Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

I specifically didn’t post new content on Friday because I knew you’d all need to be fresh, eager, and well-rested this morning in order to power through this week’s blogs. Those long-term readers among you will recall the length of these “year-end” blog posts. It’s the end of the year!

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Folks, let me start today’s blog post by saying the following: I am going to take some heat for writing this. I’ve written a lot about the rental market so far this year; more than usual. Today’s blog post might also demonstrate the old fallacy, “If everybody was jumping off a bridge, would you do it too?”

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

I just couldn’t stomach the thought of putting so much effort into a blog post, when all the while, I know full well that people will skip the blog itself and head straight for the comments section to provide their two cents. I would also argue that Toronto is a first-generation world-class city, and these prices make sense.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 25, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog A client and loyal blog reader asked me this week, “What are your biggest pet peeves about the industry?” ” I smiled and said, “We’re only seeing one house. Then again, I regularly use this blog as an outlet, so I’m sure we could come up with five, ten, or one hundred in no time.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

More than a dozen flyers – several from politicians, since it’s that time of year, a beautiful letter from a Harvey Kalles real estate agent offering to buy my home, and a ridiculous amount of T5’s and T5013’s, since it’s that time of year again as well. Why do we still mail these? And what was inside?

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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. Picking my top five posts is always a difficult task, given I’m the author. Picking the top five “stories” of the year is a whole other ballgame, however.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Looking back at my year-end posts from 2020, 2019, 2018, and so on, I swear I don’t think I’ve ever felt older. Somebody told me once that when you have children, the years go faster because you start to view your life in terms of your children’s milestones. Every year, there were five topics.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

” I guess I never stopped to consider that some readers aren’t familiar with the term, and thus don’t really ‘get’ these blog titles. Somebody asked me last week, “What’s this ‘Monday morning quarterback’ thing all about?” ” For the record, I don’t like sports gambling.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

” The market was non-existent in April of 2020, but it’s done nothing but appreciate since early-summer of last year. A client of mine emailed me last week about a property on the east side and said, “They have an open house this weekend so we’ll probably go check it out.” ” An open house ?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 25, 2021

There are many ways to skin a cat, and likewise, many ways to look at housing statistics in Canada. And with the firey-hot market out there for housing in Toronto right now, one question has to come to mind: who the hell skins cats ? We can compare city to city, or province, or district, or housing type or style. Good Golly!

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That’s usually the sign that you and your colleagues are ready to pack it in for the year. That was the latest I’ve been out in years, which says something, for a guy that doesn’t like going “out.” It was a long, long year! Not blogging is simply not an option. And continue in perpetuity.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Really, and truly, this blog story is an example of: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible time… Mickey and Mallory are clients of mine that underscore the true meaning of the phrase “clients for life.” Mickey and Mallory came to me in 2013 and said that they wanted to buy a house.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 16, 2022

Over the years, we’ve seen the federal government implement fiscal and monetary policies aimed at “improving housing affordability” that have had unintended consequences. ” This could be in the form of reduced rent, reduced sale price, or the government “buying” the units from the developer.

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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! Any layman can identify those scribbled CAPITAL BLOCK LETTERS as the hand-writing of a 40-year-old man. Any layman can identify those scribbled CAPITAL BLOCK LETTERS as the hand-writing of a 40-year-old man.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

properties which were unoccupied for six months or more during the previous calendar year). Despite the flaws, all Toronto residential property owners must now file a declaration by February 2nd, 2023 and once a year thereafter. 1 4% to 5% of declarations are expected to be audited each year.2. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

What I found more interesting than anything else with respect to Monday’s blog post was just how many people emailed me directly, compared to how many commented on the blog. I think that the post resonated with a lot of people that work in government, as I heard from five different people.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

” I would love to hear from you guys, if for no other reason than to know how much we’ve grown together over the years. This blog started in 2007, and McBloggert , who only posts a couple of times a year, is one of the first to comment back in 2008. I just used the Dell that was at the house.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2020

You know I’m not really a “guest blog” type person. Never have been, through thirteen years, and don’t ever plan to be. We’ve talked a lot this year about people moving out of the city, and many of our friends and family members have chosen to move to cottage-country full time. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

I swear, I thought I’d already written this post at least a couple of times over the years. ” If you were to click “updated,” you might find properties that have sold , and thus are updated as such, and you might find properties with price drops. Maybe I’ve just written this in my head so many times?

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I know I don’t actually write blogs on a retro typewriter like the one in the photo above, but I really, really liked that picture… I do wear glasses when I write, however. In this space last year, I penned over 5,000 words about the “top blog posts” of 2022. ” Fair point.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

I’ve been writing blogs now for almost fourteen years, and although I’ve only ever had two RECO complaints in that time, I’m aware that organized real estate is watching. Then, we have the Real Estate Council of Ontario, who are responsible for licensing and discipline. Not in our world.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Have a look… – “Mortgage Industry Urges Ottawa To Tackle Housing Affordability, Takes Aim At Homebuyer Incentive” Financial Post. million from $1 million, and to tie that level to inflation to keep up with rising prices. million from $1 million, and to tie that level to inflation to keep up with rising prices.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 4, 2022

Whether you paid your way through university while working two jobs and are a self-made individual at 49-years-old, or whether you simply inherited your parents’ wealth, isn’t important. But let’s say that you spend $10 Million on a house in an extremely upscale area of the city. Like, super-wealthy.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Oh, the stories I could share, if only I had my own television show, radio program, podcast, or……… blog? Every five minutes, another sticker goes up on the wall! It’s not like I wrote a real estate blog at the time, right? Because that unit had sold. What would you do? That was her mistake.

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