Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog On Wednesday, I took a look at the pre-construction condominium market in Toronto and how prices and those sweet builder “incentives” look this fall. Today, I want to continue the pre-con theme and present you with a story that I’ve been holding on to for about a month now. We’ve heard of it.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog How much would you pay to have somebody line up overnight and potentially sleep on the pavement in order to hold your place in line? Alternatively, how much would you need to be paid by somebody else to line up overnight in order to hold somebody else’s place in line? So what does Riff do? Remember this clip?

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Broke Agent Media

MAY 18, 2023

think it’s a good time to buy a house—the lowest share since 1978. The years 2022 and 2023 are the only times fewer than 50% of Americans have seen the housing market as good for buyers. Readings for 2022 and 2023 stand out as the only ones showing less than 50% of U.S. The good news?

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But I would like to introduce the concept of “freedom” as we delve into the debate about how and if the prevalence of AirBnB rentals is exacerbating the housing crisis in Canada. And that’s just to name a few. How we allowed this to happen, I can’t figure out. I believe in many freedoms.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I find myself saying that a lot lately with respect to market happenings, and that’s the case whether the “stuff” is good or bad. But how can I not ? ” It’s a line that I share with a number of agents and the number of times we use it only seems to be increasing in this market. .”

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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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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’ve written blogs from the perspective of both tenants who have a bad landlord, and landlords who have a bad tenant, and all the while, we’ve debated the protections that tenants enjoy in this province in 2023, and whether or not they’re unfair to landlords.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Last night in Roncesvalles, a house on a very popular street had a set “offer date” and received six offers. Who says the market is cold, right? And we could also speculate that this house would have sold for more money in January of 2022 as well. But slow, how , exactly? It was slow.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 24, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Once upon a time, I would pen a “Friday Rant” or a “Monday Morning Quarterback,” hit Publish , and just sit back and relax. Those were the days. Am I getting saltier, angrier, and more out of touch with the readership, or has the readership simply expanded and evolved?

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Realtor.com

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Photos: Getty Images (4) Just when you thought 2021’s wild real estate ride was ending, 2022 arrived to deliver one smackdown after another. We reached out to experts to find out how to avoid the worst blunders. 6 Things That Make Your Kitchen Look Outdated—and How To Fix Them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2023

The 2022 housing market was savagely unhealthy , with all-time lows in inventory leading to massive bidding wars and price spikes until the Fed put a screeching halt to all of it with rate hikes that resulted in the most significant one-year spike in mortgage rate history. So where does all that drama leave us for 2023?

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 8, 2023

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of Part I of our 238th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on January 4th, 2023.]. It’s 2023, and founders need to be ready to answer a question seemingly nobody has cared about since 2009: “How quickly can your company become profitable?”

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Notorious ROB

JANUARY 3, 2023

A reader sent me this provocative article in The Atlantic, with the provocative title, “ The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake.” Demsas did not tap into some seething anger about homeownership or housing policy; if anything, she revealed herself as a purveyor of elite opinion held by the NPR crowd in the coastal Acela corridor.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

” So as amazing as summer was, and as much as it sucks to say goodbye to it, I was just about ready. .” ” So as amazing as summer was, and as much as it sucks to say goodbye to it, I was just about ready. What’s the difference between a 7-day vacation and a 14-day vacation? About seven days!

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

But having obtained my license to sell real estate in 2004, it didn’t take long for me to start questioning how the pre-construction industry in Ontario works, why we allow it to work that way, and eventually, why people bothered purchasing pre-construction condos at all. TorontoRealtyBlog. I have no doubt about that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But because our market is so dynamic, we often come up with stories that are one-off’s or unique. 3) Market Frustration. 1) The “Problem” In Our Housing Market. 4) Refusal To Accept Market Reality. 3) The Rental Market. 2) The Condo Market. That was a year in which Ms.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve all heard the news: over 60,000 real estate agents left the profession in the first half of 2023. They will try to woo you with promises of free marketing materials, high commission splits, and fancy tech tools. But how do you really decide which is the best real estate company to work for?

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

My goal of completing both posts by the start of the long weekend was never even close, but at least it came in handy as an excuse when I really, really needed to get out of the house on Monday. Sometimes, heading into the office on a holiday isn’t such a bad thing? Tuesday was a fairly busy day for the market!

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We all know how that goes. 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. TorontoRealtyBlog Do I bother starting with the obligatory, “I’ll try to make this post shorter this time around?” ” Nah.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

So, how was your holiday break? In fact, they’re playing with the boxes about as much as they’re playing with their new toys, which makes me think perhaps in 2023 I can just go with a cardboard theme and forego any actual expenditures? TorontoRealtyBlog. No, seriously. Tell us ! I got nothing.

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The Close

DECEMBER 6, 2023

If you are considering becoming a real estate agent, this article is for you! Depending on the market, you may have to rearrange your other activities in order to go show them a home right when it hits the market. Being a real estate agent is a big decision, and I want you to feel fully prepared to move forward.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

This might be a case of, “I’ll lay it out for ya’ll to play it out,” but do any of us really know what caused the housing crisis, who is to blame, or how to fix it? This: “I’ll be blunt as well — housing isn’t a primary federal responsibility. Or may we use “recipe for disaster?”

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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. It was almost $1,200,000 last year.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We tend to just make up our own saying, so long as it includes the words “death and taxes.” And Benjamin Franklin seems to have been most famously credited with being the first to use the phrase, so let’s just agree to let sleeping dogs lay. ” You’ve heard it. ” Or something like that. Maybe weeks.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog So, how was your summer? And you just know that when we finally do sit down on the back deck in October and get out a magic marker, a knife, and a spoon to attack those pumpkins, I’m going to lean over to my wife and say, “See? Mine was great. ” I do this to her all the time and she hates it.

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The Close

JANUARY 5, 2023

Whether you’re trying to build your first real estate software stack for a new boutique brokerage or just want to upgrade your current enterprise tools, staying up to date on the latest real estate brokerage software is no longer optional. Marketing Software. Here are my picks for the best brokerage marketing software for 2023: 1.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

I think it won’t be long before they’re asking us how many people live in the house so they can determine if the house is being used effectively. If one person owns a 7-bedroom house, and chooses to live there alone, then so be it. Call me or the other readers/commenters out. Did you hear that? That sound?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

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! I just like photos of burning logs. Just me, myself, and a burning yule log… (sigh). Well, what can I say?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

But a little more than two weeks into the 2024 market, it’s all crickets. Virtually no listings, and most of what’s being listed was already on the market last year. And that’s not an indication of a “bad” market, since listings are so scarce. And even in 2023, we still talked about it.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Looking back at previous iterations of this feature, my stomach churns a little as I remember each topic vividly. And with each of these topics, I could pick one and literally tell you how my senses felt… 2015: Urbancorp “stealing” their condos back. It happens so quickly, and you’re simply along for the ride.

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Few things are more annoying than being pestered by a real estate agent when you just want to be left alone. For some reason, agents at open houses don’t think this rule applies to them. Free PDF Download: 15 Open House Scripts & Ice Breakers Send these 15 real estate open house scripts to your inbox! How is {time}?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 18, 2022

I felt sad because, well, it’s human nature to feel bad when things aren’t going your way – like being sick, like missing work, like not being able to run. If you’re ever walking by and you see me staring at you, it’s totally cool, I’m not lurking, I’m just on the phone. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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The Close

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Founded by Tristan Ahumada and Nick Baldwin, Lab Coat Agents (LCA) Marketing Center promises to be a one-stop shop for all your marketing needs. They have templates for pretty much anything you’d want to create to market your business on social media or in print. What Is Lab Coat Agents Marketing Center?

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The Close

MAY 17, 2023

If you’ve gone to a National Association of Realtors (NAR) or Inman conference in the past few years, you’d think that every agent in the country is trying to figure out how to build a team. How to Build a Real Estate Team in 2023 Before embarking on your quest to dominate your real estate market with a team, you need a plan.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

DISCLAIMER: This article is meant for educational purposes only and is not intended to be financial or legal advice. If you are considering flipping houses in California, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to an advisor regarding your own situation. percent in 2023. Find a Buyer's Agent What is house flipping?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog First of all, let me start with this: There’s nothing that the Canadian government can do to “make housing more affordable to all.” That is, relative to wages, relative to supply and demand, relative to where this housing is located, etc. ” Hard stop.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

about the pre-construction condo industry just as soon as this blog was launched back in 2007. Like the crypto-expert who keeps popping up on your Instagram feed in that photo of him standing in front of his three Lamborghinis… Some people just never got it, and never will. As I said, some people will just never get it.

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