When it comes to buying a home in Toronto, there are two types of people: those who swoon over historic homes and those who crave the sleek lines of a brand-new build. Sure, some folks […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
