As of today, Good Friday, March 25th, 2016, there are 4,848 places for sale in Toronto. That includes both freehold homes as well as condominiums. The latest population figures for Toronto proper (not the GTA, just Toronto) places it about 2.8 million residents. That means there is one place for
Given I spent an hour shovelling snow this morning and then took twice as long to get to my morning appointment, winter weather is definitely on my mind today. When I saw the latest market data for February, it gave me the idea to talk about how the weather outside
I’ve been in some bad homes. Condos with layouts that make me scratch my head, where the bathroom has an inexplicable diagonal jog behind the tub and living rooms are bisected by a pillar that makes placement of a couch or TV pretty much impossible. Houses where modern touches have been
On this cold Friday, I thought I would warm your heart with some of the pictures I’ve come across while previewing listings for clients. To be clear, these are not photos that you will gaze on with appreciation, marvelling at the composition and quality. If I had to describe one
I’ve been thinking a lot about multiple offers lately. I know, I know, as far as opening lines for an article go, that’s right up there with watching paint dry. (Mental note – write future post on drying paint.) Multiple offers on a property happen fairly regularly in a seller’s market,
Oh boy. I’ll be honest, as soon as I wrote this post title, I regretted it. For the last decade or so, predicting real estate has been a bit of a chump’s game. If I had a dollar for every time an economist, business magazine or bank predicted the collapse of
With only 15 days until Christmas, today is a good day to talk about how the holidays impact real estate. I know this is a fascinating topic, because every year my family can barely contain their excitement when I start discussing this as we open presents on Christmas Day. The
As we all love to do, I spent the morning reviewing the latest Toronto Real Estate Board sales statistics. I think I speak for everyone when I say that nothing compares to a hot cup of coffee and a detailed review of the index and benchmark prices of real estate
It’s Friday in late August, so I know you feel like doing math. Damn autocorrect. I meant to say, it’s Friday in late August, so there is no way you feel like doing math. So I will do it for you, because it’s actually kind of interesting.
There is a scene in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when one of the characters (Principal Rooney) asks the score of the baseball game on TV. The answer is “Nothing-Nothing” and Rooney responds with “Who’s winning?” After a moment’s thought, the answer that comes back is “The Bears”. This
As the media blitz for the Pan Am Games builds to a frenzy for the opening of the games this Friday, I thought I would mention a word of caution about renting out condos to visiting tourists. The caution has less to do with making sure you qualify the person
On this rainy Friday I thought I would take a brief foray into the exciting world of statistics. Wait! Come back and keep reading! I promise I’ll make it interesting for you or your money back. (If you are one of the rare people who aren’t in fact paying top
Great day yesterday at Lord Dufferin PS in Rexdale. My brokerage, Keller Williams Advantage, chose the school as the recipient of our annual day of giving back to the communities we work in. Fun fair, bbq lunch, landscaping – all in a day’s work! Check out some of the fun
I regularly keep on the look out for properties going up for sale in a particular area, street or building for my clients. It occurred to me that you might want an easy way to get notified about real estate activity in your area. If you tell me an address,
