SaveTime. Use Easy HomeFinder

Here are three reasons why using Easy HomeFinder is better than MLS.ca:

1. Complete information

Mls.ca - the address or price is missing. So you have to call the listing agent and get involved, explaining things.

HomeFinder - all info included

2. Current information

MLS.ca - It is only updated every 3 days and "available" property could already be sold

HomeFinder - updated every 3 hours.

3. Convenience

MLS.ca - You have to initiate every search and you see the same listings over and over

HomeFinder - You get an automatic daily email with a link to the listings that match, only the latest listings show.

Buying Your Home & Selecting Your Schools

Good Home + Good Schools = The Best Choices

Do you want to buy your next home near the best schools?

My unique service, Select Schools (Canada)™combines real estate experience with a hard-earned knowledge about school quality in Toronto, York and Durham Region.

Select Schools (Canada) is owned and operated by Dennis Paradis, ABR Sales Representative with Re/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage based in Toronto, Ontario Canada.

You can receive these exclusive school reports providing the best information available on school quality in the GTA.

These reports are based on the Provincial standardized EQAO tests. The reports make all this information easy for you to understand the comparative quality of each school and see how schools rank by neighbourhoods or in the case of Toronto, we use the TREB MLS Districts - E10, C12, N01, etc. There are 35 TREB MLS Districts within the Toronto District School Board area.Durham and York Regions are divided into municipal areas, e.g.; Richmond Hill Markham,etc for York and for Durham Region for example Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa (North and South), plus Villages outside these boundries.

These school reports cover Toronto,York and Durham regions - over 1,200 schools. Both elementary and secondary are scored and sorted by neighbourhoods or regions. These reports are free for my clients. These reports are available instantly online . Current or future clients will have the cost refunded from the proceeds of their home purchase or sale.

Combine your need for a high quality home with the very best choices for your children's education. For more information, sample reports and how to order - see my Select Schools Services .

If you want to buy the reports and later become my real estate client, the cost of the reports will be refunded. Price is $295 ($US) for each report.

Toronto School Report - Covers All Toronto Schools - both public and catholic. Updated to March, 2008. Reports use 5-year averages.

York School Report - - Covers All York Region Schools - both public and catholic. Updated to March, 2007. Reports use 3 year averages.

Durham School Report - - Covers All York Region Schools - for public schools only. Updated to March, 2007. Reports use 3 year averages.

These unique and comprehensive are available to my clients at no cost as part of my real estate service.

Or, you may purchase this report for $295 ($US) per part (public and catholic sold separately). The reports are priced in dollars USA as they are sold worldwide. This is a small investment to make to help your children receive a better education.

See Select Schools (Canada) - my school report website.

The Home Buying Process - The Steps to Finding Your Next Home

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A tip that an Internet site contained threats of physical violence against an east-end high school vice-principal led to a police probe and the school's swift suspension of five students.