Selling a home is like taking an airline flight across the country. When you start on your trip you have no idea how the trip will go and neither does the pilot. You could run into many different types of turbulence or other passengers on the trip could pull stunts on you. Ideally, you should […]
“Please wear a Poppy”, the lady said and held one forth, but I shook my head, Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there, And her face was old and lined with care; But beneath the scars the years had made There remained a smile that refused to fade. A boy came […]
Occasionally in my daily searches I will come across a listing where the Seller has contracted a Flat Fee Real Estate Firm to merely post their property on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). When a Seller chooses this option the fee being paid to the co-operating Broker (the one who brings the buyer) can vary from […]
With economic turmoil continuing in many parts of the world financial uncertainty and fear remain at elevated levels. Stock markets have been down over the past week and may continue to drop further as markets around the world adjust and deal with the fallout of the current crisis. Dealing with this uncertainty and trying to […]
Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 10,230 home sales through the TorontoMLS® system in June 2011 – up 21 per cent compared to June 2010. This number represented the third best June result on record behind 2007 and 2009. The number of transactions during the first six months of 2011 amounted to 48,189 – down by 4.5 per […]
CIBC World Markets economist Benjamin Tal being quoted upon in an article by the Globe and Mail’s Steve Ladurantaye… Every time it seems the Canadian real estate market is about to be torpedoed by higher interest rates, events around the world conspire to keep a lid on increases and spur a new round of furious buying […]
On my recent vacation to Manhattan, New York, I was having dinner with visiting friends (and their relatives) who had shared an unfortunate scam that had just happened to them. They were hoping to land an affordable apartment for their upcoming one week stay in NYC and turned to a popular website that posted places for rent. […]
With the surge in new condos being built in downtown Toronto there is a lot of mention when comparing value or sale prices on a price per square foot comparison. This method of comparison is typically flawed in that many factors are omitted when relying only “price per square foot” such as: what’s the view […]
I was in a phone conversation a few weeks back with a person who had contacted me about viewing one of my listings that was for sale. Originally the prospective buyer had emailed me from some web marketing I was doing about the property and had asked if he could come view the condo I had for sale at […]
For the past four years the Post City newspaper has put together a round table of real estate industry types and ask them their thoughts on the current and upcoming real estate market in the GTA. Interesting read. What do you think? http://tinyurl.com/6