The Problem with Your Online Real Estate Search
I come across this problem frequently. It all starts with good intentions. Like many of us in this day and age, you start your real estate search online. Maybe you are a first-time buyer who […]
Toronto Real Estate Blog
WHERE ARE TORONTO’S NEXT EMERGING NEIGHBOURHOODS? GO WEST!
Does this sound like you? You or you and your partner would like to buy a house in Toronto. Not just anywhere, but somewhere in pre-amalgamation Toronto before Etobicoke, Scarborough and North York joined in. […]
How Not To Be A NIMBY
NIMBYs have their role in city living. In Toronto, they often see themselves as the guardians of the galaxy. And by “galaxy,” I mean “neighbourhood”. They keep development in check, sometimes saving a given neighbourhood […]
What Do Move-up Buyers Fear?
There are certain advantages to being a move-up buyer. First, you’re not a first-time buyer anymore. So, you don’t feel like you have no idea what you’re doing when buying a property. Second, you have […]
What Do First-Time Buyers Fear?
When I look back on buying my first house now, I am grateful that I was a little naive about what was involved. There were certain things I was worried about that proved to be […]
The Potential Pitfalls of Toronto’s Real Estate Success
I am not being emphatic when I say: Toronto knows how to boom. We have 120 cranes in the sky this year. That’s more that any other city in North America, once again. In fact, […]
Do Land Transfer Taxes Mean Higher Prices?
By many people’s estimation, Toronto real estate prices are high, and there’s a lot of reasons why that may be true. Some simply have to do with the desire to live in Toronto, and the […]
How to Sell A Property with Tenants
You have a property with tenants. Maybe it’s your own property with a basement unit. Maybe it’s a condo that you rent out. Maybe you own a triplex where you rent out all three units. […]
IS CO-OWNERSHIP A GOOD IDEA?
In the last few years, I’ve noticed a huge spike in the number of clients asking me about co-ownership properties. It can be two friends buying a condo together. It can be two couples buying […]
What Toronto Could Learn From Other Cities
The region around Toronto is estimated to grow by almost 40% by 2041. That’s a lot of growing. Certainly not as fast as some cities in the world, but enough to make a significant impact […]
SHOULD YOU BUY NEW OR RESALE CONDOS?
New certainly has its pluses. The biggest advantage is simple: New has not been used before. For new condos, that means the floors are new. The fixtures are new. The kitchen and the washroom are […]
Is Toronto Changing Too Fast?
Toronto real estate is changing fast. And it’s been changing fast for a long time. I could go back to the 90s, a time when I used to go rock climbing at Joe Rockheads in […]
WHO’S BUYING RIGHT NOW IN TORONTO?
Since 2017, the Toronto real estate market has been acting rather strangely. As most of us remember, there was a very quick run-up in prices in the early Spring of 2017, before a small correction […]
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF RENTING LOOK LIKE IN TORONTO?
Before we begin, let’s get something out of the way… I’m a real estate salesperson, and I believe that renting is not a good use of your money most of the time. There are some […]
Staging No Ways and Oh Yeses!
Let’s start with what this blog is NOT about. It’s not about whether you should stage or not. I understand there are circumstances in real estate where staging may not be an option. You may, […]