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Selling Your Home During the Best Spring Market Ever? Here’s how to do It!
The Toronto housing market is unquestionably one that has gone through many faces of change just in the last year. Last year at this time, the market was super hot and relatively plain homes were suddenly in the million-dollar neighbourhood. … Continue reading
A Toronto Real Estate Crash? Not Likely!
There was much worry after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty instated new mortgage rules that summer, that there was going to be a real estate crash throughout all of Canada – and that Toronto would be the area hardest hit. But … Continue reading
Buying or Selling in January? Here’s how to do it!
January can be a tough time in the real estate market – whether you’re buying or selling a home. The winter is still hanging around, everything is still moving at a snail’s pace, and no matter which way you’re going, … Continue reading
Toronto Real Estate Trends from 2012
A lot happened on the Toronto real estate market last year. The market peaked, and likely would have continued on its upward climb without the mortgage rules that were introduced in the summer. The fall-off in housing activity didn’t really … Continue reading
The Weirdest Toronto Real Estate Stories from 2012
Yes, it’s the start of a brand new year, brand new happenings in the marketplace, and we’re sure that 2013 will be able to conjure up some pretty weird and wacky real estate stories of their own. In the meantime, … Continue reading
Should Agents be Stripped of Their License for Not Disclosing Info?
A recent case in Toronto has brought up the debate of what should happen to a real estate agent if they knowingly withhold information about a home they’re trying to sell. The question is now, is the “slap on the … Continue reading
What is Market Value, and how does it Affect Investors?
The term “market value” gets thrown around a lot in real estate, especially when you’re investing in it. And while the term is an important one, it’s also one that often gets confused with other important terms such as “listing … Continue reading
How can Sellers Make their way in Today’s Toronto Market?
It’s not an easy time to be a Toronto homeowner trying to sell your home right now – and it’s not so much the fact that prices are down, and expected to drop even lower. It’s the sheer unpredictability of … Continue reading
October Market “Sustainable” but Show Signs of Cooling
Recent statistics released by the Canadian Real Estate Association show that the Canadian real estate market has changed very little from September. While this shows further signs of cooling, most likely due to the new OSFI rules and the federal … Continue reading
Live, or Looking to Live, in the GTA? See if Your Neighbourhood Rates!
Recently the Canadian Real Estate Wealth magazine released its list of the top 100 neighbourhoods within Canada to live, work, and invest. Taken from an investor’s standpoint, these areas do in fact provide things such as large annual capital returns with relatively low-priced … Continue reading