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How I Bought My $940K Condo In Toronto

by Refinery29 Staff

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How These Siblings Saved Up For A $355K Edmonton Investment Property

How A Supply Chain Manager Bought Her $337k Bungalow In Calgary

I’ll Never Be Able To Buy A Home & I’m Not Alone. So, What’s ...

Katherine Singh

How A Consultant Bought Her $1.4M Etobicoke, ON Townhome

Welcome to How I Bought It, where, each month, one Canadian shares how exactly they managed to buy their home. Our goal is to demystify the path to home ow

What You Need To Know About Renting In Canada Post-COVID

Buying a home is the biggest purchase you’ll ever make — but who says you have to make it? Welcome to New Lease, a series that exami

by Laura Hensley

How A 30-Year-Old Retail Manager Bought Her $474K Calgary Townhouse

Welcome to How I Bought It, where one Canadian reveals just how exactly they managed to buy their home. Our goal is to demystify the path to home ownership

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Canada’s Housing Market Is Hotter Than Bennifer. Will It Ev...

As we were stuck in our small apartments or back in our childhood bedrooms during the pandemic, Zillow Gone Wild — the Instagram account highlighting rea

by Laura Hensley

How A 33-Year-Old Vintage Seller Bought His $485k Hamilton, ON Home

Welcome to How I Bought It, where, each month, one Canadian shares how exactly they managed to buy their home. Our goal is to demystify the path to home ow

12 Easy Ways Interior Designers Turn Sad Bathrooms Into Insta-Wor...

by Caleigh Alleyne

How A 37-Year-Old Customer Service Rep Bought Her $445k Mississau...

Welcome to How I Bought It, where, each month, one Canadian shares how exactly they managed to buy their home. Our goal is to demystify the path to home ow

by Katherine Singh

How A 30-Year-Old Journalist Bought Her $900,000 Toronto Home

Welcome to How I Bought It, where, each month, one Canadian shares how exactly they managed to buy their home. Our goal is to demystify the path to home ow

How A Senior Manager Bought Her $720,000 Home In Etobicoke, ON

Welcome to How I Bought It, where one Canadian reveals just how exactly they managed to buy their home. Today: a 30-year-old senior manager who makes $110,

What A Realtor Wants You To Know About Buying A Home In 2021

Winter is typically the sleepiest season for real estate. The post-holiday pinch on our wallets, paired with our hibernation habits, aren’t exactly c

by Laura Hensley

How 6 Interior Designers Make Their Apartments Feel Like Home (Wi...

by Carli Whitwell

Refinery29 Readers’ Most Chilling Roommate Horror Stories

Buying a home is the biggest purchase you’ll ever make — but who says you have to make it? Welcome to New Lease, a series that examines our long-he

by Carli Whitwell

“I Spend $2300 For A 1-Bedroom In Toronto.” What Rent...

by Carli Whitwell

The Financial Wisdom Every Renter Needs & No, It’s Not To Save Up...

Buying a home is the biggest purchase you’ll ever make — but who says you have to make it? Welcome to New Lease, a series that exami

by Octavia Ramirez

I Got Married So I Could Buy A Home In Toronto

I don't love telling you how I managed to afford my place, but in the name of demystifying how we homeowners come up with our down payments, here I go...

by Carley Fortune

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What A Realtor Wants You To Know About Buying A Home In 2020

Buying a home is the biggest purchase you’ll ever make — but who says you have to make it? Welcome to New Lease, a series that examines o

by Meaghan Wray

11 Canadian Women Reveal How They Bought Their Home & How Much Th...

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My Dream Of Owning A Home Is Dead — & I Couldn’t Be Happier

I always assumed a home would be the best investment I’d ever make, but here are the reasons why renting makes much more sense for me — and maybe for y

by Sadiya Ansari

This Toronto Couple Spent $53,000 To Live In A Solar-Powered Van

In Refinery29’s Sweet Digs, we take a look inside the sometimes small, sometimes spacious homes of millennial women. Today, #vanlifers Bec Moroney a

The Colour Experts Have Spoken: 6 Trending Hues That Make A Space...

by Cortne Bonilla

What Is Skinny House & Why Did It Go Viral, In This Economy?

Never before — at least in our memory — has the word “house” carried so much meaning. At the dawn of the pandemic earlier in the year, we s

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What Is The Meaning Of Home, Now That Home Is All We Have?

Essentially overnight, home went from a place — as in, one of many where we spent our lives — to the place. As in, the only place we ever are. Home is

The Decor Trends You’re About To See Everywhere

by Carli Whitwell