Low Inventory: The Recipe for Pricey house
According to the latest round of stats, the average price for a house in Toronto is almost $550,000. And by Toronto, I mean any where that has a 416 or 647 area code. In March, […]
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Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch – Can You See the Difference?
I know. Toronto isn’t getting any cheaper these days, despite all the chatter of prices leveling off or bursting bubbles. And that makes it tough for trying to find a home you can love and […]
Real Estate Investment from Overseas: Good for Everyone?
I think my favourite tag line for a Toronto real estate news story this month has to be: Toronto Bungalow Sells for $421,800 Over Asking Price in Market’s “New Reality” New Reality? Really? This tag […]
Can Regent Park Make a Comeback?
Regent Park. Outside of Toronto those words never meant much, but here in our city, it is often known as the dodgy neighbourhood that went very, very wrong for a very long time. The funny […]
South Florida: The Great American Sale?
Today I’m gonna mention an emerging neighbourhood that’s pretty far afield. In fact, it’s not even in Canada. I couldn’t sell there myself, but it’s certainly worth mentioning. I just arrived home from Miami and […]
For Some, Size Matters
Lately, I have been getting a lot of people asking me about where to find a condo with some space without breaking the bank. Developers in Toronto are making more condos that are smaller than […]
Long Branch: Where the Downtown Refugees Go Without Leaving the City
I’ve been spending quite a bit of my working hours in Long Branch these days, the western-most portion of Toronto along the lake. And even though I’ve been familiar with this area of the city […]
The Rise of the New Gerrard East
I think in most Torontonians’ minds, when I say Gerrard St. East, they think of Little India (a.k.a. India Bizaar), east of Coxwell. If you search a Toronto travel guide or google “Gerrard East Toronto” […]
How Low Can You Go?
I received an email the other day from a renter who was tired of renting. And who could blame her? I’m told her landlord, who lives in a different unit upstairs from her, is her ex. […]
The Art of Noise
I’m lucky enough to live in a downtown neighbourhood where I can actually hear the peaceful purr of crickets on a summer night with my window open. On the other hand, I have a neighbour […]
Hot, Warm or Cold? Another way to measure the success of your neighbourhood
This isn’t a blog about taking a bath. Don’t be fooled by the pic. This is about a different kind of hot and cold that come from some thing called “days of inventory”. That is, […]
Getting In On An Emerging Neighbourhood
Usually in these rants, I like to go on about the city as a whole or zone in on a specific emerging neighbourhood – those transforming areas of Toronto that are changing from downtrodden or […]
Toronto 2025 – What Can You Expect?
Sure it’s a little odd of me to offer predictions about Toronto in 2025 when I have a recent blog explaining how most specialists who try to guess where the housing market is going in […]
The City’s Solution to Ugly
One of the ugliest intersections in this city has to be Dundas West and Bloor Street. It’s more undecided and poorly planned than excessively dangerous or any thing of that nature. I often scratch my head wondering […]
How to Survive the Predictions of 2012
Whether you’re waiting in line at the supermarket, sitting around the festive turkey or after enough New Years’ drinks where you feel you have the right to be heard yourself, predictions in real estate for […]
Lotsa Space or Perfect Location: What Hooks You?
This past week, I toured a few properties with a new client from Montreal. After spending over a decade living in Canada’s second largest city, she decided it was time to call our country’s largest […]