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Toronto Real Estate

House Hunting in a Good School District? It's Going to Cost You

Brennan Aguanno and Anna Kemp | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Business
Brennan Aguanno and Anna Kemp

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. But if you're basing your decision on where to buy your family home on what neighbourhoods do well on standardized testing, it's almost certainly going to cost you.

Bidding Wars and Real Estate Rage in Toronto

Jenna Em | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Living
Jenna Em

Whether you're in Ontario or in a different province, you've likely heard about Toronto and GTA housing prices. Last night was the first time we placed an offer in over two years -- and was the first time ever we participated in a home bidding war!

Is This the Year the Toronto Housing Bubble Deflates?

Jenna Em | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Business
Jenna Em

My husband and I couldn't believe that simple family homes in the GTA could sell at the same prices that mansions used to! The truth became evident: There was just not an appropriate home for us in the current market at our price point.

Prices Creep Higher In Canada

CP | Craig Wong, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.03.2012 | Canada Business

The average price of a home in Canada crept higher in the third quarter, according to a survey by Royal LePage, but the real estate company warned a s...

Goodbye Theatre, Hello Condo Towers?

CP | Linda Nguyen, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.30.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Theatre and art impresario David Mirvish says he plans to tear down Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre and replace it with three condo towe...

Rachel Mendleson

Dreams Of First Home Slipping Away For Young Canadians

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada Business

In some respects, Katrina Armstrong has chosen to have a family over owning a family home. She and her husband, who share a two-bedroom rented apa...

What's Driving Toronto's Budget Surplus?

CBC | Posted 06.28.2012 | Canada Business

Toronto’s red hot real-estate market has helped deliver an unexpected boost to the city’s bottom line. The city will offi...

Ask A Realtor: Making an Offer on a "Hot" Property

Susanne Hudson | Posted 06.12.2012 | Canada
Susanne Hudson

In a seller's market, many "hot" properties come on the market and often with holdback offers. These homes are usually newly renovated, nicely decorated and have many features that buyers want. How can you get this house?

Ask a Realtor: Don't Hold Back on Holdback Offers

Susanne Hudson | Posted 06.05.2012 | Canada
Susanne Hudson

Holdback offers are a marketing sales strategy whereby the property is listed for perhaps 5 per cent under market value and offers are held back for a week. Benefits of holdback offers to the seller: not just an increase in price but also an efficiency of time. Less time on the market if it works and less stress for the seller!

Condo Madness?!

Brennan Aguanno and Anna Kemp | Posted 02.06.2012 | Canada Business
Brennan Aguanno and Anna Kemp

Today Toronto leads all cities in North America with 132 high-rise buildings currently under construction. If you're like me and own a unit downtown, you can't help but be a little nervous about where all of this is heading.

Toronto Homeowner Claims Automatically Denied: Ombudsman

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Toronto's ombudsman says the city's claims process is badly flawed with most complaints by homeowners automatically denied.Fiona Crean says ...

Why Forbes Thinks Canada's Economy Is Number One

David Gratzer | Posted 12.07.2011 | Canada
David Gratzer

Canada gets top marks for freedom -- odd in a country where you can easily get a marijuana joint in most big cities, but not a private MRI scan

Massive Drop In Toronto Home Prices Not Sign Of Apocalypse

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 10.17.2011 | Canada Business

In the first half of July, the average resale price of a stand-alone home in Toronto was $720,808. A month later, in the first half of August, it w...

Why This Cool Kid Moved to Hamilton

Marc Skulnick | Posted 10.09.2011 | Canada
Marc Skulnick

I got a chuckle out of the news that Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina had invited Canadian literary icon, Margaret Atwood, to pay his city a visit. I must admit, the recent shenanigans of the brothers Ford have made me somewhat grateful that I no longer call Toronto home.

Toronto Home Sales In Double-Digit Drop

The Globe and Mail | Posted 10.04.2011 | Canada Business

Resale house prices fell in Toronto in July as the number of sales dropped, but the city remains on track to have its second busiest sales year in its...