If you haven’t heard about BMO SmartSteps for Homeowner’s current Great House Hunter contest yet - well, where have you been for the past five weeks?

It seems that Canadians have a lot to say about their experience with the house hunting process - so far we’ve heard about highs and lows, successes and losses, and even a marriage proposal! From our entries so far, it’s clear that buying a house is an important milestone for Canadians across the country, and finding the perfect home is a tough, but worthwhile, task.

But it’s not only contestants that are talking about their home buying stories, some popular home decorating and personal finance bloggers have shared their own experiences too!

• Tenille at Feisty, Frugal and Fabulous wrote about how the house she and her husband bought a house that didn’t even pass their first cut


• RateHub.ca created an Expert’s Guide to House Hunting.


• LoriAnn Toplak at What’s Happening Toronto approached her house hunt with resale in mind, and was prepared to make a few compromises.


• Adrienne, aka MissFortune, offers her readers three questions you should be able to answer before your start a house hunt or apply for a mortgage.


• The bloggess at YoungandThrifty.ca wrote about her experience with bidding wars, and also about what a dual agency realtor means.


• Melissa, at BrokeTO, admits that a habit of hers is to look up a sad variety of homes she can actually afford at her young age.


• Dana at Wonder Forest explains how, with a little patience, got the castle she dreamed of since she was a little girl.


• And the guys over at The Red Pin made a cool infographic about how to enter our own Great House Hunter contest!

If you have your own house hunting story, it’s not too late to enter our Great House Hunter contest! Submit your story to House.Hunter@bmo.com by October 9 and receive 100 AIR MILES® reward miles just for entering! It could go on to win another 1,500 AIR MILES® reward miles if it’s chosen as one of eight finalists - one of which will win the grand prize of 10,000 AIR MILES® reward miles! Enter today!