The Dream That Stays a Dream
Today I walked out of an open house in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood, just south of Bloor. It was a beautiful house and every thing had been redone from top to bottom with a professional […]
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Little India: Ready for your transformation?
For well over a hundred years or so, we all know that large North American cities, whether it’s New York, Toronto, Montreal or Miami have been built on immigration. The result: Culturally distinct “ethnic enclaves” […]
Lansdowne and Bloor revisited
You know, I went to a nice little restaurant, last night, called Zocalo. Less than year old. It was set up on Bloor Street near Lansdowne and Bloor, an intersection famous for it’s low-end strip […]
Pretty but shallow?
Another performance map came out today about Toronto’s real estate market in the past year. I cannot resist these things and will spend a good chunk of time staring at each neighbourhood and wondering why […]
Selling a Condo? Timing is every thing
Earlier this year, I helped a buyer purchase in a pretty amazing loft conversion at a reasonable price on the subway line. We were not the only ones who thought it was amazing though. There […]
Buying Under 300K
I received a call the other day from a Toronto magazine researcher who was trying to figure out where the next up and coming neighbourhood is going to be for 2011 and 2012. She asked […]
Exodus to the suburbs?
Toronto Life just came out with a feature story with the title “Exodus to the Burbs” on the front cover. As I read this article, I was left scratching my head. It seems that Toronto […]
Crack is Whack
Just above you’ll see a photo from a recently discovered flyer found in the Sherbourne and Dundas area. I’m not sure whether I think it’s pretty clever or just plain sad. You can really take […]
The Wacky Pride of Parkdale
Parkdale’s a wacky place. Just the other day I was standing on a leafy, pleasant street in this emerging neighbourhood with a client who just purchased a property here. I was speaking to him on the […]
The Unreachable Traveling Seller
In the Toronto world of selling real estate, some salespeople hold back offers in a healthy seller’s market to help boost the price, and give the public time for buyers to see the house. I’ve […]
dinos for a strong community
Community is one of those wishy washy words that I don’t like to throw around. It means different things to different people. For some, a good community is a lawful place where there’s no crime, […]
bigger is not always better
You know, ever once in awhile, an article comes along to say how big a house you can get if you move away to a smaller market like Windsor where houses are cheap and plentiful. […]
The Lake Effect
People like lakes. And so do I – especially ones that you can swim in during the summer. Mimico and Long Branch are a pretty unique part of Toronto in that both neighbourhood border the […]
Fool for Pools
When I was a kid, I didn’t have a pool, but I had friends with pools, and on hot summer days I would give them a call to see what they were doing. I would […]
WHAT BUYERS CAN EXPECT FROM ME
As a real estate sales representative, here I will help you:1. Sift through your mortgage options to see what financial opportunity suits you best. 2. Answer any questions you may have about emerging or established neighbourhoods […]