B10 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, April 14, 2006 1s-39 9294 HIGHWAY 25 NORTH, MILTON (Hwy 401 & Hwy 25). Country living on a 1/2 acre lot with a view of the Escarpment 3+1 bdrm brick Bungalow, 2 baths, Solarium, finished rec. room with wood burning fireplace and walkout. Miss to Downtown Milton and 401/407, 22X40 ft. Workshop combined with garage for the Hobbyist! $314.900. ReaItySeIers - e34,0 149,900 for this gorgeous four bedroom home situated on almost an acre id five minutes ta town. Large eat in kitchen overlooking pool and pond, family room, solarium, walkout basement, four bathrooms, finished recreation room and much, much more. Perfect for a live/work situation. ANNE CAIRNS Sales RepresenadwRe (905 456-1000 .s. . 5 GORGEOUS "MODEL" HOME This home was used by the builder as the Model home. It is absolutely stunning and is filled with upgrades throughout including bleached oak staris and hardwood plus upgraded broad- loom and ceramics. 4 bedrooms plus 2 and 1/2 baths. The basement is finished into a large open rec. room. Quality sound system with built-in speakers throughout the house. Nsmersss apgrades lu this 3 bedrssm family hume hacking unto walking trailusuad park. Nec in 2005: ail induws, hi efficieucy for- uace, AC, ater softener & cuucrete calk/step. New shingiesA 2002. Call Gluris fur mure detalu (416) 717-6331. f l THE ANORIN WICHROA LlwGE A spectacular home on 3.11 gorgeous acres of lawns sud trees. 4 bedruom, 4 bathruoms, au iu-ground puai, graddus iing sud diuing ruoms, cuzy tamily room with wuod bursing stase sud a kitchen tur the must discrimi- nating of chefs, and the largest of family gatherings. Fuiiy tinished basemeut, 2 car garage. A great hume a great location; a great setting and a great bu. This is There Is No Place Like Home THOMAS GARY THOMAS RVM EALCENTRE (NC)-Canadians understand the value of the home as an investment. We're all on the lookout for a good investment. Most Canadians know investing in their cousin Joe's lawn-bowling instructional-video business probably isn't a sound option to make their savings grow, but they're sure that investing wisely for the future is more important than ever before. For many years, the stock market boomed as the place Canadians chose to invest their retirement nest eggs, and were encouraged to "think long term" and "be in it for the long haul". But in the past couple of years, the tumultuous state of the stock market has more Canadians thinking that these types of invest- ments carry risks. For the vast majority of Canadians, according to a RE/MAX National Survey of home buyers, the fami- ly home, more than any other type of investment sur- faces as the preferred way to invest in their future. A representative sample of Canadians were polled on home-buying themes. They were asked to give vari- ous investment vehicles a grade out of 100 in terms of how they rate as an investment for the retirement years. A score of 100 meant a truly excellent invest- ment. "A person's home" topped the list with a grade of 77%, far surpassing other investments such as Canada savings bonds (56%), mutual funds (56%), corporate bonds (48%) and the stock market (42%). In fact, the top three preferences were real estate related: the principal home (77%), a well-located condo (61%), and, rental property (57%). According to the survey, Canadians feel owning property is "one of the surest ways of accumulating assets for retiremene". They consider it the best way to make an investment and enjoy its use at the same time, and they think it's a desirable way to channel inheritance money and is an effective way to leave an estate for one's own children. More information from this National Survey can befound onine at www.remax.ca.