We did get the Martin house on the market around the first of July and here is a realtor picture of the place. The realty agency is Royal LePage and they have listed it on the MLS through the Realtor.ca site. The agent is an old Army friend of Bill's and one of the best in town so that gives us all a pretty good feel for the process.



In addition to that site there are a lot of similarities between the two country's realty processes. Here they charge 5% as opposed to our 6%. On top of the 5% though they charge the HST tax (provincial and national) of 13% so it works out about the same. In a small town like Meaford they also have less closing costs. I think the total will be about $700 total for the seller. While nothing to do with selling the place the property taxes here are lower, being about $3000 a year on a $200,000 property ... significantly lower than Texas. Everything else though is pretty much the same as at home and the contract reads almost the same as the one in Texas. We have had three showings so far and are hoping for the best. We go over almost every day to clean and throw out stuff ... oh, yeah, and play dominoes and have a bit of wine ... well ya gotta have a little fun, eh!