Is the Housing Crash Near?
Is it here yet, the housing crash? Lately, this question has been asked of me more and more. With the ups and downs of the stock market, a new plot twist every week with the […]
Toronto Real Estate Blog
80 CONDOS VS. MODERN CONDOS
At least once a week I hear: “Who can live in a 500 square foot condo?” To which I say: “Someone who doesn’t want to live in a 270 square foot condo.” People love space. Even […]
Do your future self a favour: Get Parking!
I recently chatted with someone who bought a condo downtown around Queen and Yonge for what seemed like an amazing price. A loftie, exposed brick, open concept place that sounded like a real find. But […]
The Dream That Stays a Dream
Today I walked out of an open house in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood, just south of Bloor. It was a beautiful house and every thing had been redone from top to bottom with a professional […]
Little India: Ready for your transformation?
For well over a hundred years or so, we all know that large North American cities, whether it’s New York, Toronto, Montreal or Miami have been built on immigration. The result: Culturally distinct “ethnic enclaves” […]
Lansdowne and Bloor revisited
You know, I went to a nice little restaurant, last night, called Zocalo. Less than year old. It was set up on Bloor Street near Lansdowne and Bloor, an intersection famous for it’s low-end strip […]
Pretty but shallow?
Another performance map came out today about Toronto’s real estate market in the past year. I cannot resist these things and will spend a good chunk of time staring at each neighbourhood and wondering why […]
Selling a Condo? Timing is every thing
Earlier this year, I helped a buyer purchase in a pretty amazing loft conversion at a reasonable price on the subway line. We were not the only ones who thought it was amazing though. There […]
Buying Under 300K
I received a call the other day from a Toronto magazine researcher who was trying to figure out where the next up and coming neighbourhood is going to be for 2011 and 2012. She asked […]
Exodus to the suburbs?
Toronto Life just came out with a feature story with the title “Exodus to the Burbs” on the front cover. As I read this article, I was left scratching my head. It seems that Toronto […]
Crack is Whack
Just above you’ll see a photo from a recently discovered flyer found in the Sherbourne and Dundas area. I’m not sure whether I think it’s pretty clever or just plain sad. You can really take […]
The Wacky Pride of Parkdale
Parkdale’s a wacky place. Just the other day I was standing on a leafy, pleasant street in this emerging neighbourhood with a client who just purchased a property here. I was speaking to him on the […]
The Unreachable Traveling Seller
In the Toronto world of selling real estate, some salespeople hold back offers in a healthy seller’s market to help boost the price, and give the public time for buyers to see the house. I’ve […]
dinos for a strong community
Community is one of those wishy washy words that I don’t like to throw around. It means different things to different people. For some, a good community is a lawful place where there’s no crime, […]
bigger is not always better
You know, ever once in awhile, an article comes along to say how big a house you can get if you move away to a smaller market like Windsor where houses are cheap and plentiful. […]