You’re a sucker for high ceilings. You like double-bricked houses with turrets, dormers and wrap-around front porches. You’re a fan of steep roofs, red brick, and those stain glass windows from a bygone era. Victorian […]
In the past few years, a Swiss bank called UBS has been publishing a list of the cities most at risk of a real estate bubble. In their latest publication, guess who ended up at […]
Housing sure ain’t what it used to be. Most of us are now very aware of that little nugget of knowledge here in Toronto. Only ten to fifteen years ago, it was quite reasonable for […]
Population growth and real estate prices may go hand in hand, but there are some surprising differences between growing cities that strongly effect price.
The Church and Wellesley neighbhourhood is so gay. But will it stay gay? Will it remain the LGBT mecca in the years ahead?
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.
It was not too long ago that Toronto could not build their condos fast enough. For several years in a row, Toronto had the rare distinction of building more condo units than any other city in North America.
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 […]
I often go on about how great I think houses are as an investment in Toronto. They are in limited supply in a growing city, and there are very few builders planning to build any […]
This time I’m not going to give you my opinion on its own, but instead I’m going to offer up some interesting real estate facts brought to you mostly by the folks at the Toronto […]
Context; it sure can offer us some perspective. It let’s us see ourselves in relation to our surroundings, sometimes with a whole new point of view. In some ways it tells us how we stack […]
First of all, I’m not going to pretend that I have aced timing as far as real estate goes. Yes, I’m a real estate salesperson, and I have learned what not-so-good timing is and what […]
Some people like to compare Toronto and New York. Some people get testy when you try to compare them. Like apple and oranges or more like scrappy kitty and a cougar. New York is an […]
“Drive ’til you qualify.” I’ve heard this phrase used more and more over the past year. It is currently been thrown around in North American cities where downtown prices have increased more than the suburbs […]
I had a listing this past week that has just sold in the Caledonia-Fairbanks area. It’s between St. Clair and Eglinton, west of Dufferin. For those who are familiar with Toronto real estate, it feels […]
I often get a little annoyed when organizations from other countries put out headlines like: The Canadian Real Estate Market is Due for A Correction. It doesn’t bother me that someone is suggesting that a […]
