OTTAWA REAL ESTATE
Top-Rated Stittsville REALTOR®- Jason Polonski
Top Rated Stittsville REALTOR®: Working With Jason Polonski
Choosing a Stittsville REALTOR® comes down to two practical questions: what the representation costs, and what the agent brings that another would not. This page answers both directly.
Jason Polonski is a full-time REALTOR® with Right at Home Realty, registered with the Real Estate Council of Ontario and working across Ottawa’s west end for more than fifteen years. Before real estate, he worked in construction and the electrical trades — which is why a property gets assessed for panels, drainage and structural condition before anyone talks about price.
Sellers list at a 1% listing commission. Buyers receive cash back of up to $3,000 at closing. What follows covers how that works, what local knowledge changes in Stittsville specifically, and the recognition behind it.
What Sellers Get
Selling well in Stittsville is decided before the sign goes up. Three decisions carry most of the outcome: the price, what to fix first, and when to list.
Pricing That Holds
Pricing is set against homes that actually sold, not against what neighbours are asking. Active listings show what sellers hope for; sold listings show what buyers agreed to pay. Monthly regional data is published by the Ottawa Real Estate Board, with national context from the Canadian Real Estate Association.
Showing activity concentrates in the first two weeks. A listing that misses that window accumulates days on market that later buyers read as leverage, which is why the opening price matters more than any adjustment afterwards.
Preparation That Pays for Itself
Some preparation returns more than it costs and some is money spent to no effect. Resolving an issue buyers are already reacting to usually beats an equivalent price reduction, because it removes uncertainty rather than paying someone to accept it. The full breakdown is in the guide to selling your home in Stittsville.
Marketing That Reaches the Right Buyer
Listings receive full MLS® and REALTOR.ca exposure with professional photography, since most buyers decide whether to book a showing from the photographs alone.
The description does work too. A listing naming what Stittsville buyers actually weigh — the school community, trail access, the short commute to the west-end employment corridor — reaches the right reader instead of a general audience.
What Buyers Get
Buyers here benefit most from being prepared and from an honest read on condition.
Financing comes first, because it sets the parameters for everything else. A pre-approval carries real weight with sellers; a pre-qualification is an estimate. Modelling the payment at a higher rate than the one currently offered is prudent, using the mortgage calculator from the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and watching the policy rate published by the Bank of Canada.
From there, the work is practical: narrowing to the right part of the community, viewing efficiently in segments where inventory moves quickly, and assessing condition before an offer rather than during a conditional period. The full sequence is in the guide to buying a house in Stittsville, with more detail for first purchases in the guide for Stittsville first-time homebuyers.
Current listings are on the Stittsville homes for sale page.
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Commission, Cash Back and What It Costs
Cost is a fair question to ask early, and the answer here is straightforward.
| Side of the Transaction | Structure |
|---|---|
| Listing | 1% listing commission, charged on the final sold price |
| Buyer-side commission | Separate, typically 2% to 2.5%, paid by the seller |
| Buyer clients | Cash back of up to $3,000 at closing |
The 1% listing commission covers full MLS® and REALTOR.ca exposure, professional photography and the marketing plan. It is a lower rate, not a reduced service. Buyer cash back is paid through the client’s lawyer on the closing statement.
Sellers should model net proceeds rather than sale price, since legal fees, mortgage discharge, adjustments and moving costs all come off at closing.
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Awards and Industry Recognition
The real estate industry issues a great many awards, so the distinction worth drawing is between brokerage production awards, which reflect measured transaction volume, and consumer-voted awards, which reflect client sentiment. Jason has received both.
Brokerage Production Awards
Awarded internally by Right at Home Realty on measured annual performance.
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Chairman’s Club Award |
| 2024 | Director’s Club Award |
| 2023 | Director’s Club Award |
| 2022 | President’s Club Award |
| 2021 | Chairman’s Club Award |
| 2020 | Platinum Award |
The sequence matters more than any single year. Six consecutive years of tier awards reflect sustained activity across changing market conditions rather than one strong cycle — which means an agent who has closed through both a competitive market and a slower one.
Consumer-Voted and Editorial Recognition
- Canadian Choice Award (2025) — best REALTOR® in Kanata and Ottawa
- Ottawa Community Votes Award (2024)
- Best in Ottawa (2019–2025) — seven consecutive years
- Top Choice REALTOR® in Ottawa (2026)
- Best Real Estate Agent Award
Awards confirm volume and continuity. What they cannot demonstrate is fit — whether an agent will price a home honestly rather than optimistically, or say plainly when a purchase is a mistake. That is better assessed in a first conversation. Registration status, meanwhile, is worth verifying independently through the Real Estate Council of Ontario, which publishes registration and disciplinary records for every registrant in the province.
What Local Knowledge Actually Changes Here
Every agent claims local knowledge, so it is worth being concrete about what it means in Stittsville.
Housing Eras and Condition
Stittsville’s housing spans several distinct construction periods, each with predictable issues. Homes from the 1980s and 1990s are at the age where roofs, furnaces, windows and sometimes electrical panels come due — manageable when priced in, expensive when discovered afterwards. Newer builds warrant attention to grading, drainage and remaining warranty coverage administered by Tarion. Properties on larger lots outside the serviced area may rely on a private well and septic system.
Unpermitted basement work carries the largest financial consequences for buyers and sellers alike, and permit records are searchable through the City of Ottawa. Knowing which of these items are cheap to resolve and which are genuinely expensive is what a trades background contributes to a price conversation.
Differences Within the Community
Home age, lot size, walkability to the village core and commute exit point vary meaningfully across Stittsville. Two areas that look equivalent on a map produce different daily routines, and those differences are set out in the comparison of Stittsville neighbourhoods.
School attendance is assigned by address and catchments change, as covered in the guide to Stittsville schools. Transit service is lighter than in inner suburbs, which affects whether a household needs a second vehicle — the detail is in the overview of public transit options serving Stittsville, and the budget consequences in the guide to the cost of living in Stittsville.
Different Clients, Different Priorities
Stittsville is one of several communities served, alongside Kanata, Barrhaven, Manotick, Carp, Westboro and the surrounding areas — but the approach shifts by client.
Move-up buyers are usually selling and buying at once, where sequencing matters more than price and getting it wrong is the expensive mistake. Downsizers face limited bungalow supply and benefit from being ready to move quickly. Investors are weighing tenant demand and condition risk rather than personal fit, as covered in the guide to investing in Stittsville real estate.
Families relocating often care as much about daily life as about the property, which is why the community’s green space and pathway network — covered in Stittsville parks, trails and recreation — comes up in most first conversations.
Regional context is published by Statistics Canada, with housing research from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
About Jason Polonski
Jason Polonski is a full-time REALTOR® with Right at Home Realty, registered with the Real Estate Council of Ontario, working across Ottawa’s west end.
Before real estate, he worked in construction and the electrical trades, and he holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Finance from Concordia University alongside a technical diploma in construction electricity. That combination is the practical differentiator: condition is usually what decides whether a price holds through a buyer’s inspection, and assessing it properly happens before the offer, not after.
He is a member of the Ottawa Real Estate Board, the Ontario Real Estate Association and the Canadian Real Estate Association.
Broader background is in the Stittsville community overview, the case for the area in seven reasons to buy a home in Stittsville, current conditions in Stittsville real estate market trends, and all guides in the Stittsville real estate articles index. The complete Stittsville real estate guide covers the community end to end.
Contact
Direct: (613) 601-9333
Email: polonskiottawa@gmail.com
Available seven days a week — for a valuation, a question about a specific listing, or a straight answer on whether now is the right time to move.
Stittsville REALTOR® (FAQs)
Listings run at a 1% listing commission charged on the final sold price. Buyer-side commission is separate, typically 2% to 2.5%, and is paid by the seller as part of the transaction.
No. The 1% listing commission covers full MLS® and REALTOR.ca exposure, professional photography and the marketing plan. It is a lower rate rather than a stripped-down package.
Buyer clients receive up to $3,000 back at closing, paid through their lawyer on the closing statement. It comes out of the commission the seller is already paying, so it does not add cost to the purchase.
Condition usually decides whether a price holds through a buyer’s inspection. Knowing which items are cheap to resolve and which are genuinely expensive changes what a property is worth offering — and on the selling side, it identifies what will surface on inspection before a deal is at stake rather than after.
Ottawa’s west end broadly, including Kanata, Barrhaven, Manotick, Carp and Westboro, along with surrounding communities.
Against comparable homes that actually sold, not against what neighbours are asking. Showing activity concentrates in the first two weeks, so the opening price carries more weight than any adjustment made later.
Brokerage production awards reflect measured transaction volume; consumer-voted awards reflect client sentiment. Six consecutive years of tier awards indicate sustained activity across both competitive and slower markets. What awards cannot show is fit, which is better judged in a first conversation.
Every registrant in Ontario is searchable through the Real Estate Council of Ontario, which publishes registration status and any disciplinary history. It is worth checking independently rather than taking it from any website.
It depends on tolerance for each risk. Selling first gives certainty about proceeds but can leave a household without a home; buying first risks carrying two properties. For move-up buyers in Stittsville, sequencing is usually the more consequential decision — and the more expensive one to get wrong.
A conversation, not a listing agreement. For sellers, that means an honest valuation and a view on timing. For buyers, it means establishing what can realistically be carried before viewing anything. Either way: (613) 601-9333, seven days a week.
