying, selling, mortgages, investing and renting.
Useful links
Official tools and services: the land registry, credit reporting, school boards, utilities and moving.
Real estate
Buying a home
From what you can afford to the day you get the keys
Selling a home
Preparing, staging and presenting your home at its best
Renting
Application tips and the Ottawa communities worth knowing
What's my home worth?
A complimentary evaluation of what your home would sell for
Homeownership journey
The eight stages, from a first rental to legacy planning
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