Boom Town

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Short term goal (weekly or monthly): Increase website visitors by 10% (50 per week to 55 per week) by July 10th, 2017. Increase seller leads generated by 10% (20 per month to 22 per month) by August 15th, 2017. Long-Term Goal (annually): Increase closes by 25% (20 per year to 25 per year) by December 31, 2017.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

The market subsequently responded with a 4.0%, month-over-month increase in the average home price. 2) The market has clawed almost all the way back from last year. We’ve talked a lot about “market bottom” in recent months, with some readers commenting that a new bottom, ie. More on that in a moment.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are you tired of the stats blogs yet? The November TRREB stats didn’t just us a mountain of records as we learned in Monday’s blog, but also gave us, in my opinion, a snapshot of where this market is headed in 2022. There are some months when SNLR can be above 100%. TorontoRealtyBlog. Well, hang in there.

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The Close

AUGUST 8, 2023

Most of those “secret” mastermind groups now have tens of thousands of members, but only a handful of posts per month. Real Estate Rockstar Agents Year Founded: 2014 Number of Members: 46,900 Posts per Month: ~200 Private or Public: Private Self-promotion Allowed? Join Real Estate Rockstars 2. No Real Estate Agents Only?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 10, 2023

I’ve often mused on this blog that there’s nothing I love more than watching a movie I’ve seen a dozen times! The best entertainment experience I’ve had in the last year was seeing “Top Gun 2” in the theatres, and I will admit that there’s just no way to replicate that experience on the couch at home.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

This past month we saw a modest decline in the average home price as follows: Recall that the “peak” in April of 2017 was just over $920,000. drop month-over-month, it’s still significantly higher than the pre-pandemic “peak.” And what should we expect in the month of November?

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

But the point I wanted to make was this: after the two units we had listed went unsold for two months, we approached the developer’s VP to talk about a price reduction. The Julius Erving is going up to $18 because that’s what book value has it at in next month’s edition.” ” We were in shock.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

While I have a very lengthy and somewhat contentious blog post lined up for next week, let’s first take a look at some stories from the week that are now in the rear view mirror… The Weird Gets Weirder It’s a difficult market out there and many agents don’t know how to work within it. But can you blame them?

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McKissock

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At Raleigh Realty , our website generates over 30,000 web visitors a month and often ranks above the national billion-dollar companies like Zillow , Trulia , and Realtor.com for a lot of popular searches. Real estate blog. If your real estate website is your foundation, then your blog is the framing. Real estate website.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Back in 2017 when the market changed, I consistently received phone calls from media members asking, “Do you have any clients that have bought firm and are now ‘stuck’ because they can’t sell their existing home? 2) The appraisal came in at $1,800,000. Maybe a week, maybe a month. The buyer lost his job?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 17, 2021

June of 2017 seems like an eternity ago, doesn’t it? I know we’re all in that ho-hum mindset and have been for the last fourteen months, but even if you think back, pre-pandemic, doesn’t it just seem wild? June of 2017. In June of 2017, I had half as many children as I do now. 2) Offer & Acceptance.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In Tuesday’s blog post, we looked at three burning questions: 1) How will the federal election shape the future of the housing market? 2) What is going to happen with the condo market? Let’s take a look: Ah, okay, so sales were only 8,596 this past month? Because it simply must be better, right? drop from 2020?

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But for myself, my wife, and my 5-year-old and 20-month-old, the experience was beautiful! We came home to find the bowl was only half-empty, and I would hazard a guess that 95% of kids took 1-2 chocolate bars and happily scurried away. ” Have you ever seen a 20-month-old child run, full-speed, downhill?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Seriously, only a sprinkle of comments on Monday’s blog post? Or last few months even. Phase 2 was completed by Daniels Corp in 2018 and included: 225 Sackville Street (2012). 170 Sumach Street (2017). 200 Sackville Street (2017). appeared first on Toronto Realty Blog. TorontoRealtyBlog. Why so quiet?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 21, 2021

It was a two-part blog series where I explained one of my biggest regrets in young adulthood was not standing up to the aggressive salespeople who locked us in a room and tried to sell us a timeshare. Buying one month equates to one-twelfth ownership. Step 2: Addy divides the investment opportunity into equal parts.

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Boom Town

JANUARY 9, 2017

2017 Go-to-Grow Challenge. Every month we send one email for action. If you are already subscribed to the blog, then you’re ready to rumble. You use the first email of the month as a prompt, follow along with our action items, assets, podcast interviews, and articles. . The Go-2-Grow Challenge has begun!

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

And more now than ever, after thirteen months in a pandemic, we deserve a kind, merciful summer. While the true end could be years away, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel may only be 2-3 months ahead. Again, probably the lowest number of sales in the month of May since the 1990’s. Slowly but surely.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Three months pass, and the the closing date is here! Then a month. ” In this blog post, I summarized a few court cases that proved, once and for all, that if a buyer simply decides to walk away from a firm purchase, and the seller re-sells the property for less , then that original buyer is liable to make up the difference.

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GeekEstate

AUGUST 12, 2021

Just months ago, the very first fully virtual house sold online —and for a rather significant $514,558. This is a no-brainer for Henry Elder, President of the International Blockchain Real Estate Association: “Imagine I could buy a house as an NFT, and instantly borrow against the NFT using DeFi or TradFi products with a 2-4% interest rate.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

If the explosive month of June, which saw the GTA average home price reach an all-time high, is any indication, the summer months in 2020 are going to replace the time we lost in the real estate market at the height of the pandemic. We have a slew of listings this month, and buyer activity is the busiest it’s been all year.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

There are a few ways that I could start today’s blog. The “Ontario Fair Housing Plan” launched in 2017 brought in a lot of new protections for tenants but with those protections came punishments for landlords. But another thing: they had a child together, and that kid is now 2-years-old. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 20, 2020

The headline of today’s blog – did it get ya, even for a second? I’ve written about this in the past, and I believe that I labelled it one of my “top stories” in a year-end blog in 2018 or 2019. The search stalled when the market went up and down in 2017, and they shelved their plans.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

2) Decrease expenditures. I noted in a CTV Your Morning interview last month that about 35% of the cost of a new condo is taxation. But as far as today’s blog post is concerned, let’s discuss the notion of “increasing affordability” which ultimately leads to increasing prices. Oh – and new taxes.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

” But if you recall my blog post, I didn’t take issue with the fact that the Toronto Star seems to believe that Realtors shouldn’t be allowed to invest in real estate, but rather that they’re seeking to blame Realtors, at least in part, for increasing the price of real estate, instead of investigating actual causes.

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Lab Coat Agents

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Originally Featured On The Follow Up Boss Blog. Start a blog. I have had the best month in my four year real estate career so far in October. Blogging – Best Way to Attract Quality Leads. Blogging is one of those free lead gen unicorns—when you’re blogging the leads seem to magically drop from the sky.

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Disclaimer: Information in this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only and provide a high level overview of some of the top iBuyer programs. Our platform enables you to sell your home as quickly as 10 days rather than what can be weeks or months. commission fee, launched its iBuyer program RedfinNow in 2017.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

” How in the world did I get 2 1/2 weeks off? 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.

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App Folio

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

According to the 2017 American Community Survey , Florida had the biggest influx of new residents, with New York contributing the majority of this population increase. The post Interstate Migration: Why People are Moving & What You Can Do to Stay Ahead appeared first on The Official AppFolio Blog. In fact, more than 1.2

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Redfin

AUGUST 30, 2022

” 2) The vibrant history. Boston Tourism Made Easy , a sightseeing blog, explains what makes the Boston Tea Party Museum so great. During the warmer months, Evan recommends checking out the Swan Boats, riding the carousel, and checking out the Frog Pond. ” 2) Check out the High Street Place food hall.

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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. 2) The Election & Real Estate.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

So let’s start there first, and then look at what other stories could be told… In my eNewsletter last month, I wrote the following: “Personally, I expect a very busy fall, and the stats will show this as we finish September. Remember I said that, and check back here next month for me to pat myself on the back.”.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 31, 2020

He had trouble attracting tenants with decent credit and rental histories, so after the house sat empty for a few months, he relaxed his criteria and got a tenant. Everything seemed OK for three months, and then the problems started: late rent, excuses, and finally, a drawn-out eviction. At the time, he owed around $80,000.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2020

If you incur that 100% penalty, then you’re up to $10,000 plus 12% interest per month. For income taxes, the federal government charges 5% of the tax owed for each overdue month or part of the month. I have one that started in November of 2017, and we finally got it cleared in August of 2018,” recalls Cornell.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

December was a tough month for old Dave-o, let me tell you. As is the custom with my start-of-the-year posts, I like to look ahead to what is or may be topical over the next twelve months. The beginning of last year saw a two-part blog series called, “Burning Questions For 2022.” I did get one thing.

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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.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 7, 2021

Would you read some random real estate agent’s biased blog? This is less than March and April, which were the #1 and #2 months for sales in the history of TRREB. But it’s more than the post-pandemic average, and more than every month since last summer, save for Feb/March/April of this year.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

I placed Stainey on the light fixture in my home office, with her arms wrapped around one of the Edison bulbs, and then I placed one of the notes (FYI – you can buy a whole month’s worth of these with your kids’ names on them…) on my desk under the light fixtures. I didn’t write a single blog for two weeks!

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