The first step in any home search always involves a discussion with the client about what is most important to them in a new home. When the client is a family with children, being in a good school district is inevitably high on their list, but like so many other...

One of the great things about working as a realtor in Toronto is the chance to explore its many diverse neighbourhoods. The array of villages within the larger city, each with its own culture, is certainly one of our city's greatest assets. As a realtor though, of all the many...

I've always found the disparity of housing market articles fascinating. On any given week I will come across headlines varying from predictions about an imminent collapse to stories about how the market has never been better. Statistics can be manipulated in so many ways that realtors, journalists, economists, or whoever...

A recent article in The Atlantic entitled "The 11 Ways That Consumers Are Hopeless at Math" discusses how businesses use fact and psychology to persuade us into purchases we ordinarily wouldn't have made. For example, slow sales of a $279 bread maker at Williams-Sonoma doubled when they placed...

There seems to be no shortage of debate about the Toronto condo market lately, so let's take a break from the usual disagreements, such as whether there's a bubble that's about to burst or just exactly how many of these condos are being purchased by foreign investors.

Gentrification is defined as the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents.

Buying a property in a neighbourhood that is in the early stages of such a process is generally considered one of the best...

We've all watched in amazement as the city's skyline has been totally transformed over time, particularly over the last decade. I remember my mother telling me that when she moved here from England back in 1958 the Royal York Hotel stood out as the tallest building in the city (it...