Participating in a bidding war is a strange practice. If you’re working for the seller, it can make your life a whole lot easier. Sellers sit back and have buyers and their agents present offers […]
Do you remember, about five to ten years ago, almost all HGTV shows featured British couples buying property abroad? Every time I turned on the HGTV channel, up popped a British couple buying property in […]
Remember when $1 million dollars was a lot of money? It was not too long ago that the term “millionaire” meant you were in the leagues of Thurston Howell or Howard Hughes, a yacht-owning, caviar […]
Sometimes around the middle of February I wish I was not Canadian. Not that being a Canadian is so bad, but I just wish there was somewhere we could go, as a Canadian, to sit […]
Toronto has seen an insane number of condos go up. So the question is: Why Toronto? There are a lot of other condo-loving cities. Why this one?
If you are anything like me, you may be wondering what happened to summer this year. Nights were cool, temperatures over 30 degrees were rare, and the humidity haters were one happy lot. Still, even […]
Traffic is painful in Toronto, but it’s not just there to make us miserable! It effect how we live and how we buy/sell real estate. Here’s how.
It goes back as far as 2004, the crash talking on Toronto real estate. At first, this was just a few naysayers, but once we cleared the 2008 recession, this group grew louder and more […]
Most people in Canada associate auctions with art, your grandma’s antique dresser, or maybe some cattle. Lightning speed auctioneers take bids working the crowd up into a frenzy until they have reached the highest bid […]
Recently, I have learned that renting an apartment can be as tough as buying a place in this city. As a landlord, I did minimal advertising for my main floor, recently renovated, one […]
You have to love Italy. Sure, they messed up with Benito Mussilini, but wow, they sure know to make a meal and play (or cheer on) an outstanding soccer game. It seems that wherever […]
The numbers have been crunched, the data has been reviewed and now it’s official. Toronto is number one! Not for the most livable city (where we placed 4th), not for the most economic–competitive city ( […]
The number are astonishing. For the Toronto Real Estate Board, there are nearly 40,000 real estate agents int this city this year. To put that into perspective. That is 1 real estate agent for every […]
People love real estate statistics. And I’m included in this group of people. It’s almost a leisure activity for me like playing tennis or watching Game of Thrones. Still, as with any statistics, you always […]
If you have been following real estate in Toronto for the past few years, you are likely very aware of just how well houses are increasing in value in this city. Condos are a different […]
A lot has happened in Toronto neighbourhoods in 20 years. Here were the emerging neighbourhoods of 20 years ago.
