Toronto Real Estate in 2024: Breaking the Stalemate?
Here we are again, at the start of a new year! It’s time to interpret real estate trends and whimsical hunches in an attempt to predict how real estate in 2024 will unfold in Toronto. […]
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What Does a Post-Ownership Society Look Like?
We know there are those Torontonians out there who may be wondering: Will I ever own a home? And that’s a fair question. We know that in the past ten years, property values have grown […]
Is That the Sizzle of a Housing Market Heating Up?
I know. The title is a little dramatic. But for good reason! It is a very curious time in Toronto real estate. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a bigger disconnect between what the headlines […]
Hike It Up: Toronto Real Estate Year in Review 2022
There are certain things you can’t see coming. Looking over the last 3 years, who could have seen a pandemic, threat of nuclear war and seven interest rate hikes in one year coming our way? […]
What Would Happen With A Capital Gains on Principal Residences?
Let’s start off with what we know: The Liberal Federal government currently DOES NOT have any plans to put in a capital gains tax on principal residences in Canada. Still, the CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and […]
Why is Real Estate in Ontario an Essential Service?
Let’s be very clear: Real estate is nowhere near as essential as the health care workers, cashiers, delivery services, and many more other services deemed essential. Unlike those many services, most of us who work […]
TORONTO REAL ESTATE THIS PAST YEAR: HIBERNATION OVER
All in all, 2018 Toronto real estate was a fairly cautious and tame. After a wild 2017, it was a welcome year. 2019 started off much the same as all of 2018. Cautious and tame. […]
Should You Submit A Bully Offer?
Being a bully in this day and age is strongly discouraged. That’s not always the case in Toronto real estate. In Toronto real estate, a bully offer doesn’t mean you are being a jerk on […]
The Problem with Your Online Real Estate Search
I come across this problem frequently. It all starts with good intentions. Like many of us in this day and age, you start your real estate search online. Maybe you are a first-time buyer who […]
What Do Move-up Buyers Fear?
There are certain advantages to being a move-up buyer. First, you’re not a first-time buyer anymore. So, you don’t feel like you have no idea what you’re doing when buying a property. Second, you have […]
What Toronto Could Learn From Other Cities
The region around Toronto is estimated to grow by almost 40% by 2041. That’s a lot of growing. Certainly not as fast as some cities in the world, but enough to make a significant impact […]
Is Toronto Changing Too Fast?
Toronto real estate is changing fast. And it’s been changing fast for a long time. I could go back to the 90s, a time when I used to go rock climbing at Joe Rockheads in […]
A Single Person’s Guide to Buying a Property
When I decided to buy my first property, I was single. I considered a condo, but instead I decided to purchase a semi-detached, Leslieville house split up into a duplex. This was at a time […]
Will Rents Rise Faster than Toronto Prices?
We’re not New York. We’re not Vancouver. But Toronto is a more expensive place to buy property than many North American cities. No doubt about that. And with the multitude of government rules and regulations […]
The Autumn Market of 2017: Is the Free Fall Over?
So far, 2017 has proven to be like no other year in Toronto real estate. Heads spun. Naysayers neighed. Predictability appeared to have been thrown out the window. Toronto real estate in 2017 has defied […]
Why Do People Want to Live in Cities?
Let’s first acknowledge that Toronto is not the perfect city. There is too much traffic. Less public transit that a city this size needs. Crumbling infrastructure. A serious social housing shortage. And it’s an expensive […]