Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I further added, “I have about a 48% chance of being right, no matter which line I choose.” But it happens, over and over, to the point where that old saying comes into play: “It’s almost like you’re trying to be wrong! You know I’m a collector, right? we hope…). I think we hit on D.J.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

In time, markets always find balance and balance is a good thing. But, that doesn’t mean housing is going to crash. I set a specific home-price growth model for the years 2020-2024 that said if home prices only grew at 23% during this five-year period, the housing market would still be OK, given wage growth. Can this last?

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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!

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

You read that, right? You read that, right? I believe that somebody jumped the gun on publishing a story about “real estate prices crashing” and they used data that was inaccurate or cherry-picked. TorontoRealtyBlog. I recently conducted a survey and I wanted to share the results with you. Wait, what?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 12, 2021

Don’t worry, I’m not going to start this blog with lyrics from “Changes” by David Bowie. Clair Avenue, we’re going to my mom’s for dinner, right?” I just like saying “ch-ch-ch-changes.” ” I still get goosebumps when I hear Bowie sing it. It reminds me of my childhood.

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The Close

JANUARY 24, 2024

What You’ll Learn From Barbara Corcoran When it comes to real estate, she encourages agents to shed their fear, to be convinced that they can and will succeed because, well, they have to. As the market shifts, know that being yourself will always be a winning bet. My favorite video is this interview on Diary of a CEO.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

I collect vintage hockey cards, after all… When it comes to real estate, we can define “luxury” in different ways. What is luxury? How would you define it? One definition: The state of great comfort and extravagant living. Another definition: A condition of abundance or great east and comfort. Like a Rolex? Just like art.

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GeekEstate

AUGUST 4, 2022

Members of the GEM (“Geek Estate Mastermind”) have access to original strategic analysis, a weekly digest to stay in the proptech know, private highly curated events, and a private forum complete with over 220 long-form essays in the archives. Want to get involved? Apply here. — Drew Meyers. Or Agassi from FlipOS.

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Lab Coat Agents

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is a sponsored post and was originally featured on The Follow Up Boss Blog. A Big, Nosediving Crash. A Big, Nosediving Crash. It was like this big, nosediving crash.”. “I It took Taylor Hack just three years from the start of his real estate career to be in the top 2% of RE/MAX agents worldwide. What’s Next?:

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

However, the key was to not overreact to that moderation and say that housing was crashing. This was very common in the previous expansion when any weaker data line trend was interpreted by some people as a housing crash. So much for the 2021 forbearance crash bros — the second half of 2021 housing crash YouTube fanatics.

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Redfin

OCTOBER 18, 2022

San Francisco is a city known for its iconic landmarks, breathtaking locations, and delicious food – The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Painted Ladies, The Buena Vista, Zuni Cafe, and Lombard Street to name a few. But the more you get to know the city, the more there is a lot to uncover. Hidden gem locations in San Francisco . The Cannery .

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 29, 2021

I feel like this is the sixth or seventh time I’ve tackled the “market crash” topic, and the result has always been the same. Is the crash coming? If the market dropped by 15%, would that be a “crash?” In 2017, the market actually did crash, momentarily.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Is it weird that the “Top Five” blogs, that I have written, are being chosen by me ? Perhaps next year we’ll come up with a system. But I also like to consider how these blog posts age , and whether or not the content turned out to be relevant, eye-opening, or predictive. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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HomeLight

JUNE 30, 2021

Now, all of the information you need is right at your fingertips, so you can filter for your perfect home, find agents, research property values, and look up neighborhood details. Finding the right property is easier than ever with these top 10 house buying apps — plus a bonus — for 2021. For some it’s become a full-fledged hobby.

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If you are already a listener, come join us to connect with other listeners, connect with the guests that you hear on the show, learn from other agents and share your knowledge, get exclusive content, influence future episodes, and more. But while much of the economy was crashing around you, real estate stayed strong.

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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. 3) Market Frustration.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

On the other hand, it’s really, really difficult to watch a car crash happen in slow motion… For the first time in as long as I can remember, I elected (no pun intended… ) to spend my time elsewhere on Tuesday night. TorontoRealtyBlog. Did you watch the election coverage on Tuesday night? I don’t blame either side.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

We did this after Labour Day, right? To start the fall market? 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! But it was good, right? It’s your mind and body not being in synch, right?

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I’ve been hearing about “the market crash” since before I even started to sell real estate back in 2004, but if there’s been one consistent theme throughout my two decades in the industry, it’s that people have a fixation with this idea of a major collapse.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

I’m clearly about to unleash a verbal torrent of unsolicited information about my holiday break, so it’s only fair that we hear about yours in the comments section below. Perhaps a better question: what did you get for Christmas? I got nothing. Well, that’s not exactly true, which I’ll explain in a moment.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Be sure to follow The Walkthrough to get future episodes delivered automatically: Apple Podcasts/iTunes | Spotify | YouTube About This Episode Courtney Poulos started her real estate brokerage in 2009, right after the crash. She not only mastered the art of staying afloat, but used the down market to increase her business to 7 figures.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

I wanted to call this blog post, “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda,” but by the time you finish reading it, you’ll be sick to your stomach. However, buyers are so on edge out there right now that one could easily conclude that the following is meant to hurt rather than help. TorontoRealtyBlog. But a house ? Twelve months?

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 22, 2022

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes, not financial advice. That is the question on many homebuyers’ minds in this fluctuating market. As we’ll see, both the economy and local trends come into play, as well as your personal finances and job prospects. Learn More.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

I could have played off that theme for today’s blog post and I wouldn’t have been off base. My client, who will be the subject of today’s blog, used the term “meant to be” several times over the last few days, as we both questioned whether or not there was such a thing. TorontoRealtyBlog. Serendipity.

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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. And this time around, who would be reading? I make the assumption that most TRB readers are online between 7am – 10am, drinking coffee, procrastinating at work, and settling into their days.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 19, 2022

When it comes to the U.S. real estate market, the last two years have been ones for the history books. But, as we navigate through 2022, there are signs that the market is shifting — and a slowdown is upon us. 5 signs that indicate a real estate market slowdown. How Much Is Your Home Worth Now? Get Estimate.

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GeekEstate

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For proof, let’s take a gander at market capitalizations (as of end of day November 8th, 2022): It doesn’t get any more telling than that. But it’s a “travel” company, right? Discussions about proptech leaders usually start and end with either CoStar or Zillow. Both are formidable proptech companies. It’s Not CoStar.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

From the age of eight, I learned to negotiate and haggle, but I also learned what a “market” is. From the age of eight, I learned to negotiate and haggle, but I also learned what a “market” is. Buyers and sellers interact in a free market and their actions determine price. Or, like, all the time ?

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I was thinking that, with everything going on in the market, maybe we’d see an average home price pushing $1,200,000, but from $1,157,849 in December, that would be nuts, right? ” I asked. “That can’t be right.” I was driving. I was on Richmond Street West. That’s when Matthew called.

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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. Appraiser is licking his chops. That’s a 21.6%

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App Folio

APRIL 22, 2020

Whether you’re small, medium, or large, you don’t want to turn your back on marketing.”. Donald cautions against reducing your headcount in marketing, even if you reduce your marketing spend for now, so that you can hit the ground running immediately when demand inevitably picks up. “It Episode Transcript.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

As you’ll see in today’s blog, many of the reasons for cancelations are often rooted in the same problems that caused delays, but some are extensions, and some are completely different reasons altogether. I see this: I honestly don’t know what the corner looks like right now , but that’s what I see in my mind.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 24, 2020

Come join us to connect with other listeners, connect with the guests that you hear on the show, get exclusive content, influence future episodes and more. HomeLight acquires Disclosures.io – our blog post announcement. The typical Realtor did 12 transactions in 2019, according to the National Association of Realtors.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 6, 2021

Let’s pick up right where we left off, shall we? – 4) What is going to happen in the downtown condo market? I was on CTV Your Morning last Thursday to discuss the 2021 real estate market, and it’s never easy to get meaningful points across, over five or six questions, in a mere four minutes. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 18, 2023

In lieu of dedicating an entire blog post to some items that might not deserve it, please enjoy the following Quick Hits … Can’t We Just Pay People To Sell These Damn Things? That must be what some developers are thinking out there as the market for pre-construction properties declines. But how much? How is this possible?

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

You know what comes next. When my car was infamously stolen from my driveway at 2am one night in the summer of 2019, taken for a joyride, subsequently crashed into the wall of a fire station, and “totaled,” because I am a complete and utter creature of habit, I replaced this car with the exact same one.

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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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