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Buy the Way: This young couple opted for a cottage instead of a condo

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Kat Wong, a marketing director, always thought her first home would be in Toronto. She’d been saving up for a down payment since she graduated from university in 2012. When the pandemic hit, she was renting a one-bedroom apartment with her partner, Graeme Guthrie, who is a personal trainer, and she figured it was time to upgrade their space.

Kat first thought about buying a larger condo (she’d front

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