State Of The Market
	Economic Trends Provincial Current Trends Housing Affordability	Three periodicals published by RBC Financial Group.
	Housing Market Outlook (Quarterly) Housing Now Canada (Monthly)	Available FREE by subscription or online, these CMHC publications cover national economic, housing and mortgage trends.
	Royal LePage Survey Of House Prices	Published quarterly, with issues going back one year, plus a link to an online historical prices database.
	CREA Monthly Reports	General stats over the last half-year from the Canadian Real Estate Association. Just look how much equity other Canadians throw away by not selling PRIVATELY!
How-To Advice
	Getting Your House Ready To Sell	A comprehensive print-ready check-list from CMHC.
	Buying and Selling a Home	From the Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan.
	Homebuying Step By Step	A 79-page workbook for buyers, with clear explanations of housing markets, financing, insurance, offers, and the closing process (1174 Kb). You can get a FREE printed version from CMHC.
	Condominium Buyer's Guide	Also from CMHC.
	About Mortgages	Adapted from a Financial Fitness article by the West Fort William Credit Union (HTML format).
	Mortgage Wise	Also available (along with other titles) as a FREE printed publication from the Canadian Bankers Association.
Forms
	Blank Agreement Of Purchase And Sale	The formal contract you and your purchaser can use to conclude your deal. (477 Kb)
	Agreement Of Purchase And Sale: Guide	Explanations of the negotiating processs and of the terms in the standard Agreement Of Purchase And Sale. (1.18 MB)
	Property Disclosure Form	A sample form from a large American FSBO site.
Miscellaneous
	Private Water Supplies	Several resources (including PDF files) on private wells in Nova Scotia.
	Building Envelope Lighting Space Heating Space Cooling Water Heating Kitchen Appliances Cleaning Appliances Home Electronics Whole System Design	A series of comprehensive guides on how to save serious money by making your home more energy efficient, from the Rocky Mountain Institute (if you lose sleep at night worrying about peak oil, this is the web-site for you!).
	Quick Tips For Saving Energy	Easy-to-implement ways to reduce energy use and save money (for more, see the NS Dept. of Energy).
	Caulking & Weatherstripping	A comprehensive guide to keeping the heat inside your older home (for more, see the NS Dept. of Energy).
	Staying Secure Online	A basic guide to thwarting hackers, viruses, spyware and other internet threats, from ZoneLabs.com, makers of ZoneAlarm, a highly-respected - and FREE - personal firewall.

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