Realty Biz

APRIL 2, 2022

Mortgage rates have risen again for the fourth successive week, and have now jumped more than 90 basis points in the last month. In the past three months, that amount has been increasing even more. 30, 2021, of 3.11%. From 2002 up until 2009, rates generally were between 5% and 6.5%, LendingTree noted.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

I was 5-years-old. It should come as no surprise that I love writing blog posts in trilogies. 5% down, rental guarantees, property management and no closing costs (whereas here new pre-con closings costs are like 8% of purchase price). . We had a dubbed copy on Beta-Max that we watched religiously. Who doesn’t?

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are you tired of the stats blogs yet? My year-end “MLS Musings” is due Friday, and I’ll dump out everything I have left from 2021. If you’ve ever heard the term “Months of Inventory,” consider that sales-to-new-listings, or SNLR, is simply the inverse of MOI. Well, hang in there.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

My 5-year-old daughter believes that her “Elf on a Shelf” reports back to Santa Claus every night and that if she touches the elf, then the elf will lose her magic powers. I think we’re all curious to know if his emotional support bear is looking forward to a non-denominational holiday this month. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

Chris, Tara, and Matthew wrote guest blogs? To be quite honest, I was thinking about pre-writing three blogs, or, as is often the case, writing blogs while I’m away on vacation. That always seems easy in advance (“I write three blogs per week, I’m sure I can carve out the time while I’m away!”) You don’t say! To me, 2.6%

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RIS Media

MARCH 4, 2022

RISMedia Blog and Social Media Editor Jameson Doris delivers this week's Headliners, a video recap of the week's top stories. December 17, 2021. The post Headliners Week of 2/27 – 3/5 appeared first on RISMedia. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Read This Week's Top Stories. By Caysey Welton March 4, 2022. January 14, 2022.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Alright, so what would you call it if the bank wouldn’t approve you for a mortgage, and you didn’t meet the 5% minimum down payment threshold required by law, but you were afforded an opportunity to purchase through somebody else? Um, I guess that’s affordable housing to some extent, but let’s keep this going.

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McKissock

APRIL 16, 2021

March was the hottest month for housing since at least 2012. The President of The Appraisal Foundation discusses the foundation’s outlook for 2021. March was the hottest month in housing history. Check out our post, Pressure to Hit the Purchase Price: 5 Resources for Appraisers. ” Read the full article here.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 10, 2022

Newsletters are often used to promote the valuable content on your blog or YouTube channel. Make the newsletter itself a thing of value, not just a tool for promoting the value on your blog or website,“ says McGee. According to a 2021 HubSpot Blog research report , most (41%) email views happen on mobile devices.

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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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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

If the market isn’t crashing 30% per month, then it’s just not newsworthy enough! Let’s look at the last five months of the Toronto average home price: Stable, right? In this space last month, I wrote: Any home price over $1,080,000 would still point to that “stability,” in my opinion. We saw an 8.4%

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I have penned several blogs this year on TRB about properties listed “over and over,” so today’s post is seemingly nothing new. But I want to use the TRREB data, namely the “average 416 sale price” from selected months to examine how, where, or how some of these listings could be poorly priced.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Can you believe it’s been three months already? “Three months from now… ,” the receptionist says, “… lemme see… hmmmm… that’ll be January.” One agent, however, submitted an offer at 11:00am on Saturday and provided an irrevocable date of 5:00pm on the same day.

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Realty Biz

JUNE 13, 2022

With 158 perfect reviews on Google, and 228 5-star ratings on Zillow, the Boise broker/owner of Templeton Real Estate is exemplary. A MOZ S EMRUSH analysis I ran revealed organic traffic above 1,000 per month, over 7,000 backlinks, and overall site health of almost 80%. A blog would not hurt either. Some Notes.

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The Close

OCTOBER 31, 2022

You must continue filling the top of the funnel in your lead generation process to avoid dry months without pay. Wyzowl’s 2021 State of Video Marketing Report reveals that 84% of respondents agree that using video helps with lead generation. Twenty percent of all members get 1-5% of their business from social media, and 10% get 6-10%.

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First Team Real Estate

AUGUST 3, 2021

Good news: if you’re among the millions wondering ‘should I sell my house now or wait until later,’ then this blog might just be perfect timing. 2021 Is a Seller’s Market. In June of 2021, the national inventory of homes actively for sale had decreased 43.1% For comparison, it was nearly 5% at the end of 2018.

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Easy Agent Pro

APRIL 18, 2022

So today, we’re sharing our top 5 spring marketing ideas for real estate. Now, let’s dive into our 5 spring marketing ideas for real estate. One tried-and-true way is sending an email promoting a relevant topic that includes a link to your blog… where they’ll find a helpful, engaging post on that topic. We love these ideas….

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GeekEstate

JUNE 8, 2021

In 2021, there are already 189 new SPACs that have been created to date. SPACs raise money from investors, and once the company goes public, sponsors have to secure a merger within 24 months. We can expect lots of PropTech startups to go public much earlier than expected in 2021. Otherwise, the investors get their money back.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Did you just stumble upon this blog for the first time? Well, now you found this blog! By the time you’re reading this blog on Monday, the June TRREB stats might be released. increase, month-over-month, after a 7.3% TorontoRealtyBlog. Hey, how are you? What else is there to look at, right?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

I want to try not to make this blog post political since it’s supposed to be about the newly-announced Renters Bill of Rights. But in the meantime, they still have about nineteen months to implement policy, enact change, and of course – spend money! 5) Interest rates are high. We did that. We know that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

But the run up in prices in the last two months is the true story of our market, as we sit here, in March of 2022, even though the “true story of our market” was a completely different tale only two months ago. in two months. That’s almost six-figures in a month. month-over-month and 27.7%

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

Before you read the following, ask yourself this simple question: “Will the areas outside the province of Ontario show a better or worse market that what we read about in Wednesday’s blog?” We also noted that, since December of 2021, twenty-four of the twenty-six areas have seen an increase in the HPI.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 17, 2023

From 1,703 units in 2021 to 1,409 units in 2022 down to a paltry 604 units in 2023. Perhaps we’ll see this year finish more like 2018 and 2019 than 2021? By April, we had seen the 905 surpass 2021. That green point that hovers above the rest, including the yellow from 2021 which was an all-time high for the condo market.

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McKissock

APRIL 6, 2021

Join us for this upcoming Pro-Series webinar (FREE for Unlimited Learning Members ) on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 11am–12pm ET. Join us for this upcoming Pro-Series webinar (FREE for Unlimited Learning Members ) on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 11am–12pm ET. Blog post: 7 Best Time-Saving Hacks for Appraisers. Sign up now.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Thankfully , here on the Toronto Realty Blog, we’re not bound by the same “rules of attraction” that govern social media. No, here on Toronto Realty Blog, we can do things slowly. They’ve been on the market for seven months. This listing hasn’t been updated in three months.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Today, I have to think the “luxury” market starts at $3,000,000, and even then, some might have a hard time accepting a 4-bed, 5-bath house in Riverdale for $3,100,000 as anything even approaching “luxurious.” A few years ago, $2,000,000 was considered luxury. The same is true of March where we saw a 31.3%

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

The original article I referenced above, showings a 31% drop in “some areas” was based on a tiny sample size, on a month-to-month basis, for which I would never draw any conclusions, if it were me. You can’t look at a neighbourhood with 65 sales, and then 45 the next month, and say, “The market is down 25%.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 18, 2022

Perhaps this could have been included in Monday’s blog as a third tenet, except that this isn’t “new legislation,” nor is it going to kill condominium development. Now having said this, the actual point of today’s blog was supposed to be about development charges in the city of Toronto. Well, 48.8%.

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RIS Media

DECEMBER 27, 2020

According to Census data, it was the second-fastest growing large city last year, with a 10 percent jump in population in just 12 months. Subscribe to our blog for more tips and insights. The post 5 Markets Buyers Are Moving to in 2021 appeared first on RISMedia. Raleigh suburb Apex is hot with buyers, too. Realtor.com®

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Boom Town

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

And this time, it’s more important than ever to debrief from this rollercoaster of a year and get a plan in place for 2021. But 2021 will be a unique year, with a whole new set of challenges, and it’s critical to be prepared for whatever comes your way. Are you measuring how many leads you need to generate each month?

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Realtor.com

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Just a few months ago, home prices hit record heights, investors were gobbling up scores of homes, and buyers were racing to purchase whatever they could before prices rose even further. Last month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the COVID-19 pandemic market had been in a “housing bubble.” Sound familiar?

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A nine-month closing? ” But can you see a problem with a 9-month closing? ” Toronto Star February 5, 2023 Thanks to blog readers Ace Goodheart, Different David, and JL for pointing this article out. ” So they leased it for $3,500/month in June. When was it scheduled to close?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2022

According to the survey conducted in the third quarter of 2021, 69% of participants share these sentiments. By some accounts, housing inventory in America hit an all-time low in December 2021. Per Fannie Mae’s data, rent prices increased by 10% in 2021 alone and prices are expected to increase by 4% to 5% in 2022.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

Don’t get me started… March 22nd, 2021, that 5-word Tweet, turned into an NFT, sold at auction for $2,900,000 USD. Check this out: The Legend Of Zelda – Sold $870,000 – July 9, 2021. The 5-year, fixed-rate mortgage isn’t affected by the overnight lending rate, but rather the variable is.

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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. Now that you have an idea of how iBuyers work, let’s review the top iBuyer companies of 2021, how they differ, and what to expect from working with each. HomeLight Trade-In.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

July 30th, 2021. July 30th, 2021, I wrote: “The Friday Rant: We’ve Run Out Of People To Blame” This was in response to a juicy Toronto Star hate-piece on real estate agents entitled, “Realtors Are Making Big Money Flipping Houses. ” That’s what Toronto real estate has become in 2021.

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 24, 2022

2021, same story. The bright spot of 2021 was October, a month that included traveling to Blueprint and Inman Connect in Las Vegas, and CREtech NYC. 2021 REFLECTIONS. Diversity: We will increase diversity 5% YoY. The post State of the GEM 2022 appeared first on GeekEstate Blog. EVENTS / NETWORKING.

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