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Information for buyers and sellers on the Kitchener-Waterloo region housing market (including Cambridge). Focuses on issues of sustainability in housing.

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

My Two Top Service Picks for K-W

Automotive repair: I was referred to Christine’s by a good friend of mine who told me a lovely story of the service he had received here. When my old car needed new brakes, I called for an appointment. I was met with a friendly voice that was able to squeeze me in and help me [...]

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

Sewage Treatment, Containment and Distribution

reprinted from Earthship Biotecture. We must become more aware of where our sewage goes. Earthships contain, use and reuse all household sewage in indoor and outdoor treatment cells. This results in food production and landscaping with no pollution of aquifers. Toilets flush [...]

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

K-W Real Estate Update

INTEREST RATES The Bank of Canada took its first steps this week toward returning the country to more normal interest rate levels by signalling a more hawkish tone on inflation and acknowledging the economy is performing better than expected on “vigorous” consumer demand. The messages were conveyed

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

Leaving Canada

Hello all! I love this city, but sadly, I will be leaving it shortly! I am heading to parts of West and Central Africa for the next two years to work and do research on the connections between the extraction of metals and violence which I will be writing on at my other blog A Peace of [...]

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

Rebuilding in Haiti using Sustainable Housing (Earthships)

This is the best idea I have seen for rebuilding Haiti so I have decided to pass it on in hopes that the organizers can reach their funding goals and provide the maximum assistance to those in need. Those at Earthship Biotechture intend on teaching the people to build their own sustainable housing (

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

Build wealth with investment property

Why buy an investment real estate in Waterloo Region? The communities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, known collectively as Canada’s Technology Triangle, are becoming known as a competitive area to build high-tech businesses. The area is so strong economically that the Real Estate Investment

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

KW REAL ESTATE UPDATE

A new record for residential sales was set by Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board in November. Mls sales reached 556 units, which is 87.8% increase from november 2008. “For the third consecutive month we have seen a significant resurgence from the downturn that started last fall” reports Ted Scha

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

Plutonic, GE to resume work at Canada wind farm

Plutonic, GE to resume work at Canada wind farm. NEW YORK — GE Energy Financial Services and Plutonic Power Corp will restart construction of a 300-megawatt wind power farm in British Columbia, after a court approved the companies’ purchase of the project. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of Gen

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

Market Update- September 2009

The market remains steady with sales starting to close in on last year’s totals. As Karen Shartun of the K-W Real Estate Board explains, “After the first quarter of 2009 sales were down on a year-to-date basis by 25% compared to last year, by the end of the second quarter that gap decreased to 10% [

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Sustainable housing and real · 2Y ago

The accidental environmentalist.

Now you may be surprised to hear this, considering that I write a blog about sustainable housing, but I do not consider myself an environmentalist. I do not feel like I am one of the green, tree-hugging folk. I do live what most would consider a fairly green and simple life. I haven’t really been sh

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