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Sloan Van Mierlo

Sloan Van Mierlo

As your realtor my job is to make your buying and home selling process as smooth and stress-free as possible. I will be with you every step of the way through the process to make sure you receive the best possible expert advice and guidance. Whether you are looking to buy or sell, give us a call and I will put our years of experience to work for you!

EXP Realty

7-871 Victoria St. N., Unit 355A
Kitchener , ON N2B 3S4
Canada
4169862121 Text Sloan to 226.457.6890

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01 Oct 2026

Sell It or Rent It Out? How to Decide What to Do With Your Home When You Move

by Sloan Van Mierlo

For most people, moving has come with an assumption built in: you sell the house you’re leaving and put the proceeds toward the one you’re buying. The only real question is what it will...

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01 Sep 2026

How AI Is Changing the Home Search — and How to Make It Work for You

by Sloan Van Mierlo

For most of the internet era, searching for a home meant the same ritual: set your price cap, pick a number of bedrooms, check a few boxes, and scroll. Then the real work started...

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01 Aug 2026

2026 Mid-Year Market Check-In: What the First Half of the Year Tells Us About Your Next Move

by Sloan Van Mierlo

For two years, most Canadians watching the housing market have been braced for one of two dramatic endings: a deeper slide, or a rate-cut-fuelled boom. Buyers waited for prices to fall further. Sellers waited...

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01 Jul 2026

What You Can Negotiate in a Home Purchase (That Most Buyers Don’t Realize)

by Sloan Van Mierlo

When most people picture negotiating on a home, they picture one number: the list price. You offer somewhere under the asking price, the seller counters, you settle in the middle, and whoever gives up...

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01 Jun 2026

House Hacking in 2026: What the Hype Got Wrong — and What Actually Works

by Sloan Van Mierlo

If you’ve spent any time on real estate TikTok in the last few years, you’ve probably seen the house hacking pitch. Buy a property, rent part of it out, let your tenants cover the...

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01 May 2026

2026 Home Design Trends: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Buyers Are Responding To

by Sloan Van Mierlo

After a decade of cool grays, crisp whites, and spaces that looked more like showrooms than homes, buyers have changed what they’re looking for. Call it quiet luxury — the idea that richness comes...

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01 Apr 2026

Is Buying a Home Together Right for Your Family? Here’s How to Think It Through

by Sloan Van Mierlo

For a long time, multigenerational living had a reputation problem. It was the option families turned to when something had gone wrong — a job loss, a divorce, a health crisis. Moving back in...

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28 Feb 2026

What Actually Makes a Listing Stand Out in 2026

by Sloan Van Mierlo

The playbook for selling a home has changed fast. Buyers have more options, more leverage, and they are using it.  According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), active listings on Canadian MLS® Systems...

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01 Feb 2026

The True Cost of Homeownership: What You Pay Beyond the Mortgage

by Sloan Van Mierlo

When many new Canadian homebuyers calculate whether they can afford a new home, they focus almost exclusively on one number: the monthly mortgage payment. It’s the figure lenders use for the mortgage stress test,...

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31 Dec 2025

2026 Housing Market Forecast: Will the Market Find Its Footing?

by Sloan Van Mierlo

Will 2026 be the year Canadian buyers stop waiting? Most major housing forecasters believe activity will finally pick up after two muted years, but expectations vary on how strong that rebound will be and...

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