Category: Real Estate
Top 5 Things Toronto Homebuyers are Looking For
I’ve been speaking and advising with investors or down-sizers who want to purchase a condo downtown, what’s often top of their wish list is to have something by the lakeshore, or facing south with water views. Did you know that “Waterfront” was by far the most searched for keyword on Realtor .ca and “Pool” was not even a close second? Here are the 5 most searched for keywords on Realtor .ca…
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25 Toronto Launches You Need to Know About This Fall
lt felt SO GOOD to party again — to get out of the house, mingle over a beverage & hors d’oeurves and see a whole bunch of people together all at once. Yes, I indulged as I did that TWICE this past week…
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5 Areas in Toronto for Best-Priced Townhouses
A past client of mine called me out of the blue earlier this week. I was not expecting him to call...
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Demand for Homeownership Remains Strong for August 2021
TRREB is reporting the third-best sales result on record for the month of August. While the market...
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Are Rents in Major Cities Dropping or Surging?
There is definitely a correlation between the temperature of the weather and the rental market in Canada and the USA. The hotter the temperature, the higher and more demand there is for rental units in the cities.
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Free Money? Canadian Mortgage Interest Less than Inflation Rate
There was a time when I told my clients that mortgage rates were at historical lows when rates...
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Is Life & Real Estate Getting Back to Normal?
Summer slowdown has arrived (and I’m going camping this weekend) but is life –and real estate — returning back to normal?
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Canadian Real Estate Markets Seeing Buyers Disappear
There’s been a lot of talk about the Canadian real estate market cooling off recently. Housing...
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Canadians Ask Google: Should I Buy a House?
For many (myself included), Google is now The Oracle for all questions great and small. I Most...
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Toronto Homes for $1.00
When describing the Toronto Real Estate market, I’ve often used the analogy that purchasing a residential property here is like eBay: When a seller lists their item for $1, they get more offers, sell at a higher price in a shorter amount of time than if they listed it at the price they would like to actually sell it at.
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World’s First Digital House Sold Over $650,000
If you’re having trouble buying a Toronto condo with an average sales price of $612,341 [1], then would you consider buying a Digital House for that price range? Let’s just move just beyond the traditional real estate market here, as I am sure you’re just as fatigued as I am about hearing the same news about this crazy market week after week since 2021 started.
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Ebay & A Tale of Two Toronto Condo Listings
Buying and selling a property in the GTA now just like eBay: you get more money when you price something for $1 to get multiple offers vs. pricing it close to price you actually want to sell it for. In Toronto, you get more money when you price a condo for $499k or house $999k…
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