Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

trailed the busy months of February and March, and that led to an even busier July, and a downright frenetic August. trailed the busy months of February and March, and that led to an even busier July, and a downright frenetic August. Starting in June, we saw five straight all-time record prices. Those were tough times, no doubt.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Sales are down, prices are flat, the sexy “bidding war” stories aren’t being told with regularity by newspaper columnists, and thus there’s nothing for us to get all riled up about. I mean, the real estate market isn’t boring, nor will it ever be. It’s real estate! That’s sexy, right?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

But does the overall market data back that up? When we left off in March, we were coming off a month of February that saw a decrease in new lease listings from 2020. Not even close: New condominium lease listings skyrocketed in March and April, up 43% and 40% respectively from 2020. Established prices? ” Yes.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 6, 2024

TorontoRealtyBlog When I was a kid, damn did I ever want a two-headed coin! They looked so cool in movies and television shows. Plus, I figured I could win a lot of bets with one! Props to anybody with a crazy memory like mine who can remember a store at Bathurst & Eglinton called “Bowzer’s Den Of Magic.” It was absurd.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 7, 2021

Would you read some random real estate agent’s biased blog? Here are the three stories that popped up in my newsfeed: So while the “ Toronto housing market cools down in May ,” we’re also being told that “ Toronto home prices hit new all-time record high.” It makes no sense. Absolutely none.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I hope you enjoyed that “trip down memory lane,” as Marina so eloquently put it, with the Top Five Blog Posts of 2022 in Monday’s post. Believe it or not, this is the eighth year I’ve been working with this format; the top five blogs followed by the top five posts. 4) Prices Outside The City Of Toronto.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

I suppose I could have titled this entry, “The Inevitable April Stats Blog,” but what fun would that be? Plus, you all know that each and every month, I write a post about the TRREB stats and what they mean for the market, so pointing out the inevitability is moot. All of his comments are suddenly justified!

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

Do you remember that thing we used to do all the time before March of 2020? That night, or the next night, I have that miserable sleep, and the following night, I wake up six times covered in a cold sweat. TRREB couldn’t have published these stats last Wednesday, right? TorontoRealtyBlog. What was it called, again?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

As I wrote in my year-end blog, my wife and I had consulted with our family doctor and resident COVID expert to put together a plan enabling us to see my mother over the holidays, and thus I haven’t been “out there” in eighteen days. Thinking back upon it now, everything seems just a wee bit blurry.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 10, 2021

Quite the interesting week on Toronto Realty Blog! Well, for me , at least… The main character of Monday’s blog found my post, took issue with it, and then told me, “You have one hour to take that down, or I’ll file a RECO complaint.” from March to April. ” Imagine that, eh? ” Perfect.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

” Times have changed, most certainly, and whereas we used to think of the fall season and conjure up thoughts and images of fallen leaves, corn mazes, and pumpkin patches, we find ourselves here in 2021 where it’s all about who might have a cold. ” “Does she have a runny nose?” ” An open house ?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

It has an unlimited number of possible meanings, from anti-war sentiments, to statements on society, to thoughts on a break-up, to early childhood experiences, and more. Every listener can feel something different or take something different away. TorontoRealtyBlog. My Father introduced me to The Doors at an early age.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s just really, really hard to describe an entire year’s blog posts or an entire year’s real estate stories in a standard blog-post length. This is likely more subjective than the top five blog posts , but then again, we run into many of the same themes over and over. There are always ups and downs here.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

Let’s start today’s blog post with a quote: “This is going to be 2017 all over again.” The proposed 15% “non-resident speculation tax” drove every foreign buyer away, and it was those buyers, in my opinion, that were a major factor in that early-2017 market. ” ~Nobody. What legislation?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 5, 2021

There were very few new listings on MLS on Friday but it gave me an opportunity to catch-up on that “punch list” that never goes away, as well as sit down to look at a data set that I’ve been dying to dig into! The problem with these statistics-based blog posts is that they take forever to write.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

And we did this to start off January 2021, not just as a stand-alone blog, or even a two-part series, but rather a three-part series that spanned the entire first week back! No kidding around here, I actually was set for bed around 10pm, going to be a good husband and father and all that, going to bed early and waking up with energy.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

A reader emailed admin@torontorealtyblog.com and said, “Whaa no blog today?” ” True, I never post blogs on holidays. I drink my extra-large Tim Horton’s while catching up on headlines from CNN, CBC, and Yahoo Sports. TorontoRealtyBlog. And how was your long weekend? I know that’s what I do.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Not only are my fingers tired from writing Monday’s blog, but also from hand-writing three-hundred Christmas cards! And lots of links to blog posts in each section too. I almost think the 2020 version will be boring when lined up against those beauties, but you guys can let me know. TorontoRealtyBlog. Yes, I do that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wow, y’all went all out on last Friday’s blog! Now, having said the preceding, there were a lot of awesome suggestions and even better comments to pick-and-choose from, so let me continue with my “Top Ten” discussion points for the fall market, picking up with our fourth point… – 4) Mortgage Matters.

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