Marco Santarelli

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We shall mainly discuss median home prices, inventory, and appreciation, which will help you understand the way the local real estate market moves in this region. Data by Redfin, a Seattle-based real estate brokerage, shows that in November 2021, Pittsburgh home prices were up 4.0% The housing inventory is declining.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I got a new car in the summer of 2022 and during the “delivery,” which I made them promise would take under three minutes, they asked me if I wanted to download the Lexus app. I predicted in last Friday’s blog that we would see about 3,000 sales in January, and as I’ll explain, I wasn’t far off.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

I provided you with a good number of links and headlines in Friday’s blog, but a reader showed me that I missed a very important one: “First-Time Home Buyers In Toronto Being Pushed Out By Investors” This is a ridiculous headline. TorontoRealtyBlog. But she says they moved from Edmonton.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today, we saw existing home sales slip a bit month to month, which isn’t surprising to me as purchase application data started its positive run in November. That data line typically looks out 30-90 days for sales — it doesn’t move as fast as some people think. From NAR : Existing-home sales waned 1.0%

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Fancy Pants Homes

APRIL 18, 2023

Our favorite hotel heiress started the year in the best possible way as a new mom to her baby boy, Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum, whom she welcomed with husband Carter Reum in January 2023. She also moved into a new place in the semi-remote mountains high above Beverly Hills. The reality star and entrepreneur moved into the 7-bedroom, 11.5-bathroom

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Sales are down, prices are flat, the sexy “bidding war” stories aren’t being told with regularity by newspaper columnists, and thus there’s nothing for us to get all riled up about. Those six articles were written by the same two authors, and I’m willing to bet neither owns their own home.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today the Census Bureau ‘ s new home sales report came in as a beat of estimates at 811,000. The headline beat surprised many people, but the report’s internals show negative revisions for the previous months. From Census: The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of December was 403,000.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

When the TRREB stats are released on Friday or Monday, I believe that January of 2023 will show the fewest sales in any month of January in the last twenty years. For some strange reason, there were only 2,670 sales in January of 2009. But the second -fewest sales since 2002 were the 3,968 recorded in 2019. It was slow.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 4, 2022

I remember reading an interview with him once where he said, “In the future, you’ll come home and you won’t have to pick what to view; your television will already know what you want to watch.” There are three stats that I’ll interested in: average GTA price, total sales, new listings.

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GeekEstate

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

[Note from editor: We publish a Weekly Transmission for GEM members , a series of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. NOVEMBER MONTHLY TRANSMISSION. Originally Published: November 3rd, 2021. BY DREW MEYERS.

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Fancy Pants Homes

MAY 24, 2023

And along with them come more million-dollar deals, some fresh new faces, and all the drama you’d expect from the Netflix series best described as ‘ Real Housewives meets Million Dollar Listing. We also get to meet Jason Oppenheim’s new girlfriend, Marie-Lou Nurk, and Chrishell Stause’s partner (later turned wife), G Flip.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Others are brand-spanking new. I was very excited, however upon opening the offer on my phone, I was surprised and confused. The closing date in November was fine too, and I could deal with the one condition for three business days. But can you blame them? Some of them haven’t seen a market like this. Yes, Manny.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

As short-lived, one-hit-wonder, Semisonic said in 1999, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end…” I had a wonderful time over the winter holidays, but after Christmas morning, and two family dinners, and the three or four days that followed, I was ready to say goodbye to 2022. It’s a poem.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

We would pick our box, then head home and decorate it! I distinctly remember playing with my brother and sister in the upstairs of our Parkhurst Boulevard home pretending to open presents, and pretending to put them in our Christmas Boxes. Perhaps a better question: what did you get for Christmas? I got nothing.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Checking out my MLS home page, I see over 100 new listings in C01 and C08, aka “downtown,” but still only 14 new listings in C09, C10, and C11, by comparison. Guess which article came through my news feed for a second time last week? Parents, you know what I mean. I suppose this depends on who you ask!

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Sure, we have freehold homes being built outside the central core, as acres of fields are continuing to turn into rows of townhouses, all sold in the pre-construction phase and seemingly all of which come with one set of issues or another. Condos are the future of housing in Toronto, like it or not.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There’s nothing quite like a long run, late on a Sunday morning, then coming home in time for NFL games at 1:00pm. We have both holdover buyers from the spring/summer who will be active again, as well as new buyers who just started their search mere days ago. We’re going to be carving pumpkins before you know it!”

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Marco Santarelli

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Historical Home Sales The market for existing home sales in the United States has witnessed significant fluctuations and trends over the years. Let's delve into the data and trends regarding existing home sales in the U.S. Highs and Lows The highest number of existing home sales in the U.S.

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Point2Homes

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Aggressive rate hikes (after the latest increase, the average mortgage rate hovers around 7%), coupled with sky-high home prices mean buyers are bleeding money. This may sound like good news, but in crammed urban hubs like New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, 1 or 2 bedrooms can make a world of difference.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rent is expensive in Toronto, and since there are just as many renters in Toronto as there are owners, it seems to reason that we should talk about renting as often as we discuss the purchase and sale of real estate. TorontoRealtyBlog. Picking my top five posts is always a difficult task, given I’m the author. 3) Market Frustration.

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Realtor.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Timing can make a big difference in terms of selling your home quickly and for the most cash. Though conventional wisdom maintains that the spring home-buying season (April to June) is the best time to sell, that’s not always the case. million home sales from 2011 to 2017 found the second-best day of the year to sell a home is Feb.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

My money is on Appraiser , and not just because he’s the elder statesman here on TRB… “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” ” You’ve heard it. ” Who said it?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Last week, I offered my opinion on the new vacant home tax here in Toronto, but this is much, much better. “Vacant Homes & Empty Minds” Nothing to See Here. “Vacant Homes & Empty Minds” Nothing to See Here. At the start of 2022 Toronto introduced new municipal taxes on vacant homes (i.e.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Early prediction: January of 2024 will see the fewest sales EVER in a month of January. The “First Time Home Buyer Incentive” or FTHBI was launched in September of 2019 to much fanfare. The federal government was going to be partners with home-owners! Rejoice, Canada! And even in 2023, we still talked about it.

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Marco Santarelli

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Chicago housing market recorded positive month-to-month and year-over-year increases in both prices and sales, reversing two months of declines in sales, a great sign that the market is bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic. percent from July 2019 sales. The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales increase 0.6

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The new owner put a dividing wall in the living room of my old apartment and turned it into a three-bedroom ! It was 1998. I paid $575 per month to live in an apartment that was one of five in a building that had a storefront out back, four apartments up top, and one apartment on the main floor at the back of the building. Their parents.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Of course, the number-one topic comes as no surprise. 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.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

In this article I’ll explain why this is happening and why we still have a savagely unhealthy housing market. If home sales were crashing at the same pace they were last year, we would all be having a different discussion. On Tuesday the FHFA House Price Index hit an all-time high. This is why I have stressed that Nov.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I do a lot of online reading, and one of my biggest pet peeves is an article about an important and/or complex subject that merely adds ten or twenty words to a bolded headline or bullet point. In November of 2015, the clients put the property back on the market at $399,900. It seems that they have. Can I tell you a story?

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HomeLight

APRIL 26, 2021

On this week’s Walkthrough, team leader Kenny Truong shares why and how he grew his HomeLight Elite Team so big, so fast, and the strategic decisions guiding every new office he opens. We have new episodes that come out every Monday morning. A pandemic year at that! Links and Show Notes. Do your own thing. Zig, when others zag.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Just one more thing I have to handle on my own… We are only one week into the fall real estate market and already it’s feeling like November. Imagine a 75-unit building where, if you’re lucky, you see three units per year listed for sale. Is there an emoji for that? That would be a breath of fresh air. I don’t.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Every week, I routinely flag a dozen or more newspaper articles, often to read over the weekend, or sometimes to follow up with on TRB. Every week, I routinely flag a dozen or more newspaper articles, often to read over the weekend, or sometimes to follow up with on TRB. Oh, of course not! What conclusion, you ask? March 21, 2022.

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HomeLight

APRIL 29, 2022

When you are ready to sell your home, the top online real estate companies can help meet all your immediate needs. As a seller, you will be able to find a top agent, market your home’s amenities, provide photos, and give valuable information about your property to a large audience of potential buyers. About HomeLight.

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GeekEstate

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Many links included are to members-only articles, so won’t be accessible without an account already setup.]. Image created with: Jasper Prompt: New Years celebration over a city skyline reflecting houses reflecting technology with text reading “2022” Mortgage rates went up, and buying houses became harder.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 30, 2021

Last week, I read perhaps the most insane real estate article I’ve ever read, and that’s saying a lot, considering I’ve claimed to have read the most insane article ever at least a few times per year, for eighteen years. .” Consider me guilty. But I just can’t help it. But Should They?” But I tried!

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 17, 2022

[Editor’s Note: We publish a Weekly Transmission for GEM members , a series of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Last year’s central prediction theme was de-carbonization. We need to overlay climate on top of EVERY deal.

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Lab Coat Agents

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It felt like home. My mom was gone 5 or 6 nights a week working at gas stations, group homes, and eventually as a job coach for adults with disabilities. This meant, as a 6 th grader, I was home alone a lot with two younger sisters. I am long-winded, I have no filter, and I am extraordinarily passionate. I begrudge no one.

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