ARE THE BOOMERS STILL ON TOP?
The Boomers have dominated the real estate market for decades, but what will happen once they retire? Will the Millennials take their place?
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TORONTO’S GAY VILLAGE: WILL IT STAY GAY?
The Church and Wellesley neighbhourhood is so gay. But will it stay gay? Will it remain the LGBT mecca in the years ahead?
What Airbnb Does to Toronto Real Estate
I have a few rental units. And every once in awhile I think: Why don’t I furnish one of these unit up nicely and do an airbnb? Perhaps it would be a better return on […]
Too Negative? How Negative Interest Rates Could Impact Toronto Real Estate
Negative interest rates. This is a term that may be new to you or at least a recent addition to the collection of phrases you store up in your brain. In practice, negative interest rates […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Supply and Demand, Toronto Style
Back in the day, some of us may have taken an Economics 101 course that first brought to our attention the theory of supply and demand. The rules are pretty simple. If supply goes up too much, demand falls and prices fall.
Deteriorating Affordability in Toronto: What to Do
The figures are out again, and one more time Toronto real estate receives a gold star in September with houses selling over 10% higher from September 2014 to September 2015. This kind of news used […]