How To Deal With Expensive
Expensive is a relative term. Mean and crabby Donald Trump, for examle, probably has a different idea of what is expensive compared to you and me. Even with everyday folks like us, there is some […]
Toronto Real Estate Blog
Why The Market Will Crash and Why It Won’t
Now that bully offers and impressive home price increases are back again in Toronto like the birds returning for Spring, some are beginning to speculate whether there is a real estate downturn in sight. We […]
Why Is There Low Inventory?
Toronto real estate prices are going up. Toronto is breaking records. Maybe you’ve heard? The question is why? Why are prices continuing to climb?
The Story Behind the Data: Toronto’s Spring Market
This time of the year is usually a pretty good time to do a litmus test for the Toronto real estate market in 2016. Like Goldy Locks choosing her porridge between the too hot and […]
Want to Buy Real Estate Like It’s the 90s?
Toronto isn’t the city it used to be. I suppose I could say that for just about any city, but with Toronto, let’s not kid ourselves. The changes have been swift and visible all over […]
YOU WANT TO BUY A HOUSE IN TORONTO? HERE’S HOW
Let me start off on a positive note: We’re not Vancouver. Not that Vancouver is not a pretty place or a desirable city in which to live, but our Toronto real estate is more affordable. […]
THE COMPETITIVE CONDO OF 2016
Remember a few years ago when almost everyone was worried that condos were in massive oversupply all over Toronto? Chicken Littles around the city were running through the street telling us the sky was falling, […]
Will Future Buyers Become Permanent Renters?
Home prices in Toronto are out of reach for many buyers. This may could all change quickly, but what if this kind of price increases continues for awhile?
REBEL WITHOUT A CLAUSE
2016 has been around long enough that we are starting to see certain patterns emerge this year. We see that bidding wars are back. They are certainly poised to make their their mark on the […]
TORONTO’S CONVERSION LOFTS: FROM REBEL TO SUPERSTAR
There are a lot of ways to be a rebel. You could fancy yourself as a George Washington taking up arms against a colonial power. Perhaps you have great respect for more modern day rebels […]
TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOODS WITH INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
Some neighourhoods have serious star power. I’m not just talking about the Hollywood Hills or Beverly Hills in Los Angeles that really do have movie and TV stars living famously in them. I’m talking about […]
A TURBULENT WORLD AND TORONTO REAL ESTATE
2016 seems to be off to a turbulent start for economies around the world. Canada is no exception. I’m sure there are empty outlet store parking lots as far as the eye can see are […]
2016: SHOULD WE BOTHER WITH REAL ESTATE PREDICTIONS ANY MORE?
People don’t like to be wrong. And when it comes to real estate predictions, wrong is what most people are. It doesn’t matter if you’re a crazy troll making comments on how dumb all Canadians […]
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2015 IN TORONTO REAL ESTATE
Though not as apocalyptic as the Toronto real estate prediction of 2014, predictions at the start of 2015 were mostly on the gloomy side. Most so called experts were not very sunny with their forecasts, […]
TORONTO REAL ESTATE REBOOT
Let me be clear: Real estate happens 24 hours a day and 365 days a week in a city like Toronto. Yes, even on Christmas, Thanksgiving and your birthday. But there are certain points throughout […]
THE THREE KINDS OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Over years of working in real estate, I often place my fellow colleagues into three categories. There may be many more ways to do this, but I thought I would make it simple. In the […]